Figure - PMC

Skip to main content

An official website of the United States government

Here's how you know

Here's how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

View full-text article in PMC

. 2020 Sep 22;10:15469. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-72158-5

Search in PMC
Search in PubMed
View in NLM Catalog
Add to search

© The Author(s) 2020

Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

PMC Copyright notice

High throughput system for applying mechanical forces to cultured cells. (A) The system applies mechanical strain to cells cultured in a 96 well plate format. A platen with 576 pistons is moved by a linear motor to displace a flexible membrane in six 96-well plates with flexible culture surfaces. Bar = 5 cm. (B) The culture plate consists of two plates that connect to hold a thin silicone membrane that serves as a culture surface. Thicker silicone membranes serve to seal each well and prevent leakage between the wells. Teflon pistons mounted on the platen are displaced into the membrane to apply mechanical strain to the cells cultured in each well.