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Mammalian Cell Culture

At EMSL, researchers use the single-molecule fluorescence/patch clamp microscope to combine high-sensitivity fluorescence imaging simultaneously with physiological measurements to identify real-time molecular interactions and conformational changes of cell-membrane receptors and their functional consequences.

The study of individual proteins in the membrane of living cells is enabled by the presence of a tissue culture facility adjacent to the microscopes. The facility supports the growth of eukaryotic primary cells or cell-lines, including human cell lines. In addition to a bio-hood, the facility includes CO2 incubators, a centrifuge, 37°C water bath and a shaker.

  1. A multi-omic systems approach to elucidating Yersinia virulence mechanisms.
  2. Aerosolized ZnO nanoparticles induce toxicity in alveolar type II epithelial cells at the air-liquid interface.
  3. Model-driven multi-omic data analysis elucidates metabolic immunomodulators of macrophage activation.
  4. Cellular Recognition and Trafficking of Amorphous Silica Nanoparticles by Macrophage Scavenger Receptor A.
  5. Controlling the Response: Predictive Modeling of a Highly Central, Pathogen-Targeted Core Response Module in Macrophage Activation.
  1. Molecular Interactions hold key to how nanoparticles behave in cells (Mediation on Molecular Level)