Description
Specially designed for 3 isolated cultures connected via axons & functional activity recording.
With the TriaLink™ Shift MEA microfluidic chip, the microchannels, NeoBento™ and electrophysiology technologies are combined in a single microfluidic chip, to recreate a to recreate physiologicaly relevant 3 compartments of cell populations & monitor their functional activity:
• 3 compartments integrated on a custom Axion Biosystems MEA layer: 3 for cell culture
• 16 microfluidic chips per NeoBento™ MEA Pro with 672 electrodes
• 8 microfluidic chips per NeoBento™ MEA Edge with 336 electrodes
• Cell type electrophysology activity isolation per compartment
• Remote stimulation (compound or electrical)
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Readouts
All our chips are in the NeoBento format (standard 96-well SBS plate format) and thus offer a variety of handling readouts for your different needs.
• Immunofluorescence
• Live Dead Assays
• Live staining
• Liquid chromatography
• Mass Spectoscopy
• Lysis cells/supernatant analysis
• ELISA
• Calcium Imaging
Applications
TriaLink MEA is specially designed to co-culture 3 cell types in channel 1, 2 and 3, and enable the recording of specific neuronal activities in each and accross channels.
This opens a wide array of applications :
Applications:
• Study of the functional activity of neurons
• Analysis of the functional influence of a non-neuronal cell population (astrocyte cells for example) on neurons
• Culture up to 3 different cell populations (neurons/glial cells or neurons/skin cells…)
• Cell migration/chemotaxis (microglia cells for example)
• Stress effect on skin cells (ROS…)
• Neuroinflammation (Multiple sclerosis, Cerebral tumors…)
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Technologies
Our aim is to translate physiological behaviors by integrating our technologies within one chip.
• Electrophysiology: Combining our advanced organs-on-chip devices with Axion Biosystems’ Maestro MEA benchtop systems allows users to record and analyze each compartmentalized cell population independently, allowing them to better understand the relationships and effects at play.
• Microchannel tunnels: Due to their micrometric measurements, only cell extensions can grow within the microchannels, leaving the cell bodies within the compartments themselves.
• NeoBento HT Format: The NeoBento is our versatile container which is in the standard 96-well microplate format, compatible with standard liquid handling and imaging equipment, and does not require expensive equipment.
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