A simple and efficient bioreactor
Your microbial cultures are housed in a 15ml glass vial in our custom sleeve. The sleeve is temperature controlled, embedded with optical density sensors, and easy to assemble.
Powered by Raspberry Pi
Our custom board sits on top of a Raspberry Pi. The board controls LEDs, motors, fluid pumps, and converts sensor signals into digital data.
We've added lots of additional IO for custom bioreactor behaviours.
A hands-off bioreactor: batch and continuous
The Pioreactor can automate common types of bioreactor designs including batch and continuous cultures. Automated cell density measurements means you can stop sampling cultures every hour.
Yeast, bacteria, and algae
The Pioreactor can be used as a photo-bioreactor, too: the eight embedded pockets for LEDs allow for cell density measurements, visible light exposure, and luminosity measurements.
Build your cluster of bioreactors
Wirelessly connect any number of Pioreactors together into a cluster of bioreactors, each controllable from a single UI. Scale from 1 to dozens, and compare results in real time.
Fits in your existing Raspberry Pis
The Pioreactor hardware sits atop any WiFi-enabled Raspberry Pi (3B, 3A, 4, and Zero W). This gives the Pioreactor great computing flexibility and a platform for you to build on top of.
Stirring, optical density, heating & more
Out of the box, the Pioreactor gives you immediate insights into your cultures. However, the Pioreactor is also hackable by design. We've exposed excess hardware inputs, outputs, and software APIs to let you experiment with your novel bioreactor ideas.
Plugins from our community
Have a specific bioreactor need? Discover community-created plugins from our plugin ecosystem and extend the functionality of your Pioreactor. Or write your own and share with others!
Pioreactor is your microbial co-pilot
Built with a modern tech stack that works on any operating system: just open up your web browser.
No more headaches trying to install some specific software on your old lab computer.
• Real-time tracking of culture density and growth rates
• High throughput data collection and storage
• Export experiment data to CSVs
• View and modify bioreactors remotely
Absolute control of each bioreactor
Pioreactors can be used individually, or in concert with other Pioreactors for scaling experiments.
• Built-in dosing, heating, and LED automations
• Fine control of bioreactor settings and detailed logging of each action performed
• One-click calibrations and self-tests
Code your custom behaviour
Design and implement how your bioreactor behaves using the Pioreactor's Python API.
Use feedback loops to respond to how your cultures are progressing, set up alerts to other systems, or implement new machine learning models.
