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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
May. 11, 2010
Nicholas L. Abbott, Madison, WI (US);
Jeffrey C. Mohr, Madison, WI (US);
Christopher J. Murphy, Madison, WI (US);
Elise Huang, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Juan J. Depablo, Madison, WI (US);
Nathan A. Lockwood, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Sean P. Palecek, Madison, WI (US);
Nicholas L. Abbott, Madison, WI (US);
Jeffrey C. Mohr, Madison, WI (US);
Christopher J. Murphy, Madison, WI (US);
Elise Huang, Fitchburg, WI (US);
Juan J. DePablo, Madison, WI (US);
Nathan A. Lockwood, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Sean P. Palecek, Madison, WI (US);
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to liquid crystalline substrates useful in the culture of cells and methods of their use. In certain embodiments, the invention provides methods and devices for imaging changes (e.g., reorganization) of extracellular matrix components by living cells.