Infrared signal monitoring for cell cultures

An apparatus for monitoring a cell culture, comprising:

• one or more high definition infrared sensors positioned adjacent to a cell culture, said one or more infrared sensors capable of recording high definition images of infrared spectrum emission from said cell culture;
• a power source in electrical communication with said one or more infrared sensors;
• a data storage and computation device configured to receive and analyze said high definition images from said one or more infrared sensors;
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• a transmitter device in electrical communication with said storage and computation device;
• wherein said apparatus analyzes the high definition images using computerized image recognition to determine at least the amount of heat produced by the cell culture, regions of the cell culture where heat is produced, and a change in heat production over time to provide an analysis;
• wherein said apparatus provides a metabolism analysis based upon the analysis, wherein the metabolism analysis comprises a determination of a change in metabolism based upon the change in heat production, wherein an increase in heat production is correlated with an increase in metabolism and a decrease in heat production is correlated with a decrease in metabolism.