OPTICAL PLATFORM FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY STIMULATING, MANIPULATING, AND PROBING MULTIPLE LIVING CELLS IN COMPLEX BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

摘要

An optical platform and system for the simultaneous stimulation, manipulation and probing of multiple living cells in complex biological systems. The apparatus utilizes a spatiotemporal light modulator to expose a sample to pinpoints of light at selected times and wavelengths in two or three dimensional space and then detect the responses. In one embodiment, a spatiotemporal light modulator is optically coupled to a variable wavelength light source, a lens system and a system control unit with sample response sensors, wherein sample responses are detected after exposure to patterns of light in real time. Light patterns can be modulated in response to sample responses.