A method for the assembly of adhesive and soluble gradients in a microscopy chamber for live cell migration studies is described. The engineered environment combines antifouling surfaces and adhesive tracks with solution gradients and therefore allows one to determine the relative importance of guidance cues.
Ngalim, S. H., Magenau, A., Zhu, Y., Tønnesen, L., Fairjones, Z., Gooding, J. J., Böcking, T., Gaus, K. Creating Adhesive and Soluble Gradients for Imaging Cell Migration with Fluorescence Microscopy. J. Vis. Exp. (74), e50310, doi:10.3791/50310 (2013).