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EPSRC Reference: DT/E010857/1
Title: Exploitation of surface plasmon resonance imaging for two dimensional smart cell screening
Principal Investigator: Ray, Professor A
Other Investigators:
Vadgama, Professor P
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Department: Materials
Organisation: Queen Mary University of London
Scheme: Technology Programme
Starts: 01 May 2007 Ends: 30 April 2009 Value (£): 208,096
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Bioprocess Engineering
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
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A motion free wavelength selective imaging surface plasmon resonance system will be developed to visualise the broader metabolically driven and cytoskeletal charges of surface captured cells in response to stimuli creating a broadly applicable screening tool for optimisation of a wide range of bioprocesses. The proposed system is innovative in design in that it has no moving parts and novel in application in that it will enable cell surface contact charges to be monitored simultaneously for a (heterogeneous) population of surface adherent cells. When response to a pre-selected external stimulus (e.g. enzyme substrate) is registered by a specific cellsub-group at the surface, then that cell group provides a preselected panel for further optimisation for a particular receptor or enzyme cascade. It is envisaged that the system will have application in the discovery of environments conducive to a diverse range of bioprocessing and the robustness would lend itself to integration with the bioprocesses for feedback control and bio-optimisation.
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