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Celigo-based cell-counting and viability assay for mammalian cells
Henning Gram Hansen
CHO Cell Line Engineering and Design, NNF-CfB, Technical University of Denmark
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Accurate assays for counting mammalian cells are important tools when performing experiments in cell biology. In general, commercially available cell-counting assays suffer from low throughput and high costs of consumables. Here, we describe a cost-efficient Hoechst and propidium iodide (PI)-staining protocol that accurately counts the number of viable mammalian cells in 96-well microplates based on image cytometry on a Celígo® Image Cytometer. Hands-on time for one microplate is less than 20 minutes and the entire procedure including incubation takes approximately 1 hour. Since all steps prior to image cytometry analysis involve liquid handling and since the Celígo® Image Cytometer is automation-friendly, this protocol has the potential to be integrated into automated liquid handling workflows.
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VCD, viability, mammalian cells, CHO, high-throughput, Celigo
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Celigo-based cell-counting and viability assay for mammalian cells
Henning Gram Hansen
CHO Cell Line Engineering and Design, NNF-CfB, Technical University of Denmark
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Accurate assays for counting mammalian cells are important tools when performing experiments in cell biology. In general, commercially available cell-counting assays suffer from low throughput and high costs of consumables. Here, we describe a cost-efficient Hoechst and propidium iodide (PI)-staining protocol that accurately counts the number of viable mammalian cells in 96-well microplates based on image cytometry on a Celígo® Image Cytometer. Hands-on time for one microplate is less than 20 minutes and the entire procedure including incubation takes approximately 1 hour. Since all steps prior to image cytometry analysis involve liquid handling and since the Celígo® Image Cytometer is automation-friendly, this protocol has the potential to be integrated into automated liquid handling workflows.
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Associated Publications
Versatile microscale screening platform for improving recombinant protein productivity in Chinese hamster ovary cells
by Henning Gram Hansen, Claes Nymand Nilsson, Anne Mathilde Lund, +7
Scientific Reports (21 March, 2016)