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Preparation of Collagen-Coated Compartmented Culture Dishes for Neuronal Cell Culture
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2025
This video demonstrates constructing a three-compartment cell culture system using collagen and non-reactive grease. This system is used to observe interactions between glioma cells and axons in real-time.
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A Functional Motor Unit in the Culture Dish: Co-culture of Spinal Cord Explants and Muscle Cells
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2012
Cultured muscle cells are an inadequate model to recapitulate innervated muscle in vivo. A functional motor unit can be reproduced in vitro by innervation of differentiated human primary muscle cells using rat embryo spinal cord explants. This article describes how co-cultures of spinal cord explants and muscle cells are established.
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Histotypic Tissue Culture
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2023
Although two-dimensional tissue culture has been common for some time, cells behave more realistically in a three-dimensional culture, and more closely mimics native tissue. This video introduces histotypic tissue culture, where the growth and propagation of one cell line is done in an engineered three-dimensional matrix to reach high cell density. Here, we show the harvesting of cells from donor tissue, followed by cell culture on an engineered construct.
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Explant Culture of Neural Tissue
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2023
The intricate structure of the vertebrate nervous system arises from a complex series of events involving cell differentiation, cell migration, and changes in cell morphology. Studying these processes is essential to our understanding of nervous system function as well as our ability to diagnose and treat disorders that result from abnormal development. However, neural tissues are relatively inaccessible for experimental manipulations, especially in embryonic mammals. As a result, many...
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Microtiter Dish Biofilm Formation Assay
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Cited by 2235 •
2011
The assay describes a rapid means to measure early biofilm formation in bacteria and fungi. This method uses a microtiter plate as the substratum for microbial biofilm formation, and the biofilm is visualized using crystal violet strain. The assay provides either a qualitative or quantitative assay for early biofilm formation.
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The cell-attachment surface gives cells a place to adhere and spread rather than remaining only within the liquid medium. That physical interaction supports visible changes in cell shape and distribution as cultures develop. In biology experiments, observing these patterns in the dish helps researchers evaluate cell morphology and behavior under the selected culture conditions.
Culture medium and incubator settings act together to maintain conditions needed for growth. The medium supplies nutrients, while regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide provide the surrounding environment in which cells or small tissue samples can continue developing. Changes in these variables can influence whether the culture remains suitable for observation or further study.
Its shallow, transparent, and accessible format gives researchers direct visual access to cells or small tissue samples during culture. This makes it practical to examine changes in cell shape, arrangement, and behavior, while also allowing the cultured material to be prepared for microscopy. The format therefore connects routine culture with visual biological analysis.
A basic workflow uses the dish to hold cells or a small tissue sample together with culture medium, followed by maintenance in an incubator with regulated temperature, humidity, and carbon dioxide. Researchers observe the culture during growth and can later use the material for microscopy or downstream experiments, depending on the purpose of the study.
Researchers use this vessel when they need to maintain cell lines, examine cell morphology and behavior, or test biological responses under controlled culture conditions. Its accessible format supports repeated observation during growth and provides a practical setting for preparing cells or tissue samples for later microscopy and other downstream investigations.
Cultures maintained in these dishes can contribute to developmental studies, disease research, and biotechnology, as well as general cell biology. The dish provides a controlled setting in which researchers can observe growth-related characteristics, investigate biological responses, and generate material for microscopy or subsequent experiments without changing the basic culture format.