Webinar Using autobioluminescent cells to reduce the cost and complexity of optical imaging - November 8, 2016 | ASC

Webinar: Using unique autobioluminescent cells to reduce the cost and complexity of optical imaging

Tue, Nov 8, 2016 11:00 AM - 11:45 PM PST (40 min.)

Speaker: Dr. Tingting Xu (Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the University of Tennessee)

• Autobioluminescent vs bioluminescent imaging
• Autobioluminescence for in vitro/in vivo applications
• FAQ

Register: http://bit.ly/2eBr9J5

Autobioluminescent cells use a genetically encoded synthetic luciferase cassette to continuously produce a bioluminescent signal without the need for extracellular stimulation. By encoding both a luciferase protein, as well as a short synthetic pathway capable of transforming natural intracellular products into luciferin substrates, these cells can self-modulate their bioluminescent production in response to metabolic activity levels, or autonomously enact their bioluminescent phenotype in response to intra- or extracellular events. The use of this self-directed approach to bioluminescent imaging improves upon traditional reporters such as firefly luciferase (luc) by negating the need for light activating chemical substrate addition, which reduces the cost of performance while simultaneously increasing the amount of data that can be obtained per run. This eliminates the need for sample destruction or any investigator interaction, allowing for ultra-simplistic, low-cost bioluminescent screening using existing optical imaging equipment. This webinar will discuss the capabilities and uses of autobioluminescent cells for improving existing bioluminescent imaging workflows and for developing new workflows that leverage the autonomous signal generation phenotype to gather data not available from traditional optical imaging reporter platforms.