Extraction of Biophysical Parameters from Label-free Digital Holographic Phase Microscopy Images for Cell Culture Quality Control

Author(s):  
Lena Kastl ◽  
Michael Isbach ◽  
Dieter Dirksen ◽  
Jürgen Schnekenburger ◽  
Björn Kemper
Lab on a Chip ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 4533 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Pierzchalski ◽  
Monika Hebeisen ◽  
Anja Mittag ◽  
Jozsef Bocsi ◽  
Marco Di Berardino ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yair Rivenson ◽  
Tairan Liu ◽  
Zhensong Wei ◽  
Yibo Zhang ◽  
Kevin de Haan ◽  
...  

Pharmaceutics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 590
Author(s):  
Jennifer Cauzzo ◽  
Nikhil Jayakumar ◽  
Balpreet Singh Ahluwalia ◽  
Azeem Ahmad ◽  
Nataša Škalko-Basnet

The rapid development of nanomedicine and drug delivery systems calls for new and effective characterization techniques that can accurately characterize both the properties and the behavior of nanosystems. Standard methods such as dynamic light scattering (DLS) and fluorescent-based assays present challenges in terms of system’s instability, machine sensitivity, and loss of tracking ability, among others. In this study, we explore some of the downsides of batch-mode analyses and fluorescent labeling, while introducing quantitative phase microscopy (QPM) as a label-free complimentary characterization technique. Liposomes were used as a model nanocarrier for their therapeutic relevance and structural versatility. A successful immobilization of liposomes in a non-dried setup allowed for static imaging conditions in an off-axis phase microscope. Image reconstruction was then performed with a phase-shifting algorithm providing high spatial resolution. Our results show the potential of QPM to localize subdiffraction-limited liposomes, estimate their size, and track their integrity over time. Moreover, QPM full-field-of-view images enable the estimation of a single-particle-based size distribution, providing an alternative to the batch mode approach. QPM thus overcomes some of the drawbacks of the conventional methods, serving as a relevant complimentary technique in the characterization of nanosystems.


Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 340
Author(s):  
Elisa Chiodi ◽  
Francesco Damin ◽  
Laura Sola ◽  
Lucia Ferraro ◽  
Dario Brambilla ◽  
...  

The manufacture of a very high-quality microarray support is essential for the adoption of this assay format in clinical routine. In fact, poorly surface-bound probes can affect the diagnostic sensitivity or, in worst cases, lead to false negative results. Here we report on a reliable and easy quality control method for the evaluation of spotted probe properties in a microarray test, based on the Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor (IRIS) system, a high-resolution label free technique able to evaluate the variation of the mass bound to a surface. In particular, we demonstrated that the IRIS analysis of microarray chips immediately after probe immobilization can detect the absence of probes, which recognizably causes a lack of signal when performing a test, with clinical relevance, using fluorescence detection. Moreover, the use of the IRIS technique allowed also to determine the optimal concentration of the probe, that has to be immobilized on the surface, to maximize the target recognition, thus the signal, but to avoid crowding effects. Finally, through this preliminary quality inspection it is possible to highlight differences in the immobilization chemistries. In particular, we have compared NHS ester versus click chemistry reactions using two different surface coatings, demonstrating that, in the diagnostic case used as an example (colorectal cancer) a higher probe density does not reflect a higher binding signal, probably because of a crowding effect.


2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 275-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chulmin Joo ◽  
Emre Özkumur ◽  
M. Selim Ünlü ◽  
Johannes F. de Boer

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukul K. Midha ◽  
David S. Campbell ◽  
Charu Kapil ◽  
Ulrike Kusebauch ◽  
Michael R. Hoopmann ◽  
...  

Abstract Data-independent acquisition (DIA) mass spectrometry, also known as Sequential Window Acquisition of all Theoretical Mass Spectra (SWATH), is a popular label-free proteomics strategy to comprehensively quantify peptides/proteins utilizing mass spectral libraries to decipher inherently multiplexed spectra collected linearly across a mass range. Although there are many spectral libraries produced worldwide, the quality control of these libraries is lacking. We present the DIALib-QC (DIA library quality control) software tool for the systematic evaluation of a library’s characteristics, completeness and correctness across 62 parameters of compliance, and further provide the option to improve its quality. We demonstrate its utility in assessing and repairing spectral libraries for correctness, accuracy and sensitivity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (10) ◽  
pp. 2310-2315
Author(s):  
Duygu Harmanci ◽  
Zihni Onur Uygun ◽  
Ayşe Koçak Sezgin ◽  
Cenk Demirdöver ◽  
Ferhan Girgin Sagin ◽  
...  

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