Integrative Toolkit to Analyze Cellular Signals: Forces, Motion, Morphology, and FluorescenceAlyson Nguyen *1, Keith Battle *2,3, Sunita S. Paudel *2,3, Ningyong Xu 2, Jessica Bell 3, Linn Ayers 3, Cassandra Chapman 4, Ajay P. Singh 5, Srinivas Palanki 6, Thomas Rich 3,7, Diego F. Alvarez 8, Troy Stevens 2,3, Dhananjay T. Tambe 3,4,7
1Biomedical Sciences, Pat Capps Covey College of Allied Health Professions, University of South Alabama, 2Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, 3Center for Lung Biology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, 4William B. Burnsed Jr. Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of South Alabama, 5Mitchell Cancer Institute, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, 6Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University, 7Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of South Alabama, 8Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Sam Houston State University
The Integrative Toolkit to Analyze Cellular Signals (iTACS) platform automates the process of simultaneously measuring a wide variety of chemical and mechanical signals in adherent cells. iTACS is designed to facilitate community-driven development and enable researchers to use all platform features regardless of their educational background.