Forcyte Biotechnologies 1 article published in JoVE Bioengineering Simplified, High-throughput Analysis of Single-cell Contractility using Micropatterned Elastomers Lara Hairapetian1, Enrico Cortes1, Junyi Zhao1, Yao Wang1, Ricky Huang1, Robert Damoiseaux1,2, Ivan Pushkarsky1 1Forcyte Biotechnologies, 2University of California, Los Angeles This work presents a flexible protocol for utilizing fluorescently labeled elastomeric contractible surfaces (FLECS) Technology in microwell format for simplified, hands-off quantification of single-cell contractile forces based on visualized displacements of fluorescent protein micropatterns.
