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Development of a Controllable Thermo-hygrostat Incubator for Bacterial Cell Culture on a Microfluidic Device
Woohyun Park, Jaehwan Kim, Minseok Kim
J. Korean Soc. Precis. Eng. 2023;40(6):449-456.
Published online June 1, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7736/JKSPE.023.006
Advances in cell culture technology have improved the understanding of the physiological principles of cells. Recently, the development of microfluidic chips has made it possible to observe single cells in a massively parallelized and accurate manner. However, in order to maximize the availability of the microfluidic cell chip, it is essential to use an incubator that can isolate the cell culture chip from the outside while minimizing contamination and maintaining the temperature and humidity required for cell culture for a long time period. Here, we developed a thermo-hygrostat incubator consisting of an Arduino-based feedback control module for controlling a temperature and humidity complex sensor, a humidifier, and a heater. The temperature and humidity of the incubator could be actively changed according to the needs and application by simple editing control variables of Arduino coding. To demonstrate the efficiency of the device, we conducted an experiment comparing the growth of bacterial cells and obtained optimal conditions necessary for culture. In conclusion, it is expected that the newly developed thermo-hygrostat incubator can be used for a variety of purposes that require active control of temperature and humidity, as well as for long-term cultivation of bacterial cells inside a microfluidic chip.
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