Virtual staining replaces chemical staining with a non-destructive, computational workflow for tissue analysis.
Virtual staining transforms the tissue analysis workflow by removing chemical staining steps while preserving tissue for downstream use, accelerating analysis, and enabling integration with molecular, spatial, and computational data.
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.
Virtual staining integrates into existing tissue analysis workflows, enhancing each step from imaging to downstream analysis without consuming additional tissue.
Same tissue. More stains. More data.
Generate virtual stain images without chemical processing, keeping tissue intact for downstream molecular and multi-modal workflows.
Replace time-intensive staining protocols with rapid digital generation, reducing turnaround from days to minutes.
Produce consistent, artifact-free images independent of staining variability, ensuring reproducible results across studies and over time without batch-to-batch variation.
Integrate morphology with molecular, spatial, and computational data to support advanced tissue analysis and multi-modal workflows.
Apply multiple virtual stains to the same sample or revisit archived data without additional tissue processing.
Traditional workflows depend on chemical staining, logistics, and reprocessing. Virtual staining replaces those dependencies with a computational workflow.
Virtual staining is applied after image acquisition, generating virtual stain images without altering the tissue and supporting downstream analysis.
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Pictor Labs works with leading biopharma companies, CROs, and academic medical centers to integrate virtual staining into real-world workflows. These deployments focus on solving practical constraints, tissue limitations, workflow delays, and variability, without changing how experts work.
Biopharma - Calibration + Tissue
Across drug development programs, tissue is a limited and valuable resource. Every additional stain, whether H&E, a special stain, or an IHC marker, typically requires another section cut from a finite tissue block. At the same time, stain appearance can vary across sites, batches, and studies, making consistent interpretation more challenging.
Pictor Labs' virtual staining, calibrated to a laboratory's own staining standards, enables generating additional stains from a single scanned slide. This approach enables teams to preserve scarce tissue for downstream molecular and spatial assays while maintaining a consistent stain appearance across programs, sites, and study timelines.
Impact
CRO - Workflow + Speed
A global CRO faced stain turnaround delays, slide logistics challenges, and workflow bottlenecks that were impacting project timelines, particularly across multi-site clinical trials.
By integrating virtual staining into the existing workflow, the organization removed dependency on chemical processing steps and reduced the need to ship slides between sites for staining or review. Digitally generated stains could be accessed immediately and reanalyzed or re-stained on demand, while maintaining established lab operations.
Impact
Veterinary Pathology Labs - Insight Expansion
A veterinary pathology laboratory sought to maximize the information available from limited biopsy material while preserving tissue for future molecular testing and research applications.
In traditional workflows, each additional stain consumes another tissue section, reducing the tissue available for downstream analysis. Pictor Labs' virtual staining can generate multiple stain views from a single scanned slide, enabling broader pathological evaluation while helping preserve tissue for future testing needs.
Impact
Virtual staining supports diverse tissue analysis workflows, from foundational histology research to advanced spatial and multi-modal applications.