Long story short, most New Harvest research fellows (and in fact, most cell biologists at large) need to count cells before and after many experiments. And if cells are growing more prolifically, something in the culture formulation is working to improve the efficiency of growing tissue.īoth of those assessments are key to optimizing the production of cultured meat, and both are only possible if the researcher knows how many cells they started with and ended with. If cells are dying, for example, something in the culture formulation must be toxic. (Photo by Santiago Campuzano) Why is this important for cultured meat?Ĭultured meat researchers spend a lot of time counting cells.Ĭell counting is so fundamental because it sets the baseline for success for all experiments. Although a wide variety of cellphone-microscope adapters can also be found at Amazon, Santiago found them difficult to fine-tune. Side view of SCell圜us in action with the custom adapter.
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Santiago also taught himself the 3D modeling software Fusion 360, which he used to design and 3D print a custom microscope-cell phone adapter that improves the quality of the phone image for better accuracy. SCell圜us was coded in iOS coding language Swift, which he taught himself by “reading A LOT of blogs, watching A LOT of videos and spending A LOT of hours troubleshooting.” Santiago, a food scientist and tissue engineer by training, grew his resume to include “app developer” while working on this project.
This inspired me to harness the power of our pocket computers.” Automated cell counters are often too costly or just not reliable enough.
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“I found it mind boggling that manual cell counting remains the most popular method of cell counting, a foundational step for all cell culture experiments. It also does the math for you-handling the necessary calculations to determine the final concentration of cells. The app uses image analysis to detect and count cells in real time. With help from a New Harvest seed grant, Santiago developed SCell圜us: a mobile cell counting app for iOS. Santiago Campuzano hopes to make manual cell counting a thing of the past.
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