Rapid Enhancement of Cellular Spheroid Assembly by Acoustically Driven Microcentrifugation

ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1013-1022

  Alhasan, Layla ^a   Qi, Aisha ^a   Al Abboodi, Aswan ^b   Rezk, Amgad ^a   Chan, Peggy P Y ^a,c   Iliescu, Ciprian ^d   Yeo, Leslie Y ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cells; hydrogel; microcentrifugation; spheroid; surface acoustic wave

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; PHALLOIDIN; VINCULIN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FORCE; GEOMETRY; HYDROGEL; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TUMOR SPHEROID;

EID: 85006217711     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23739878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00144     Document Type: Article

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