ibidi Product News: Defined Cell Adherence With µ-Patterning

ibidi GmbH, located in Gräfelfing near Munich, Germany, is a leading supplier of functional cell-based assays and products for cell microscopy. The ibidi range of products offers solutions for classic cell culturing, and also complex assays (e.g., angiogenesis, chemotaxis, and wound healing). Their products help facilitate an understanding of the development of various diseases and related therapies. ibidi’s customers are working in scientific institutions, industrial pharmacology, and biotechnology. Technology development at ibidi is supported by the BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung). The products are sold to customers worldwide.

Three unique micropatterned µ-Slides, created by ibidi for precisely controlled cell adhesion, are part of a new anniversary product line that celebrates their 20 years of innovation.

The ibidi µ-Patterning technology uses defined adhesion spots that are surrounded by the completely non-adhesive Bioinert surface. Adherent single cells from a cell suspension are caught by these spots, leading to spatially controlled cell adhesion. The samples can be observed through the thin ibidi Polymer Coverslip bottom, which has the highest optical quality available (comparable to glass), and is ideally suited for high-resolution microscopy.

Just unpack and start your experiment—the ibidi micropatterned slides are ready-to-use. For single cell assays, µ-Slides with Single-Cell µ-Patterns (one cell per spot) are available, where every single cell can be individually analyzed. Multi-cell assays can be performed using the µ-Slides with Multi-Cell µ-Patterns, which allow multiple cells to adhere to one single spot, thus forming 2D monolayers or 3D spheroids in a defined and controllable way. For scientists who have not yet determined the optimal pattern for their assays, ibidi has created µ-Slides with Test µ-Patterns that include 15 patterns, of different sizes and shapes, on one µ-Slide.

The innovative ibidi µ-Patterning technology is available in the µ-Slide 8 Well ^high or µ-Slide VI ^0.4. Researchers who would like to test the µ-Patterning slides with their own applications can get trial packs of each of the products at ibidi.com/patterning.