Food, Drink, Body Weight

For Continuous Uninterrupted Monitoring of Intake and Weight Changes

PhenoMaster
The weight sensor of the PhenoMaster

Mastering Ingestive Behavior and Body Weight with Precision

The PhenoMaster highly sensitive weight sensors are interchangeable and allow researchers monitoring ingestive behavior and body weight with exceptional detail. Positioned outside the cage, they minimize disruption during refilling and animal handling.

Unmatched Flexibility and Data Integrity:

  • Adaptable Configurations: Mix and match sensors for a variety of research protocols.
  • Spill & Leak Protection: Our exclusive technology safeguards against data skewing due to food spillage or water leakage.
  • Automatic Monitoring: Track food, drink intake, and body weight continuously for extended periods, eliminating manual intervention and potential bias.
  • Modular Design: Integrate up to four sensors per cage to tailor your research needs.

Contact us to discuss your specific needs and configure the ideal sensor combination for your research design.

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Key Features

High-precision sensors, capturing micro events

Small and light plug-in sensor design assembly and easy refill with fresh water and food

Validated Spillage and Leakage protection

Validated for temperature challenges

Multiple sensor configurations for mice discrimination experiments

Full resolution data storage in a raw format

Automated Access Control

Experience precise control food/liquid Access Module. Restrict consumption based on time, amount, or averaged consumption of a control group or individual. The PhenoMaster stands out as the only system offering interchangeable access-controls for food hoppers and water bottles, enhancing flexibility for study designs.

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Imagine the Possibilities with Access Control

Paired/Yoked feeding to isolate effect of experimental variables

Running for reward test in combination with different running wheels

Cognitive testing with Operant wall module

Motivation testing with combination of PhenoMaster modules

Controlled drug administration, food and liquid deprivation

RFID recognition to the Food Access modules in case a group of animals

Publications

Buchanan, K. L., Rupprecht, L. E., Kaelberer, M. M., Sahasrabudhe, A., Klein, M. E., Villalobos, J. A., Liu, W. W., Yang, A., Gelman, J., Park, S., Anikeeva, P., & Bohórquez, D. V. (2022). The preference for sugar over sweetener depends on a gut sensor cell. Nature Neuroscience, 25(2), Article 2.

Delbès, A.-S., Quiñones, M., Gobet, C., Castel, J., Denis, R. G. P., Berthelet, J., Weger, B. D., Challet, E., Charpagne, A., Metairon, S., Piccand, J., Kraus, M., Rohde, B. H., Bial, J., Wilson, E. M., Vedin, L.-L., Minniti, M. E., Pedrelli, M., Parini, P., … Luquet, S. (2023). Mice with humanized livers reveal the role of hepatocyte clocks in rhythmic behavior. Science Advances, 9(20), eadf2982.

Gruber, T., Lechner, F., Murat, C., Contreras, R. E., Sanchez-Quant, E., Miok, V., Makris, K., Le Thuc, O., González-García, I., García-Clave, E., Althammer, F., Krabichler, Q., DeCamp, L. M., Jones, R. G., Lutter, D., Williams, R. H., Pfluger, P. T., Müller, T. D., Woods, S. C., … García-Cáceres, C. (2023). High-calorie diets uncouple hypothalamic oxytocin neurons from a gut-to-brain satiation pathway via κ-opioid signaling. Cell Reports, 42(10), 113305.

Jovanovic, P., Pool, A.-H., Morones, N., Wang, Y., Novinbakht, E., Keshishian, N., Jang, K., Oka, Y., & Riera, C. E. (2023). A sex-specific thermogenic neurocircuit induced by predator smell recruiting cholecystokinin neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 1.

Wang, W., Huang, Z., Huang, L., Gao, L., Cui, L., Cowley, M., Guo, L., & Chen, C. (2021). Time-Restricted Feeding Restored Insulin-Growth Hormone Balance and Improved Substrate and Energy Metabolism in MC4RKO Obese Mice. Neuroendocrinology, 112(2), 174–185.