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. 2022 Jul 13;3(3):101532. doi: 10.1016/j.xpro.2022.101532
REAGENT OR RESOURCE SOURCE IDENTIFIER
Bacterial and virus strains

E. coli (OP50) Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (CGC) OP50

Experimental models: Organisms/strains

Young adult C. elegans hermaphrodites expressing GCaMP in desired neurons Caenorhabditis Genetics Center (CGC) or corresponding authors of published work N/A
C. elegans ASH::GCaMP3 strain Larsch et al. (2013) CX10979

Chemicals, peptides, and recombinant proteins

HEPES Sigma-Aldrich Cat# H3375
Magnesium chloride, MgCl2 Sigma-Aldrich Cat# M2393
Calcium chloride, CaCl2 Sigma-Aldrich Cat# C3881
Sodium chloride, NaCl Sigma-Aldrich Cat# S7653
Potassium chloride, KCl Sigma-Aldrich Cat# P3911
Copper chloride, CuCl2 Sigma-Aldrich Cat# 751944
D-glucose Sigma-Aldrich Cat# G7021
Nematode Growth Medium (NGM) agar Stiernagle (2006) N/A
Poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) Ellsworth Adhesives Sylgard 184
(tridecafluoro-1,1,2,2-tetrahydrooctyl)trichlorosilane (TFOCS) Gelest CAS# 78560-45-9
Fluorescein, Sodium salt Sigma-Aldrich Cat# F6377

Software and algorithms

Custom control code: ClosedLoopStimulation Lawler et al. (2021) and this work https://albrechtlab.github.io
https://github.com/albrechtLab/ClosedLoopStimulation
10.5281/zenodo.6629830
Custom analysis code: Neurotracker Larsch et al. (2013) https://github.com/albrechtLab/Neurotracker
10.5281/zenodo.6632736
Micro-manager Micro-manager https://micro-manager.org/
MATLAB MathWorks https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html
Arduino IDE Arduino https://www.arduino.cc/en/software
ImageJ Schneider et al. (2012) https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/

Other

ValveLink 8.2 digital/manual valve controller AutoMate Scientific Cat #01-18
Arduino nano Arduino Cat #A000005
Wires and connectors Various See Figure 2B
3-way miniature inert PTFE isolation valve Parker Cat #001-0017-900
Pinch valve, normally open NResearch Cat #161P021
SOLA light engine (fluorescence) Lumencor Cat #SM6-LCR-SA
Axio Observer.A1 inverted microscope set up for epifluorescence (GFP filter cubes, 5× objective or similar) Zeiss Cat #491237-0012-000
Illuminator microLED (brightfield) Zeiss Cat #423053-9072
Orca Flash 4.0 Digital sCMOS camera Hamamatsu Cat #C11440-22CU
Optogenetic stimulation LED and controller (optional) Mightex Cat #PLS-0625-030-S and #SLA-1200-2
Petri dishes (60 mm) Tritech Cat #T3305
Glass slide, 1 mm thick VWR Cat #75799-268
Glass scribe Ted Pella Cat #54468
Diamond drill bit Dremel Cat #7134
Microfluidic device Larsch et al. (2013); Lagoy and Albrecht (2015) N/A
Microfluidic tubing, 0.02″ ID Cole-Parmer Cat #EW-06419-01
Luer 3-way stopcock Cole-Parmer Cat #EW-30600-07
Luer 23 ga. blunt needle VWR Cat #89134-100
Tube 19 ga., 0.5″ New England Small Tube Cat #NE-1027-12
Microfluidic device clamp Warner Instruments (or machine shop) P-2