Automated microbeam observation environment for biological analysis-Custom portable environmental control applied to a vertical microbeam system.

ABSTRACT: Vertical Microbeams (VMB) are used to irradiate individual cells with low MeV energy ions. The irradiation of cells using VMBs requires cells to be removed from an incubator; this can cause physiological changes to cells because of the lower CO₂ concentration, temperature and relative humidity outside of the incubator. Consequently, for experiments where cells require irradiation and observation for extended time periods, it is important to provide a controlled environment. The highly customised nature of the microscopes used on VMB systems means that there are no commercially available environmentally controlled microscope systems for VMB systems. The Automated Microbeam Observation Environment for Biological Analysis (AMOEBA) is a highly flexible modular environmental control

SUBMITTER: England MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5836785 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature