A Versatile Automated Platform for Micro-scale Cell Stimulation ExperimentsAnupama Sinha 1, Mais J. Jebrail 2, Hanyoup Kim 2,3, Kamlesh D. Patel 4, Steven S. Branda 2
1Department of Systems Biology, Sandia National Laboratories, 2Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sandia National Laboratories, 3Canon U.S. Life Sciences, 4Department of Advanced Systems Engineering and Deployment, Sandia National Laboratories
We have developed an automated cell culture and interrogation platform for micro-scale cell stimulation experiments. The platform offers simple, versatile, and precise control in cultivating and stimulating small populations of cells, and recovering lysates for molecular analyses. The platform is well suited to studies that use precious cells and/or reagents.