WaferGen Biosystems, Inc., a development stage company, engages in the development, manufacture, and sales of systems for gene expression, genotyping, and stem cell research for the life sciences, pharmaceutical drug discovery, and biomarker discovery and diagnostic products industries. It provides SmartSlide Micro-Incubation system that offers a controlled environment and physiological conditions for imaging studies, allowing researchers to characterize, differentiate, and proliferate various cells, as well as provides growth conditions for stem and primary cells. The company also develops the SmartChip System, an innovative real-time polymerase chain reaction, which allows identification of the expressed genes.