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Method for Culture of Early Chick Embryos ex vivo (New Culture)
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2008
This video demonstrates New culture, a method by which chick embryos are cultured outside the egg for up to 24 hr. This method enables one to study early development (primitive streak to 14 som.), a period corresponding to E7-9 in mouse. Applications of this technique include electroporation, in situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry.
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A Method of Permeabilization of Drosophila Embryos for Assays of Small Molecule Activity
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2014
Introduction of small molecules to the developing Drosophila embryo offers great potential for characterizing biological activity of novel compounds, drugs, and toxins as well as for probing fundamental developmental pathways. Methods described herein outline steps that overcome natural barriers to this approach, expanding the utility of the Drosophila embryo model.
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The Method of Rodent Whole Embryo Culture using the Rotator-type Bottle Culture System
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2010
Whole embryo culture technique allows us to culture mouse and rat embryos ex vivo condition during limited periods corresponding to midgestation stages. In this video protocol, we demonstrate our standard procedures of rat whole embryo culture after E12.5 using the rotator-type bottle culture system.
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Microinjection of Live Drosophila Embryos: Early Delivery of Reagents to the Developing Embryo
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2023
This video describes how to perform microinjections that deliver reagents into live Drosophila embryos. Researchers can use this method to introduce exogenous compounds like nucleic acids and proteins during the early stages of embryo development. The featured protocol demonstrates how to set up and perform the procedure for injection of any soluble reagent–here, a fluorescent protein for live imaging experiments.
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Microinjection of A. aegypti Embryos to Obtain Transgenic Mosquitoes
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2007
In this video, Nijole Jasinskiene demonstrates the methodology employed to generate transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are vectors for dengue fever. The techniques for correctly preparing microinjection needles, dessicating embryos, and performing microinjection are demonstrated.
FAQs
Controlled drying reduces water availability and molecular mobility, which slows metabolic activity while helping preserve cellular structure. The balance is important because dehydration must proceed far enough to stabilize the embryo without causing excessive structural damage. This relationship makes drying conditions central to whether an embryo can recover successfully after water is restored.
Protective solutes help embryos tolerate the physical and cellular stresses associated with water loss. Their use before controlled drying is intended to reduce structural damage as molecular mobility declines. Because the overview does not specify particular solutes or concentrations, their effectiveness must be evaluated in relation to the embryo type and the conditions used during dehydration and rehydration.
Controlled drying offers a preservation strategy that does not depend on continuous liquid storage. By lowering metabolic activity and stabilizing biological material, it may reduce storage requirements and simplify sample handling or transport. Its success still depends on maintaining embryo integrity, so the method complements rather than automatically replaces liquid-based preservation approaches.
A basic workflow includes preparing embryos, applying protective solutes when appropriate, exposing them to controlled drying conditions, and restoring water through rehydration. Viability is assessed after rehydration rather than inferred from the dried state alone. This sequence links preservation conditions with recovery outcomes and provides a framework for comparing how embryos respond to dehydration.
Post-rehydration viability assessment shows whether embryos retained sufficient structural and biological integrity to recover after drying. It provides the key outcome for judging whether dehydration conditions were tolerable, rather than treating reduced water content as evidence of successful preservation. In developmental studies, these results can also help examine how embryos respond to cellular stress.
The approach is relevant to developmental research, embryo transport, and conservation of genetic resources. Reduced storage requirements can support handling when continuous liquid storage is inconvenient, while recovery testing provides information about preservation success. Studying embryo tolerance to dehydration also contributes to research on cellular stress, anhydrobiosis, and long-term biological preservation.