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Advanced Culture Filtering & Plate Management

May 14, 2026
Classification Review Status Suggestions

Image classification culture reviews now display a suggested culture status alongside the current status, showing the state transition at a glance (e.g., "Growing → Confluent"). This makes it easy for reviewers to see exactly what the model recommends changing before making their approval decision. The suggestions appear in an enhanced omnibar UI that surfaces the machine-predicted labels without requiring extra clicks.

Plate Ownership Management

Plate owners can now be assigned and updated directly from the plate page in cloud Monitor. An inline edit toggle lets you select a team member, with save and cancel controls to prevent accidental changes. Owner updates are recorded as audit events, so there's a clear history of who changed ownership and when. This won't conflict with on-prem agent workflows — the agent only sets plate owner on initial plate creation.


Bulk Export Culture Metadata Filters

Bulk export now supports culture-level filters so you can export only the data you need. The export dialog inherits whatever filters you've already set on the cultures page — cell line, cell line lot, passage number, and any custom metadata fields — so there's no need to re-specify criteria. The backend dynamically advertises which filters each export type supports, and the UI adapts accordingly.

Cell Concentration Culture Filter

Cultures can now be filtered by cell concentration (cells/mL), making it faster to find cultures that meet specific density thresholds. Set lower and upper bounds directly from the cultures page filter bar to define a concentration range. Cultures without concentration data are automatically excluded from filtered results, so you only see entries with meaningful measurements.

Configurable Culture Table Columns

The cultures table previously showed around 10 columns totalling ~1600px, forcing horizontal scroll on common laptop widths and crowding everything even on wide monitors. Users had no way to hide low-value columns like multiple timestamp fields when only one mattered to them.

Details

  • Columns popover: A new "Columns" menu in the filter bar lets you toggle individual column visibility. Preferences persist across sessions via localStorage
  • Smart defaults: Plate Contents, Barcode, and Favorite are always visible. Plate Status and Last Checked Out are hidden by default to reduce initial clutter
  • Flexible layout: Columns use bounded-flex widths so remaining columns absorb freed space when others are hidden, instead of leaving a gap. Scroll-hint gradient shadows appear when the table still overflows

Behind-the-Scenes Fixes & Tweaks

Filter plate channels by type for targeted image analysis

Classification run status now updates reliably, including on timeout scenarios

Smoother montage navigation and more reliable chart tooltips across well views

Cell concentration and confluence histograms are now aligned with clearer axis labels

Highlight wells by their classification type for faster visual review

Track who last modified a plate and when, with full filter support