Design and validation of an open-source modular Microplate Photoirradiation System for high-throughput photobiology experiments.

ABSTRACT: Research in photobiology is currently limited by a lack of devices capable of delivering precise and tunable irradiation to cells in a high-throughput format. This limits researchers to using expensive commercially available or custom-built light sources which make it difficult to replicate, standardize, optimize, and scale experiments. Here we present an open-source Microplate Photoirradiation System (MPS) developed to enable high-throughput light experiments in standard 96 and 24-well microplates for a variety of applications in photobiology research. This open-source system features 96 independently controlled LEDs (4 LEDs per well in 24-well), Wi-Fi connected control and programmable graphical user interface (GUI) for control and programming, automated calibration GUI, and modular cont

SUBMITTER: Katz S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6173374 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature