Zantiks Ltd produces and supplies model organism researchers with robust, versatile, easy-to-use equipment for behavioral studies.
The Zantiks units enable animal behavior to be measured simply. All the automated behavioral units are complete, networked systems. The small, affordable units standardize locomotor activity monitoring (circadian, toxicological, genetic), simple learning experiments (startle, habituation), and operant conditioning experiments (5CSRTT). Results from live video tracking are processed in real-time: data are immediately available for statistical analysis.
Units provide an isolated, consistent environment, are equipped with visual and vibratory stimuli, and are delivered with appropriate cages, tanks, and inserts. Control is from any networked device capable of web browsing (phone, tablet, laptop, netbook, desktop). The larger units can deliver solids and liquids (food rewards and chemical stimuli), as well as aversive stimuli (electric shocks).
Zantiks units are available in different sizes and are designed for use with model organisms including mice, adult zebrafish (Zantiks AD), larval zebrafish, Drosophila and Daphnia (Zantiks MWP), and coming soon a unit for rats and shoals of fish (Zantiks LT). The units may also be used with many other species. We distribute worldwide.
Find out how the Zantiks AD systems helped increase research output in Caroline Brennan’s lab at Queen Mary University of London in this case study.