PlateMap Studio

A desktop plate-map designer for high-content screening and Cell Painting. You design the layout on the plate, can undo any edit, and export figures for papers and platemaps for pycytominer.

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A 96-well dose-response layout with two cell lines, controls in columns 2 and 11, and concentrations printed in each well.

What it does

• Any plate format

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  6, 12, 24, 48, 96, 384 and 1536 wells, or custom rows × columns. Several plates can live in one project.

  Plates & formats

• Undo any edit

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  Unlimited undo and redo, plus a History panel that lets you jump back to any earlier step.

  Undo & history

• Your own metadata

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  Cell line, compound, concentration, vehicle and any custom field you need. Each value can have its own unit: nM, ng/ml, % v/v and more.

  Fields · Units

• Clear figures

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  Layers show several fields at once. A Photoshop-style color picker and colorblind-safe palettes are built in.

  Layers

• Screening tools

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  Serial dilutions, evenly spread controls, layout randomization with a seed, replicate plates, and 4 × 96 → 384.

  Advanced tools

• Ready for pycytominer

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  Exports platemaps with your exact column names, one file per plate, plus barcode_platemap.csv. Vehicle and compound class fill in automatically.

  Platemap export

See it in action

Figure export: vector PDF/SVG or high-DPI PNG.

pycytominer platemap export with a live preview.

A 384-well Cell Painting layout with controls spread across the plate.

The serial dilution wizard previews the series before applying it.

Runs on

Windows 10/11	macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel)	Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, AppImage)
Installer or portable .exe	.dmg	.deb or .AppImage