As mentioned in a previous post the DAX Biochips from AIM Biotech are an innovative and versatile microfluidic platform, allowing researchers to more easily develop 3D cell culture models, to work as close as possible to what occurs in the human body, but under in-vitro conditions.

Due to its innovative structure (as seen in this general AIM Chips flyer), a broad range of applications have already been validated on this model (Cellular Migration-Invasion Analysis / Angiogenesis studies / Metstasis Modeling System), but what’s new is that now Immunotherapy and T-Cell Therapy studies can be performed on this technology.

By mimicking in-vivo environments, 3D cell culture models appear nowadays as the best in-vitro study model to work in an in-vivo like study model and to obtain more physiologically relevant data and proof of concept as close as possible to “a clinical context” (aka the “near-human” approach).

3D cell culture chip – AIM Biotech tebu-bio – near-human approaches

To accompany researchers along this way, there are several innovative cell culture devices (available in Europe through tebu-bio), and more specifically a modular microfluidic platform for 3D cell culture with the capability to monitor complex biological systems dynamics in response to tuned microenvironment: the 3D Cell culture chip (Aim Biotech)

For more than 2 years now, the Silicon Rhodamine-like (SiR) technology has allowed the live cell imaging field with fluorescence microscopy to evolve significantly.

Fluorescent SiR-probes have appeared as the best alternative tools for studying Actin (SiR-actin), Microtubules (SiR-Tubulin), DNA (SiR-DNA) and now lysosome (SiR-Lysosome) for live cell imaging. Who better to show this? Well, here’s how other researchers have been using them to get optimal results.

Cytoskeletal live cell imaging is extremely powerful when investigating cellular processes such as cytokinesis, motility and organelle transport and organization. The current experimental procedures remain nevertheless cumbersome and long. This post demonstrates how cell permeable, transfection free, Tubulin and Actin red fluorescent dyes help Cell biologists in analysing cytoskeleton dynamics in living cells.