Openspritzer: an open hardware pressure ejection system for reliably delivering picolitre volumes

Scientific Reports
C J FormanJ V Raimondo

Abstract

The ability to reliably and precisely deliver picolitre volumes is an important component of biological research. Here we describe a high-performance, low-cost, open hardware pressure ejection system (Openspritzer), which can be constructed from off the shelf components. The device is capable of delivering minute doses of reagents to a wide range of biological and chemical systems. In this work, we characterise the performance of the device and compare it to a popular commercial system using two-photon fluorescence microscopy. We found that Openspritzer provides the same level of control over delivered reagent dose as the commercial system. Next, we demonstrate the utility of Openspritzer in a series of standard neurobiological applications. First, we used Openspritzer to deliver precise amounts of reagents to hippocampal neurons to elicit time- and dose-precise responses on neuronal voltage. Second, we used Openspritzer to deliver infectious viral and bacterial agents to living tissue. This included viral transfection of hippocampal interneurons with channelrhodopsin for the optogenetic manipulation of hippocampal circuitry with light. We anticipate that due to its high performance and low cost Openspritzer will be of interest...Continue Reading

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Aug 29, 2019·Scientific Reports·A Sina BooeshaghiLior Pachter
Mar 9, 2019·Frontiers in Physiology·Penelope F LawtonCalum Wilson
Dec 22, 2020·PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases·Anja de LangeJoseph Valentino Raimondo

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
dissection
transfection

Software Mentioned

ScanM
Picopump
Igor Pro
Open Labware
Openspritzer
PulseQ

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