High-throughput measurement of single-cell growth rates using serial microfluidic mass sensor arrays

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1052-1059

  Cermak, Nathan ^a   Olcum, Selim ^a   Delgado, Francisco Feijó ^a,b   Wasserman, Steven C ^b   Payer, Kristofor R ^b   Murakami, Mark A ^c   Knudsen, Scott M ^b   Kimmerling, Robert J ^b   Stevens, Mark M ^a   Kikuchi, Yuki ^b,g   Sandikci, Arzu ^a   Ogawa, Masaaki ^d   Agache, Vincent ^e   Baléras, François ^e   Weinstock, David M ^c,f   Manalis, Scott R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Innovative Micro Technology   (United States)

^e CEA LETI   (France)

^f BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^g HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL GROWTH; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; MAMMALS; MICROFLUIDICS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT MEASUREMENTS; HUMAN LEUKEMIA CELLS; LIMITED SENSITIVITY; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; RESONANT MASS SENSORS;

GROWTH KINETICS;

CD8 ANTIGEN; KANAMYCIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; THYMIDINE;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; CELL GROWTH ASSAY; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL; LYMPHOID CELL LINE; MAMMAL CELL; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSOR; SUSPENDED MICROCHANNEL RESONATOR; T LYMPHOCYTE; YEAST CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DRUG EFFECTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; LAB ON A CHIP; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PRECLINICAL STUDY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; LAB-ON-A-CHIP DEVICES; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84992388359     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3666     Document Type: Article

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