MICROPATTERNING FABRICATION KIT

Produce your own micropatterns

Micropatterning fabrication kit

The 4Dcell micropatterning kit includes everything you need to make your own adhesive micropatterns on glass slides for an affordable price.

For each kit, you can choose the shape of the micropatterns among the standard ones offered by 4Dcell or you can customize a specific micropattern.

> CONTROL THE CONDITIONS OF THE EXPERIMENT

Run your micropatterning experiment in accordance with your research needs

> USE A SIMPLE AND AFFORDABLE METHOD

Everything is provided to support you in your experiment

> HIGH QUALITY MATERIAL

Toolbox to make homogeneous and reproducible micropatterns

HOW TO SET UP YOUR MICROPATTERNING FABRICATION KIT

How to make micropatterns for cell culure

FEATURES & BENEFITS

WHICH KIT FITS YOUR NEEDS?

If you never made any micropatterns:
Micropatterning Station (micropatterning box + UV Printer)

If you already have a UV Printer:
Micropatterning Box (consumables box + optical mask)

If you have all the equipment but want to access the best chemicals:
Consumables Box (slides and aliquots of all the needed solutions)

Each element can also be ordered separately.

Micropatterning fabrication kit

MICROPATTERNS SHAPES

disks

lines

triangles

squares

rectangles

grids

Or you can ask for customized shapes.

Standard micropatterns sizes go from 10 µm to 100 µm.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR OWN MICROPATTERNS?

To manufacture 100 micropatterned slides, you need:

> 1 x Optical mask: contains the micropattern features. If you already have optical masks compatible with deep UV, you can use them with our kit

> 100 x glass slides

> 1 x Aliquots of extracellular matrix protein for cell adhesion (for example, fibronectin) in the right buffer solution

> 1 x Aliquots of a fluorescent marker to reveal the micropatterns (for example, fluorescently labeled fibrinogen)

> 1 x Aliquots of anti-adhesive molecule (poly-ethylene glycol) ready to bind to the glass slide

> 1 x UV Printer (activation and printing)

We put our expertise at your disposal to help you make your choice.

> CANCER

Migration of cancer cells (line patterns)

Cell shape standardization

> ORGAN PHYSIOLOGY

Migration of somatic and cancer cells

Cell shape standardization

Cardiomyocyte beating properties

Neural network

> RARE DISEASES

Cell nucleus integrity

Nuclear plasticity

Neural network

> FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH

Cell shape standardization

Standardized connectivity between neurons

> BIOMOLECULAR IN VITRO MODELS

Spatial autoorganization of macromolecules (at the microscale)

line micropatterns

Image of micropatterned cells in lines (labelled by fluorescence) obtained with a 4Dcell photomask
Hôpital Saint Louis, experiment run with Dr. Benoit Vianay

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