Totally automated Nadia system allows encapsulation of up to eight samples in parallel, in less than twenty minutes. More than fifty thousand single cells can be encapsulated in a single cartridge experiment. In addition, the sister system called Nadia Innovate enables the development of new protocols and applications. The user can control parameters such as droplet size and frequency, mixing, time, and temperature. After optimization, the new experimental conditions can be downloaded and used on the Nadia system.