Abstract: A fabrication support apparatus of a layered cell sheet in which a plurality of cell sheets are layered on one another includes circuitry. The circuitry is configured to acquire optical information that is information regarding optical properties of the layered cell sheet; to calculate a thickness distribution of the layered cell sheet based on the acquired optical information; to determine a layering position of a cell sheet to be newly layered on the layered cell sheet based on the calculated thickness distribution; and to output information of the determined layering position.

Abstract: An internal prediction method includes acquiring an image of a cell aggregate, calculating a feature amount related to a shape of the cell aggregate on the basis of the image, and outputting structure information related to an internal structure of the cell aggregate on the basis of the feature amount.

Abstract: A culture management apparatus includes a control device that estimates a state of a specific medium component constituting a culture medium based on images including both the culture medium and a cell in the culture medium acquired by an imaging device at different times.

Abstract: A cell collecting apparatus includes: a culturing device having a culture vessel and a collecting channel; and a control device. The culturing device cultures cells in a state where the cells are suspended in a liquid medium stored in the culture vessel. The control device controls the culturing device such that a suspension height, which is a height at which the target cell is suspended in the liquid medium, approaches a collection height, which is a height of an inlet of the collecting channel, the inlet configured to be used for cell collection from inside the culture vessel.

Abstract: A cell recovery apparatus includes an observation apparatus for observing the inside of a medium in a container via an insertion section to be inserted into the medium, and a recovery apparatus that is positioned relative to a predetermined region to be observed by the observation apparatus and recovers a cell in the medium from the container.