Brandon Thompson

Title: Brandon Thompson and Automated Organoid Research

Introduction

Brandon Thompson is an inventor associated with Cell Microsystems, Inc. in Durham, North Carolina. His patent work concerns tools for culturing, imaging, and handling organoids, three-dimensional cell structures used in biological research.

Latest Patents

Thompson is named on 1 patent: “Automated System for Imaging, Identification, and Isolation of Organoids.” The invention combines a microwell array designed for organoid culture with an instrument system that automatically images, identifies, and isolates individual organoids. Each microwell includes a releasable cellraft, allowing selected organoids to be released and transferred intact to a collection plate.

The system can track organoids as they grow and analyze them using brightfield and fluorescence imaging. Demonstrated applications include imaging individual mouse hepatic and pancreatic organoids, generating clonal organoids, subcloning parent organoids, and extracting RNA from single organoids for gene-expression or transcriptomic analysis.

Career Highlights

Thompson’s listed invention addresses the practical challenge of selecting and transferring individual organoids without disrupting them. By combining culture, imaging, analysis, and isolation in an automated workflow, the system supports downstream research applications.

Collaborations

Thompson is associated with Cell Microsystems, Inc. His listed coworkers include Rachel Allysa Stern and Jessica Kessler Hartman.

Conclusion

Brandon Thompson’s patent work focuses on an automated platform for studying and isolating organoids, supporting more precise workflows in biological research.