Manchester Academic Health Science Centre 2 articles published in JoVE Neuroscience Light-Induced Molecular Adsorption of Proteins Using the PRIMO System for Micro-Patterning to Study Cell Responses to Extracellular Matrix Proteins Cristina Melero*1, Aljona Kolmogorova*1, Paul Atherton1, Brian Derby2, Adam Reid3,4, Karin Jansen5, Christoph Ballestrem1 1Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health. Division of Cell Matrix, Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, The University of Manchester, 2School of Materials, The University of Manchester, 3Blond McIndoe Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 4Department of Plastic Surgery & Burns, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 5Department of Pathology, UMC Utrecht Our overall aim is to understand how cells sense extracellular cues that lead to directed axonal growth. Here, we describe the methodology of Light-Induced Molecular Adsorption of Proteins, used to produce defined micro-patterns of extracellular matrix components in order to study specific events that govern axon outgrowth and pathfinding. Neuroscience Enrichment of Bruch's Membrane from Human Donor Eyes Selina McHarg1,2, Nicole Brace1,2, Paul N. Bishop1,2, Simon J. Clark1,2 1Centre for Ophthalmology & Vision Sciences, Institute of Human Development, University of Manchester, 2Centre for Advanced Discovery and Experimental Therapeutics, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre Identifying proteins specifically associated with Bruch’s membrane in human eyes is an important step in understanding the biochemical mechanisms behind eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration. This protocol describes how to enrich this sheet of extracellular matrix for down-stream biochemical analysis.
