Technical Reference #1591

Glass Bottom Culture Dishes

This study used MatTek product(s):

Citation in paper containing MatTek reference:
MatTek glass bottom culture dish (MatTek; Ashland; MA)

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Optimization Strategies For Electospun Silk Fibroin Tissue Engineering Scaffolds Anne J. Meinel; Kristopher E. Kubow; Enrico Klotzsch; Marcos Garcia-Fuentes; Michael L. Smith; Viola Vogel; Hans P. Merkle; Lorenz Meinel, ETH Zurich, Biomaterials, 30(1591), (2009)

Abstract:
As a contribution to the functionality of scaffolds in tissue engineering here we report on advancedscaffold design through introduction and evaluation of topographical mechanical and chemical cues. Forscaffolding we used silk fibroin (SF) a well-

Keywords:
Silk fibroin; electrospinning; topography; mechanical properties; adsorption; fibroinectin

Materials & Methods:
Bombyx mori (silk worm) cocoons were from Trudel Inc. Zurich Switzerland.

Microscopic Technique
Confocal Microscopy, Laser Scanning

Cell Type(s)
silk fibroin