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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Deep Learning-Powered Colloidal Digital SERS for Precise Monitoring of Cell Culture Media.

Peng Zheng, Lintong Wu, Michael Ka Ho Lee, Andy Nelson, Michael Betenbaugh, Ishan Barman

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6 authors.

Peng ZhengDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States.
Lintong WuDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States.
Michael Ka Ho LeeDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States.
Andy NelsonChemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.
Michael BetenbaughChemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218.
Ishan BarmanDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, United States.

Funding

Next-generation optical nanoprobes: From quantum biosensing to cellular monitoringR35GM149272 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ISHAN BARMAN · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM149272
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Abstract

Maintaining consistent quality in biopharmaceutical manufacturing is essential for producing high-quality complex biologics. Yet, current process analytical technologies (PAT) struggle to achieve rapid and highly accurate monitoring of small molecule critical process parameters and critical quality attributes. While Raman spectroscopy holds great promise as a highly sensitive and specific bioanalytical tool for PAT applications, its conventional implementation, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), is constrained by considerable temporal and spatial intensity fluctuations, limiting the achievable reproducibility and reliability. Herein, we introduce a deep learning-powered colloidal digital SERS platform to address these limitations. Rather than addressing the intensity fluctuations, the approach leverages their very stochastic nature, arising from highly dynamic analyte-nanoparticle interactions. By converting the temporally fluctuating SERS intensities into digital binary "ON/OFF" signals using a predefined intensity threshold by analyzing the characteristic SERS peak, this approach enables digital visualization of single-molecule events and significantly reduces false positives and background interferences. By further integrating colloidal digital SERS with deep learning, the applicability of this platform is significantly expanded and enables detection of a broad range of analytes, unlimited by the lack of characteristic SERS peaks for certain analytes. We further implement this approach for studying AMBIC 1.1, a chemically-defined, serum-free complete media for mammalian cell culture. The obtained highly accurate and reproducible results demonstrate the unique capabilities of this platform for rapid and precise cell culture media monitoring, paving the way for its widespread adoption and scaling up as a new PAT tool in biopharmaceutical manufacturing and biomedical diagnostics.

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Cell culture mediaColloidal assayDeep learningDigital SERSRaman spectroscopy

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PMID39974903
PMCPMC11838542

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