ibidi Flow Chambers μ-Slide

ibidi is a leading supplier for functional cell-based assays and advanced products for cellular microscopy. They provide a large range of μ-Slides and μ-Dishes for live cell imaging.

These μ-Slides and μ-Dishes are optimised for inverted microscopes. They are made from high-quality plastics and their autofluorescence, birefringence and refractive index are similar to those of cover glass #1.5. The thickness of ibidi bottom material is 0.17 mm, which is the standard for microscopy. Thanks to this high quality material and thickness, the ibidi μ-Slides and μ-Dishes are compatible with most microscopes objectives.

The following review will focus on the μ-Slides dedicated to cell assays under perfusion. Other types of μ-Slides and μ-Dishes can be found on ibidi website.

μ-Slide I Luer Family

ibidi provides channel slides with different heights, volumes and coating specially suited for flow applications. Numerous types of assays can be undertaken with these slides, such as endothelial cell growth under flow, rolling and adhesion assays, calcium imaging or 3D cell culture.

These slides offer a large area of uniform shear stress, and a homogeneous cell distribution. Thanks to their female Luer connectors, the slides can be really easily connected to a perfusion system.

Specifications

Channel length: 50 mm

Channel width: 5 mm

Channel height: 100, 200, 400, 600 or 800 μm

μ-Slide VI

The ibidi μ-Slides VI consist of 6 parallel channels. The design of these slides allows to perform parallel assays such as drug screening with up to six different experimental conditions.

Specifications

Channel lenght: 17 mm

0.4 width/height: 3.8 mm x 0.4 mm

0.1width/height:1.0mmx0.1mm

μ-Slide y-shaped

This ibidi μ-slide presents bifurcations which are perfect for blood vessels simulation. The bifurcation angle measures 30° in in one direction and 45° in the other direction, allowing to test two different experimental conditions one slide.

Poly-L-Lysine (PLL) / Poly-D-Lysine (PDL). PLL and PDL are polymers of the amino acids L-Lysine and D-Lysine respectively. Poly-Lysine is one of the most commonly used adhesion substrates. It is suitable for use with a large variety of cell types, especially for neuronal cultures.

Fibronectin. It is a glycoprotein that is widely used in cell culture coatings. It plays an important role in cell surface interactions, which are mediated by an RGD motive. Fibronectin allows neurite outgrowth, and has been used for glial and neural cells.

Hydrophobic, uncoated. This type of surface is not suited for cell adhesion, but can be used for specific coating procedures or for non adherent cells.

Other reviews and tutorials about perfusion and live cell imaging:

Other perfusion chambers for live cell imaging

Application notes for live cell imaging

A technical review about perfusion for live cell imaging

For more technical information:

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