Hydrogels are a cornerstone of in vitro cell culture, providing a tunable microenvironment that mimics the mechanical properties of native tissues.

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The 4Dcell offering includes two hydrogel-coated coverslip formats that integrate seamlessly with your microscopy workflows.

The first, a simple hydrogel coverslip, pairs a glass substrate with a biocompatible matrix whose elasticity can be adjusted from a few hundred pascals to several kilopascals, perfect for probing cell adhesion, motility, and differentiation as a function of substrate stiffness.

The second, a microstructured hydrogel coverslip, retains this mechanical tunability while adding customizable microgrooves: these microscopic channels guide and align cells (neuronal axons, muscle fibers, dendrites…), control their polarization, and promote the formation of structured endothelial networks, delivering a more faithful reproduction of in vivo tissue architectures.

Together, these two products provide a highly reproducible, easy-to-implement platform that combines mechanical and topographical cues to accelerate your discoveries and enhance the robustness of your results.