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ArticleEngineering biology

Software System Design to Support Scale in Mammalian Cell Line Engineering.

David W McClymont, Baird McIlwraith, Althea Green, Sam Coulson, Elizabeth Scott

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Article in Engineering biology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

David W McClymontPreclinical Services Revvity Discovery Cambridge UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5581-2503
Baird McIlwraithPreclinical Services Revvity Discovery Cambridge UK.
Althea GreenPreclinical Services Revvity Discovery Cambridge UK.
Sam CoulsonPreclinical Services Revvity Discovery Cambridge UK.
Elizabeth ScottAutomation and Technical Facilities, Bit Bio Cambridge UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cell line engineering (CLE) is the process of gene editing cell lines for a variety of purposes including research and development or bioproduction processes. Traditionally, CLE workflows have been manual and low throughput. Here, we describe the development of several software-based processes, implemented alongside wet lab automation and robotics, built to improve the throughput of our CLE platform to three times its previous capacity. A markup language (GEML) was developed to enable e-commerce capabilities and connections to internal manufacturing systems. A laboratory information management system (LIMS), specifically designed to track CLE projects through all stages, was created to manufacture the cell line specified by the GEML. Cell line engineering required analysis of images in brightfield without fluorescent staining; therefore, a machine learning (ML)-based method for analysing engineered clones imaged captured on an automated imaging platform was created. Our work demonstrates that combining both wet lab automation and software approaches is essential to allow CLE workflows to reach their full potential, allowing the development of high-throughput robust platforms that meet the increasing demands of the field.

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automationgenetic engineeringindustryinnovationscale‐up strategiesscreening strategiessoftwaresoftware platformworkflow

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PMID41426233
PMCPMC12717875

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