Cell count/cell viability
Cell counts and cell viability are fundamental assessments in numerous biological experiments, including many virology applications such as viral titer and infectivity. Cell microscopy is commonly used to capture brightfield and fluorescence images of cells in order to count them and assess whether live/dead, respectively.
Here’s a few application notes on cell counting and cell viability to aid in your COVID-19 vaccine research.
- Live/Dead (EarlyTox™ Live/Dead Assay Kit) staining - Measuring cell viability and cytotoxicity with the EarlyTox Cell Integrity Kit
- MTT assay - Assess cell viability and proliferation with colorimetric readouts
- Transfection efficiency - Optimizing GFP transfection with the SpectraMax i3 Multi-Mode Detection Platform
- Cell proliferation (Cell growth) - Confluence and growth curve generation on the CloneSelect Imager
- Cell viability (CellTiter-Glo® Luminescent Cell Viability Assay) - Luminescent cell viability and cytotoxicity assays on the SpectraMax i3x Multi-Mode Microplate Reader