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Micro-CT Imaging of a Mouse Spinal Cord
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2023
Source: Peiman Shahbeigi-Roodposhti and Sina Shahbazmohamadi, Biomedical Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut It's a little-known fact that the discovery and (inadvertent) use of X-rays garnered the first ever Nobel Prize in Physics. The famous X-ray image of Dr. Röntgen's wife's hand from 1895 that sent shock waves through the scientific community looks like most modern day 2D medical X-ray images. Though it is not the newest technology, X-ray absorption...
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Combined SPECT and CT Imaging to Visualize Cardiac Functionality
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2023
Source: Alycia G. Berman, James A. Schaber, and Craig J. Goergen, Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana Here we will demonstrate the fundamentals of single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) imaging using mice. The technique involves injecting a radionuclide into a mouse, imaging the animal after it is distributed throughout the body, and then reconstructing the produced images to create a volumetric dataset. This can...
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Simulating Temperature in a Soil Incubation Experiment
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2022
Laboratory soil warming experiments usually employ two or more constant temperatures in multiple chambers. By presenting a sophisticated environmental chamber, we provide an accurate temperature control method to imitate the magnitude and amplitude of in situ soil temperature and improve the experimental design of soil incubation studies.
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A General Method for Evaluating Incubation of Sucrose Craving in Rats
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Responding for food or drug-paired cues increases over the course of a period of abstinence and this may relate to an increased susceptibility to relapse behaviors. Here we detail a procedure for evaluating this "incubation of craving" in rats that have self-administered sucrose.
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A Technique for the Prolonged Incubation of Neuronal Tissue of the Retina
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2025
This video demonstrates a method for prolonged incubation of neuronal tissue of the retina. Eyecups containing retina are obtained from a mouse eye; the inner limiting membrane (ILM) is enzymatically digested to expose the neuronal cells of the retina, and either the treated eyecup or the isolated retina is transferred to a specialized incubator for prolonged incubation at a low temperature.
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Stable temperature and carbon dioxide regulation help maintain incubator conditions while the integrated microscope captures images over time. Because cultures remain in the chamber, researchers can observe growth, morphology, migration, and division without routinely removing samples. This continuity is important when interpreting dynamic behavior, since observed changes can be associated with experimental treatments rather than repeated handling outside the imaging environment.
Integrated microscopy allows repeated images to be collected from living cultures over time, producing a time-lapse record rather than isolated observations. Unlike endpoint sampling, which examines cultures at selected termination points, this approach reveals the sequence and timing of changes. That temporal information supports analysis of processes such as cell division, migration, and treatment-associated changes.
Keeping cultures inside the controlled chamber reduces disruption from routine removal for observation. The same living culture can therefore be monitored repeatedly under maintained incubator conditions, supporting longitudinal assessment of morphology and behavior. This continuity also helps researchers relate later cellular changes to earlier stages of the same experiment.
Time-lapse imaging links observations across successive moments instead of treating each image as isolated. Researchers can follow growth, migration, morphology, and division as evolving behaviors, then examine how these patterns correspond with experimental treatments. This makes the system useful for identifying when a cellular response appears and whether it continues during long-term live-cell analysis.
A basic workflow begins by maintaining cultures in the chamber under incubator conditions. The integrated microscope then captures images repeatedly, and researchers review the resulting sequence to track changes. Because observations occur without routinely removing cultures, the same experiment can be followed for growth, morphology, migration, division, or treatment-associated behavior.
The BioStation CT Incubator is especially useful when a study asks how living cells change over time. In cell biology, drug-response studies, and long-term live-cell analysis, researchers can repeatedly observe the same cultures while maintaining incubator conditions. This design supports comparisons between successive observations and helps connect cellular changes with experimental treatments, rather than relying only on a single endpoint.