Maia Scientific

Maia Scientific was a Belgian life sciences company that specialized in high-content screening (HCS) and automated cellular imaging technologies. The company is most notable for developing the Opera system, a high-speed confocal microplate imaging reader that became an industry standard for drug discovery and phenotypic screening. Their platform integrated advanced optics, high-speed robotics, and sophisticated image analysis software to allow researchers to visualize and quantify complex cellular processes. In 2005, Maia Scientific was acquired by PerkinElmer for approximately $14.2 million to bolster its cellular analysis portfolio. The technology developed by Maia Scientific continues to be a core part of the high-content analysis solutions offered by Revvity today.