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Bioengineering

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Creating Adhesive and Soluble Gradients for Imaging Cell Migration with Fluorescence Microscopy

A method for the assembly of adhesive and soluble gradients in a microscopy chamber for live cell migration studies is described. The engineered environment combines antifouling surfaces and adhesive tracks with solution gradients and therefore allows one to determine the relative importance of guidance cues.

Chapters in this video

0:05

Title

2:17

Passivation of Glass Coverslips with PLL-PEG-biotin

4:04

Fabrication of Stamps for Microcontact Printing

4:38

Patterning Streptavidin or Adhesive Cues onto Passivated Glass Coverslips

6:13

Creating Adhesive Gradients onto Streptavidin-pattern Surfaces

7:47

Loading of Cells with a Soluble Gradient into the Microfluidics Device for Live Cell Imaging

9:08

Results: Cell Migration in Response to Adhesive and Soluble Gradients

12:16

Conclusion

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