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Culture of Isolated Floor Plate Tissue and Production of Conditioned Medium to Assess Functional Properties of Floor Plate-released Signals
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2014
The floor plate is a crucial structure of the developing spinal cord, providing diffusible signals to progenitors and differentiating neurons. We describe a method to produce floor-plate conditioned medium, to apply it to fresh spinal cord tissue, and to assess the consequences on proteins of interest by biochemistry.
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Improved Fecundity and Fertility Assay for Aedes aegypti using 24 Well Tissue Culture Plates (EAgaL Plates)
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2021
Described is a time and space-saving method to count eggs and determine hatch rates of individual mosquitoes using 24 well tissue culture plates, which can substantially increase the scale and speed of fecundity and fertility assays.
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Histotypic Tissue Culture
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2023
Although two-dimensional tissue culture has been common for some time, cells behave more realistically in a three-dimensional culture, and more closely mimics native tissue. This video introduces histotypic tissue culture, where the growth and propagation of one cell line is done in an engineered three-dimensional matrix to reach high cell density. Here, we show the harvesting of cells from donor tissue, followed by cell culture on an engineered construct.
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Whole Organ Tissue Culture
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2023
Whole organs can be cultured ex vivo using specialized bioreactors with the goal of repairing or replacing entire organs. This method uses a donor organ that is stripped of all cells, leaving behind the three-dimensional structure, which is then repopulated with new cells. This video demonstrates the whole organ culture of lungs and shows how a dynamic culture that mimics the mechanical stimulation in the body is needed to induce native tissue properties.
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Plant Tissue Culture
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2020
Plant tissue culture is widely used in both primary and applied science. Applications range from plant development studies to functional gene studies, crop improvement, commercial micropropagation, virus elimination, and conservation of rare species. Plant tissue culture depends on the ability of plant tissue to give rise to an entire new plant when provided with a growth medium and appropriate environment. This ability of plant cells or tissues is termed ‘totipotency.’ The fundamental steps...
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Individual wells allow researchers to maintain multiple cultures in parallel while keeping experimental conditions physically separated. This arrangement supports controlled comparisons, such as examining different treatments or conditions alongside reference cultures. Because each well functions as an independent compartment, researchers can compare cellular growth, behavior, or responses across the same experiment more systematically.
The culture medium supplies nutrients needed to maintain cells or small tissue samples, while a treated surface can support attachment when attachment is required. The incubator regulates temperature, pH, and gas levels, creating more consistent conditions for growth and maintenance. Together, these components help preserve the cellular environment needed for reliable observations.
Cellular growth and behavior can change when environmental conditions vary. Regulating temperature, pH, and gas levels helps researchers distinguish responses associated with an experimental treatment from responses caused by the surrounding culture environment. Consistent conditions across wells therefore improve the interpretability of comparisons and make observed cellular changes easier to evaluate.
A typical workflow begins by preparing the sterile plate and placing nutrient-rich culture medium into the selected wells. Cells or small tissue samples are then introduced, with attachment to the treated surface used when needed. The plate is maintained in an incubator under regulated conditions, and researchers observe cellular growth, behavior, or responses over the experiment.
Their multiple wells enable researchers to examine several conditions in parallel, including treated and comparison cultures. Cells or tissue samples can be exposed to different experimental conditions while temperature, pH, and gas levels remain controlled. Observing changes in growth, behavior, or responses helps investigators evaluate how biological material reacts during drug or toxicity studies.
In biology, the format supports direct observation of cellular growth, behavior, and responses in controlled culture conditions. Its separate wells also help organize comparative experiments in cell biology and microbiology. For tissue engineering, researchers can maintain small tissue samples under regulated conditions, making it possible to study their behavior while testing selected culture environments or experimental treatments.