Rapid single-cell electroporation for labeling organotypic cultures
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Author(s)
Steinmeyer, Joseph D. (Joseph Daly)
Advisor(s)
Mehmet F. Yanik.
Date Issued
2010
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Single-cell electroporation is a technique for transfecting individual cells in tissue culture at relatively high efficiencies, however it is both time-consuming and low-throughput and this limits the number of different labeling agents that can be effectively introduced into a region of tissue in reasonable periods of time. A novel system that will rapidly load, clean, and accurately position a glass micropipette electrode into tissue culture for single-cell electroporation is proposed. The system will significantly increase the number of different labeling agents that can be introduced into a single tissue culture per unit time. This in turn, will provide a means for improving the study of neural anatomy at cellular resolutions in both tissue culture and in vivo environments.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2010.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-39).
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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