Technologies for Micromanipulating, Imaging, and Phenotyping Small Invertebrates and Vertebrates

Mehmet Fatih Yanik; Christopher B. Rohde; Carlos Pardo-Martin

doi:10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071910-124703

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volume 13, 2011

Review Article

Technologies for Micromanipulating, Imaging, and Phenotyping Small Invertebrates and Vertebrates

Mehmet Fatih Yanik^1,2, Christopher B. Rohde¹, and Carlos Pardo-Martin^3,4
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Affiliations: ¹Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139; ²Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139; ³Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139; email: [email protected] ⁴School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Vol. 13:185-217 (Volume publication date August 2011) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071910-124703
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Abstract

Small multicellular model organisms such as the invertebrate nematode C. elegans and the vertebrate zebrafish provide unique opportunities for both basic science and pharmaceutical discovery. In recent years, there have been significant breakthroughs in technologies to manipulate and image these organisms for a variety of purposes ranging from behavioral studies of neuronal circuits to high-throughput screening. Here, we review these advancements with a particular focus on the optically transparent model organisms C. elegans and zebrafish.

Keyword(s): Caenorhabditis elegans, Danio rerio, high-throughput screening, microfluidics, zebrafish

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Supplemental Figure 1. Automated zebrafish injection through microforce feedback control (127–129). The embryo is positioned in an agar mold, and the micropipette is advanced to its interior. Through measurement of the microforce needed to advance the syringe, the penetration of the chorion and the cellular membrane can be sensed and the depth of injection can be controlled.

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127. Lu Z, Chen PCY, Nam J, Ge R, Lin W. 2007. A micromanipulation system with dynamic force-feedback for automatic batch microinjection. J. Micromech. Microeng. 17(2):314–21

128. Wang W, Liu X, Gelinas D, Ciruna B, Sun Y. 2007. A fully automated robotic system for microinjection of zebrafish embryos. PLoS ONE 2(9):e862

129. Huang HB, Sun D, Mills JK, Cheng SH. 2009. Robotic cell injection system with position and force control: toward automatic batch biomanipulation. IEEE Trans. Robot. 25(3):727–37

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