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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2016
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Adam E. Cohen, Cambridge, MA (US);
Miao-Ping Chien, Cambridge, MA (US);
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are photochemical crosslinkers and photocleavable crosslinkers and their uses in methods for cell selection from cell cultures. The photochemical crosslinkers comprise a fluorescent dye and a radical generator. The photocleavable crosslinkers comprise a photocleavable linker linking two electrophilic groups to each other. Also provided are systems for imaging cells comprising a plurality of cells crosslinked to extracellular matrix proteins using a crosslinker as described, an imaging apparatus, an illuminating apparatus, and software for image processing.