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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2017

Microstructured Devices for Optimized Microinjection and Imaging of Zebrafish Larvae.

Felix Ellett, Daniel Irimia

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Felix EllettBioMEMS Resource Center, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School-Shriners Burns Hospital; fellett@mgh.harvard.edu.
Daniel IrimiaBioMEMS Resource Center, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital-Harvard Medical School-Shriners Burns Hospital.

Funding

Bio-MicroElectroMechanical Systems Resource CenterP41EB002503 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI TONER, MEHMET · 2004 to 2018
$17.4M
Neutrophil Decision Making in Confined Environments in Health and DiseaseR01GM092804 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI IRIMIA, DANIEL · 2010 to 2022
$4.3M
Microfluidic Assessment of Clinical Outcomes in Preterm NewbornsR01HD089939 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI IRIMIA, DANIEL, MOLDAWER, LYLE L · 2017 to 2021
$3.3M
Microfluidic tools for probing neutrophil reversed migrationR21AI113937 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI IRIMIA, DANIEL · 2015 to 2016
$479k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI113937NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB002503NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD089939NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM092804
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zebrafish have emerged as a powerful model of various human diseases and a useful tool for an increasing range of experimental studies, spanning fundamental developmental biology through to large-scale genetic and chemical screens. However, many experiments, especially those related to infection and xenograft models, rely on microinjection and imaging of embryos and larvae, which are laborious techniques that require skill and expertise. To improve the precision and throughput of current microinjection techniques, we developed a series of microstructured devices to orient and stabilize zebrafish embryos at 2 days post fertilization (dpf) in ventral, dorsal, or lateral orientation prior to the procedure. To aid in the imaging of embryos, we also designed a simple device with channels that orient 4 zebrafish laterally in parallel against a glass cover slip. Together, the tools that we present here demonstrate the effectiveness of photolithographic approaches to generate useful devices for the optimization of zebrafish techniques.

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AnimalsLarvaMicroinjectionsZebrafish

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PMID29286475
PMCPMC5755537

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