Fully Automated Microinjection System for Xenopus laevis Oocytes With Integrated Sorting and Collection

Journal of Laboratory Automation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 186-196

  Graf, Siegfried F ^a   Madigou, Thierry ^b   Li, Ruoya ^c   Chesné, Christophe ^c   Stemmer, Andreas ^d   Knapp, Helmut F ^a  

^a CSEM   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c Biopredic International   (France)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Automated collection; Automated microinjection; Cell sorting; Oocyte self orientation; Unlabeled sorting; Vision based; Xenopus laevis oocyte

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATED COLLECTION; AUTOMATED MICROINJECTION; CELL SORTING; OOCYTE SELF-ORIENTATION; UNLABELED SORTING; VISION BASED; XENOPUS LAEVIS OOCYTE;

AUTOMATION; CELL CULTURE; CELLS;

COMMINUTION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL SELECTION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FATIGUE; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 79955962342     PISSN: 22110682     EISSN: 22110690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jala.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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