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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mehmet F. Yanik, Watertown, MA (US);
Steven C. Wasserman, Concord, MA (US);
Tsung-Yao Chang, Cambridge, MA (US);
Cody L. Gilleland, Cambridge, MA (US);
Carlos Pardo, Cambridge, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
High throughput system for in vivo screens on vertebrate larvae. The system includes a source of vertebrate larvae in a liquid medium and loading tube means for aspirating a larva. A detector assembly is provided to differentiate passage of a larva from bubbles and/or debris. An imaging means is provided for both confocal imaging and wide-field fluorescence imaging of the larva. A laser is provided for optical manipulation of the larva.