The Sable Systems SI-1 small insect respirometry system (previously referred to as the TR-3) is easily capable of measuring the metabolic rate (as CO2 emission) of an individual Drosophila melanogaster in real time. This world-beating system is used by Nobel laureates and other leading scientists world-wide for cutting-edge research published in major journals. A reference list is available on request.

No compromise is made in the design of the SI-1 small insect respirometry system. This is the system of choice for measuring not only real-time, individual CO2 production and water vapor loss (an important indicator of whole-animal status), but for measuring oxygen consumption as well (for oxygen consumption small groups of flies, or operation in stop-flow mode, are required). That, in turn, gives you data on RQ and thus the respiratory substrate utilized by the animal.

Operation in single animal or multiple-animal, scanning modes are supported. In either case, baseline measurement and system operation are fully automatable. Data analysis is likewise fully automatable.

Users refer to this system as "The planet's finest respirometry system" (actual customer quote). When measuring the metabolic rates of individual Drosophila, it is the world-wide standard. The lifetime technical support from published respirometry experts that is supplied with the system gives you further peace of mind.

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