A human 2D patient-derived organoid screening platform to study tissue patterning and kinase pathway dynamics in single cells. With the help of this system, it is discovered that waves of ERK signaling induced by apoptotic cells play a critical role in maintaining tissue patterning and homeostasis.

Provided is an apparatus including: a first filtration unit that filters a fluid sample by a filter; a culture unit that performs culture using a resultant object that has undergone a processing treatment to reduce a flat size for the filter after filtration by the first filtration unit; a detection unit that detects nucleic acids of organisms cultured by the culture unit; and a processing treatment unit that performs the processing treatment on the filter after filtration by the first filtration unit, and produces a filter processed object as the resultant object, wherein the processing treatment unit cuts the filter after filtration by the first filtration unit to produce the filter processed object.

A system for biomass sensing includes a fixed bed bioreactor including a container and a fixed bed disposed within such container. At least one sensor is for sensing one or more parameters representative of biomass in the fixed bed. A controller is adapted for correlating the one or more parameters to an amount of biomass of the fixed bed bioreactor, such as using a correlation model. Related systems and methods are also described.

The invention relates to a method for predicting the metabolic condition of a cell culture of cells of a specific cell type. The method comprises providing (102) a metabolic model (402) of a cell of the specific cell type and carrying out the following steps at each of a plurality of points in time during the cultivation of the cell culture: receiving (106) measured concentrations of several extracellular metabolites and a measured cell density in the culture medium; inputting (108) the received measured values as input parameter values into a trained machine learning program logicMLP (218); predicting (110) extracellular flows (408) of the extracellular metabolites at a future point in time by means of the MLP; carrying out (112) a metabolic flow analysis for calculating the intracellular flows at the future point in time on the basis of the predicted extracellular flows and the stoichiometric equations of the metabolic model.

The present invention relates to a sensor chip capable of culturing cells and analyzing a cell-derived substance in which the sensor chip is able to electrochemically measure a concentration of hydrogen peroxide whose a secreted amount varies based on activity of immune cells, and to quantitatively analyze cell activity, based on the measured concentration. Further, the present invention relates to a method for quantitative analysis of cell activity using the sensor chip.

An exemplary microphysiological system and method are disclosed comprising a microfluidic chamber designed to hold live tissue explants and provide a desired microphysiological environment for the tissue to keep it alive and thriving for an extended period of time to which observations and stimuli can be applied to the tissue. The exemplary microphysiological system and method are self-contained and scalable to allow multiple chambers to operate in parallel in high throughput capacity.

Methods and apparatuses to non-destructively and periodically sample a small quantity of intracellular proteins and mRNA from the same single cell or cells for an extended period of time. Specifically, describe herein are non-perturbative methods for time-resolved, longitudinal extraction and quantitative measurement of intracellular proteins and nucleic acids from a variety of cell types using systems including nanostraws.

An electrical stimulation apparatus includes: a cell cluster container comprising a cell cluster configured to secrete an active material; an indicator container comprising an indicator; a controller configured to apply a stimulation voltage to the cell cluster container based on a sensing signal received from the indicator container; a first entrance connected to the cell cluster container and configured to allow either one or both of the cell cluster to be retracted and a new cell cluster to be injected; and a second entrance connected to the indicator container and configured to allow either one or both of the indicator to be retracted and a new indicator to be injected.

Cell monitoring apparatus includes sensing chip and channel module. Sensing chip includes channel region, source and drain regions, and sensing film. The channel region includes first semiconductor material. The source and drain regions are disposed at opposite sides of the channel region, and include a second semiconductor material. Sensing film is disposed on the channel region at a sensing surface of the sensing chip. Channel module is disposed on the sensing surface of sensing chip. A microfluidic channel is formed between the sensing surface of the sensing chip and a proximal surface of the channel module. The microfluidic channel includes a culture chamber and a micro-well. The culture chamber is concave into the proximal surface of the channel module, and overlies the channel region. The micro-well is concave into a side of the culture chamber, and directly faces the sensing film.

The present invention relates to a sensor chip capable of culturing cells and analyzing a cell-derived substance in which the sensor chip is able to electrochemically measure a concentration of hydrogen peroxide whose a secreted amount varies based on activity of immune cells, and to quantitatively analyze cell activity, based on the measured concentration. Further, the present invention relates to a method for quantitative analysis of cell activity using the sensor chip.