SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE PASSAGE OF A CULTURE OF CELLS

    公开(公告)号:US20220315877A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17620511

    申请日:2019-12-18

    Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for the adaptive passage of a culture of cells and apparatus and methods for dissociating cell colonies are described. The systems may include an imaging module, a pipette module, a handling module, and/or a stage module. Coordinated operation of the modules, optionally in an automated manner, is effected by at least one processor based on one or more characteristics of the culture of cells calculated from one or more images captured at more than one time point. A first apparatus for adaptive passage of a culture cells includes an imaging module and at least one processor, which apparatus may be included in the systems or used in the methods. A second apparatus for dissociating cell colonies, may also be included in the systems or used in the methods, includes impact bumper(s) collidable with impact bracket(s) to transmit a dissociative force to a culture of cells.

    SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATED CULTURE OF CELLS

    公开(公告)号:US20210317399A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-14

    申请号:US17253838

    申请日:2019-06-19

    Abstract: Systems and methods for the automated culture of cells and apparatus and methods for dissociating one or more colonies in a culture of cells are described. The automated systems include at least an imaging module, a pipette module, a handling module, and optionally a stage module. Coordinated operation of the foregoing modules is effected by at least one processor based on one or more characteristics of the culture of cells calculated from one or more images captured at a first time point and at one or more subsequent time points. The apparatus includes a mounting surface, having one or more impact bumpers, connected to a rotatable drive, a platform rotatable dependently or independently of the drive, and one or more impact brackets connected to the platform and collidable with the one or more impact bumpers to transmit a dissociative force to a culture of cells in a cell culture vessel upon the platform.

    COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR RAPID AND REVERSIBLE BIOMOLECULAR LABELING

    公开(公告)号:US20190178879A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-13

    申请号:US16227436

    申请日:2018-12-20

    Abstract: This disclosure provides compositions and methods for a low-avidity, high-affinity and high-specificity biomolecular interaction that is rapidly reversible under physiological conditions. The methods comprise linking biological targets (such as molecules, proteins, DNA, cells, extracellular vesicles, etc.) with polymers and anti-polymer ligands and a way to reverse their binding using physiologically compatible polymeric compounds. The methods also comprise a way to combine different polymer/anti-polymer systems for orthogonal labeling. The compositions comprise labels including particles (fluorescent, magnetic, dense, etc.) conjugated to polymers or labels conjugated to anti-polymer antibodies. The compositions also comprise biomolecules (proteins, antibodies, DNA, etc.) conjugated to the polymers. These methods and compositions represent a major improvement to the state-of-the-art. They are particularly useful for separation and isolation of biological targets using particles, but have important application to other fields including fluorescent imaging.

    Systems, methods and apparatus for adaptive passage of a culture of cells

    公开(公告)号:US12258552B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-25

    申请号:US17620511

    申请日:2019-12-18

    Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods for the adaptive passage of a culture of cells and apparatus and methods for dissociating cell colonies are described. The systems may include an imaging module, a pipette module, a handling module, and/or a stage module. Coordinated operation of the modules, optionally in an automated manner, is effected by at least one processor based on one or more characteristics of the culture of cells calculated from one or more images captured at more than one time point. A first apparatus for adaptive passage of a culture cells includes an imaging module and at least one processor, which apparatus may be included in the systems or used in the methods. A second apparatus for dissociating cell colonies, may also be included in the systems or used in the methods, includes impact bumper(s) collidable with impact bracket(s) to transmit a dissociative force to a culture of cells.

    COMPOSITIONS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STIMULATING CELLS

    公开(公告)号:US20230250194A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-10

    申请号:US18012557

    申请日:2021-06-29

    CPC classification number: C07K16/468 A61P37/02 C07K2317/31

    Abstract: Provided are compositions comprising a target cell binding moiety conjugated with a nucleic acid polymer, the nucleic acid polymer characterized by a predicted melting temperature range (of secondary structures thereof) and/or a predicted free energy range (of self-hybridization). The compositions may be included in kits or systems, together with one or more complementary oligonucleotides, competitor oligonucleotides, anti-competitor oligonucleotides or the like. The compositions, kits, and systems may be used in methods of stimulating cells, quenching the stimulation of cells, modulating the stimulation of cells, or tagging (stimulated or unstimulated) cells to be analyzed.

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