Robust organelle size extractions from elastic scattering measurements of single cells
(Conference Presentation)

Ashley E. Cannaday; Robert Draham; Andrew J. Berger

doi:10.1117/12.2211223

27 April 2016 Robust organelle size extractions from elastic scattering measurements of single cells (Conference Presentation)

Ashley E. Cannaday, Robert Draham, Andrew J. Berger

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Proceedings Volume 9711, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues IX; 97111P (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211223
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

The goal of this project is to estimate non-nuclear organelle size distributions in single cells by measuring angular scattering patterns and fitting them with Mie theory. Simulations have indicated that the large relative size distribution of organelles (mean:width≈2) leads to unstable Mie fits unless scattering is collected at polar angles less than 20 degrees. Our optical system has therefore been modified to collect angles down to 10 degrees. Initial validations will be performed on polystyrene bead populations whose size distributions resemble those of cell organelles. Unlike with the narrow bead distributions that are often used for calibration, we expect to see an order-of-magnitude improvement in the stability of the size estimates as the minimum angle decreases from 20 to 10 degrees. Scattering patterns will then be acquired and analyzed from single cells (EMT6 mouse cancer cells), both fixed and live, at multiple time points. Fixed cells, with no changes in organelle sizes over time, will be measured to determine the fluctuation level in estimated size distribution due to measurement imperfections alone. Subsequent measurements on live cells will determine whether there is a higher level of fluctuation that could be attributed to dynamic changes in organelle size. Studies on unperturbed cells are precursors to ones in which the effects of exogenous agents are monitored over time.

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Ashley E. Cannaday, Robert Draham, and Andrew J. Berger "Robust organelle size extractions from elastic scattering measurements of single cells (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9711, Imaging, Manipulation, and Analysis of Biomolecules, Cells, and Tissues IX, 97111P (27 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211223

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Scattering

Mie scattering

Scatter measurement

Calibration

Cancer

Time metrology

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