WormLab

Track, Quantify, and Analyze C. elegans


Features include:

  • Automated tracking of selected worms or all worms
  • Track through entanglements
  • Advanced worm model with peristaltic progression movement
  • Selective viewing of worm outlines, midpoints, tracks, head/tail markers.
  • Export locomotion data to Microsoft Excel or Matlab
  • Built-in workflow to gather data efficiently
  • Track at high, medium, or low magnification
  • Optional camera interface to capture video
  • Optional motorized stage control to track worms across multiple fields of view
  • Validation comparison to check detection accuracy

Analyses include:
  • Head, midpoint and tail worm position frame-by-frame
  • Velocity (instantaneous and averaged)
  • Area
  • Wavelength
  • Track Length
  • Direction

Watch an overview of WormLab:


Detect and track demonstration video
Display features video
Analyses video


If you need any hardware for your research, we can configure a system that includes a microscope, high-quality digital video camera and motorized stages—all integrated with your WormLab software and all supported by MBF’s helpful technical support team.