High-throughput in vivo vertebrate screening

We demonstrate a high-throughput platform for cellular-resolution in vivo chemical and genetic screens on zebrafish larvae. The system automatically loads zebrafish from reservoirs or multiwell plates, and positions and rotates them for high-speed confocal imaging and laser manipulation of both superficial and deep organs within 19 s without damage. We performed small-scale test screening of retinal axon guidance mutants and neuronal regeneration assays in combination with femtosecond laser microsurgery.National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (Director’s Innovator Award 1-DP2-OD002989–01)David & Lucile Packard Foundation (Award in Science and Engineering)Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (Award)Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (Sparc Grant)National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Fellowship)Foxconn (Sponsorship

Development and optimization of high-throughput vertebrae screening platform

Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-68).The high-throughput zebrafish screening platform is a revolutionary tool that enables subcellular precision in vivo whole animal screening of Danio Rerio. It can perform laser surgery and/or imaging in less than twenty seconds per fish. This is a two orders of magnitude improvement from the existing manual method, which takes 10 to 15 minutes per fish. The platform also has the ability to rotate the fish in any angle for imaging or laser surgery. There has never been a platform that could align and position a zebrafish consistently and efficiently in such manner before. This crucial functionality was realized through a design in which zebrafish was screened in a capillary tube.by Bryan Kyo Koo.M.Eng