Image Of The Week - 11/17/2006



Patterned growth of cultured mouse neuronal cells. It is achieved using patterns formed of cell-friendly (cytophillic) and cell-repelling (cytophobic) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) stamped on the surface they are growing on. Cell patterning has applications in a numbers of different disciplines and applications such as cell biology, cell-based chemical sensors, and tissue engineering. This work was supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Grant ECS-0448886 and Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance (PITA) Grant PA-DCED C000016682.

Image provided by: Gaoshan Jing, Joe Labukas, Prof. Svetlana Tatic-Lucic (ECE Dept.), Prof. Gregory Ferguson (Dept. of Chemistry) and Dr. Susan Perry (Professor of Practice, ChE Dept.).

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