A system comprising: a magnetic resonance imaging device comprising: a first input port having an ellipsoidal cross-sectional area, and a second input port having a circular cross-sectional area, wherein said first input port is diametrically opposite said second input port; and a mammal handling system for use with the magnetic resonance imaging device comprising: a first elongated enclosure having a proximal end, a distal open end and an ellipsoidal cross-sectional area, and a second elongated enclosure having a proximal end, a distal open end and a circular cross-sectional area, wherein said first elongated enclosure is insertable with its distal end into the first input port of said magnetic resonance imaging device and said second elongated enclosure is insertable with its distal end in the second input port of said magnetic resonance imaging device, such that on insertion of said first elongated enclosure into said first input port and insertion of said second elongated enclosure into said second input port, said distal open end of said second elongated enclosure slides into said first elongated enclosure through said distal open end of said first elongated enclosure, and wherein said second elongated enclosure is further adapted for enclosing a mammal to be imaged by the magnetic resonance imaging device; and wherein said first elongated enclosure is adapted to support and enclose a microplate comprising a plurality of microwells containing reaction media to be scanned by said magnetic resonance imaging device. a magnetic resonance imaging device comprising: a first input port having an ellipsoidal cross-sectional area, and a second input port having a circular cross-sectional area, wherein said first input port is diametrically opposite said second input port; and a first input port having an ellipsoidal cross-sectional area, and a second input port having a circular cross-sectional area, wherein said first input port is diametrically opposite said second input port; and a mammal handling system for use with the magnetic resonance imaging device comprising: a first elongated enclosure having a proximal end, a distal open end and an ellipsoidal cross-sectional area, and a second elongated enclosure having a proximal end, a distal open end and a circular cross-sectional area, wherein said first elongated enclosure is insertable with its distal end into the first input port of said magnetic resonance imaging device and said second elongated enclosure is insertable with its distal end in the second input port of said magnetic resonance imaging device, such that on insertion of said first elongated enclosure into said first input port and insertion of said second elongated enclosure into said second input port, said distal open end of said second elongated enclosure slides into said first elongated enclosure through said distal open end of said first elongated enclosure, and wherein said second elongated enclosure is further adapted for enclosing a mammal to be imaged by the magnetic resonance imaging device; and wherein said first elongated enclosure is adapted to support and enclose a microplate comprising a plurality of microwells containing reaction media to be scanned by said magnetic resonance imaging device. a first elongated enclosure having a proximal end, a distal open end and an ellipsoidal cross-sectional area, and a second elongated enclosure having a proximal end, a distal open end and a circular cross-sectional area, wherein said first elongated enclosure is insertable with its distal end into the first input port of said magnetic resonance imaging device and said second elongated enclosure is insertable with its distal end in the second input port of said magnetic resonance imaging device, such that on insertion of said first elongated enclosure into said first input port and insertion of said second elongated enclosure into said second input port, said distal open end of said second elongated enclosure slides into said first elongated enclosure through said distal open end of said first elongated enclosure, and wherein said second elongated enclosure is further adapted for enclosing a mammal to be imaged by the magnetic resonance imaging device; and wherein said first elongated enclosure is adapted to support and enclose a microplate comprising a plurality of microwells containing reaction media to be scanned by said magnetic resonance imaging device.