Microscope cell culture incubator
Project Overview
Engineering Specialty: Bioinstrumentation, Cellular Engineering
Medical Specialty: Research
Skills: Cell Biology, Electronics, Imaging, Mechanics
Summary
The goal of this project is to develop a low cost cell culture incubation chamber with interchangeable culture plates that is compatible with an inverted microscope and capable of live imaging. This incubation chamber must be able to maintain an internal environment of 37 C, 5% CO2, and 95-100% humidity over long a duration of time, without compromising the integrity of the microscopes optics or functionality. Special consideration should be taken to maintain even heating and humidity across the chamber as gradients can result in evaporation from low volume cultures such as microfluidic devices. Current commercially available systems are prone to these issues, are are extremely expensive.
Team Picture
Files
- Preliminary Report (October 19, 2016)
- Product Design Specifications (October 19, 2016)
- Final Presentation Poster (December 13, 2016)
- Final Report (December 14, 2016)
- Prelim presentation (October 14, 2016)
Contact Information
Team Members
- Trevor Zarecki - Team Leader
- Jennifer Westlund - Communicator
- Steven Gock - BSAC
- Jack Mcginnity - BWIG
- Peter Hartig - BPAG
Advisor and Client
- Mitchell Tyler - Advisor
- Prof. John Puccinelli - Client
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