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Rapid Cell Phenotyping Using Array-Based Sensors: Applications In Cancer Stem Cell Therapy And High-Content Screening, Yingying Geng

Doctoral Dissertations

Cell surface harbors rich information regarding the status of cell health. Being able to monitor and detect its changes in response to stimuli will provide crucial information in drug discovery, disease diagnosis, and human health. Despite the efforts and breakthroughs made possible through the specific sensing approach, there are significant challenges in extracting the information on the cell surface in a quantitative and reliable way. To address this challenge, I took the approach of array-based, hypothesis-free sensing in which the engineered sensors selectively interact with target analytes, producing a distinct pattern of response that enables analyte identification. This signature-based pattern …