Cell picking device

A cell picking device that is installed around a microscope and is used to pick a cell in a container installed on a sample mounting stage of the microscope, comprising:

• a sucker having a pipette tip attached to a tip portion of the sucker and is used to suck the cell from a tip of the pipette tip;
• a driver configured to cause the sucker to perform a suction operation and move the sucker in a horizontal-plane direction and an axial direction of the pipette tip with the sucker inclined with respect to a vertical direction;
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• a controller that controls the driver, and is configured to move the sucker such that the tip of the pipette tip moves in a horizontal direction while being in contact with a bottom surface of the container installed on the sample mounting stage in a predetermined position on the sample mounting stage to desorb a cell arranged in the predetermined position from the bottom surface of the container, and suck the cell desorbed from the bottom surface of the container from the tip of the pipette tip.