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A Customizable Chamber for Measuring Cell Migration
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2017
This protocol details a customizable method to measure cell migration in response to chemoattractants that may also be used to determine the diffusion rate of a drug out of a polymer matrix.
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Sealable Femtoliter Chamber Arrays for Cell-free Biology
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2015
A microfabricated device with sealable femtoliter-volume reaction chambers is described. This report includes a protocol for sealing cell-free protein synthesis reactants inside these chambers for the purpose of understanding the role of crowding and confinement in gene expression.
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Culturing Human Pluripotent and Neural Stem Cells in an Enclosed Cell Culture System for Basic and Preclinical Research
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2016
Here is a protocol to grow pluripotent stem cells (PSC) and neural stem cells (NSC) in an enclosed cell culture system that permits maximum sterility and reproducibility, replacing the traditional biosafety cabinet and incubator. This equipment meets clinical good manufacturing practice (cGMP) and clinical good lab practice (cGLP) guidelines.
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Induction and Testing of Hypoxia in Cell Culture
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2011
Here we propose simple methods to induce hypoxia in cell cultures and simple tests to evaluate the hypoxic status of the cultures.
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Analysis of Trunk Neural Crest Cell Migration using a Modified Zigmond Chamber Assay
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2012
An approach to analyze the migration of explanted cells (trunk neural crest cells) is described. This method is inexpensive, gentle, and capable of distinguishing chemotaxis from both chemokinesis and other influences on migratory polarity such as those derived from cell-cell interactions within the primary trunk neural crest cell culture.
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Carbon dioxide helps maintain the culture medium’s pH through the bicarbonate buffering system. When atmospheric composition is controlled, this chemical relationship supports conditions in which cells can remain viable and display more reproducible behavior. This stability is especially important when experiments depend on comparing cellular responses across treatments or time points.
Stable temperature, humidity, and atmospheric composition help keep the culture environment consistent from one experiment to another. This consistency supports cell viability and reduces environmental variation that could alter cellular behavior independently of the treatment being studied. Maintaining these parameters is therefore important for experimental control, especially when researchers compare multiple cultures or conditions.
Aseptic handling limits contamination, which can disrupt cultures and make observed results difficult to attribute to the intended biological treatment. In a cell culture chamber, maintaining this practice complements control of temperature, humidity, and atmospheric composition. Together, these measures help preserve viable cultures and support reproducible experiments.
Primary cells and established cell lines can both be expanded in a controlled chamber, but their inclusion supports different experimental needs. Primary cells provide a system for studying cellular physiology or disease-related behavior, whereas established lines support repeatable investigations across experiments. Stable conditions help maintain each culture while researchers examine development or treatment responses.
These cultures can reveal changes in cellular physiology, development, disease mechanisms, and responses to experimental treatments. Because the chamber stabilizes key environmental variables, researchers can relate observed changes more confidently to the biological question or treatment rather than to uncontrolled culture conditions. This makes the system useful for controlled studies of cell behavior outside the organism.
Cell culture chambers are used in drug testing, where researchers examine responses to experimental treatments, and in tissue engineering and regenerative biology, where controlled cell growth supports broader biological goals. They also enable studies of cellular physiology, development, and disease mechanisms. These applications connect controlled cell maintenance with both basic and translational research.