RESOURCES August 28th 2020

Seeing is believing: Label-free time-lapse microscopy for quantifying cell proliferation

Cell proliferation assays are used in a wide variety of contexts. For example, proliferation can be used to gauge the health of new transgenic cell lines or to evaluate the success of tissue regeneration experiments. Quantitative cell proliferation assays are also essential for evaluating the dose-response of new pharmaceutical agents, such as in the context of anti-cancer drug development.

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CYTOSMART ACADEMY August 27th 2020

How to improve your stem cell culture with the CytoSMART Lux2 - CytoSMART Academy

This video describes how the Lux2 (CytoSMART Technologies) can help and improve your stem cell culture.

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RESOURCES August 24th 2020

Optical Microscopy vs. Digital Microscopy: For cell cultures studies

A variation of the optical microscope is the digital microscope. These microscopes use a digital camera instead of eyepieces. Images are seen in real-time on a computer screen. The invention of the USB port in the 1990s has made available a wide variety of USB digital microscopes to suit every need.

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CYTOSMART ACADEMY August 20th 2020

Issues when using Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hUC MSCs) - CytoSMART Academy

There are also some issues involved when using mesenchymal stem cells derived from the umbilical cord.

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RESOURCES August 18th 2020

Live-cell imaging: A journey from hand-drawn sketches to microcinematography

Live-cell imaging is the study of living cells using time-lapse microscopy. It is used by scientists to obtain a better understanding of biological function through the study of cellular dynamics. Live-cell imaging has offered countless insights into biological marvels. It is the study of living cell/s with time-lapse microscopy. It helped scientists to achieve a better understanding of biological function through the study of cellular dynamics.

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CYTOSMART ACADEMY August 13th 2020

Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hUC MSCs) explained - CytoSMART Academy

There are quite some advantages and benefits for using mesenchymal stem cells derived from the umbilical cord.

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CYTOSMART ACADEMY August 6th 2020

Example of a stem cell culture - CytoSMART Academy

In this video, we describe what a typical stem cell culture looks like, in terms of time, materials and costs.

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RESOURCES August 6th 2020

Remote monitoring of iPSC-derived neural crest cells

Neuronal cells used in in vitro research are often derived via directed differentiation of human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). In order to make sure the iPSCs differentiate into neuronal cells, it is very important to keep a close eye on your cells during this costly 30-day process. CytoSMART’s live-cell imaging microscopes and Anatomic's 7-day neural differentiation method can speed up this process.

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CYTOSMART ACADEMY July 30th 2020

What are stem cells? - CytoSMART Academy

The totipotent, pluripotent, multipotent and unipotent stem cells levels are explained, ending with the somatic cells.

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RESOURCES July 29th 2020

Wound healing assays: discussing subtypes of cell removal assays

Cell removal assays are generally a low-tech solution to study migration and wound healing. Here we discuss and compare the stratch assay, stamp wounding, PDMS barrier assay, laser-based wounding, electrical wounding, chemical wounding and vacuum-based wounding.

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