Patent ID: 7557070
Filing Date: 2009-07-07
Classification: B01J

Abstract:
1. A system for conducting a multiplexed cellular experiment comprising a solid support; a container suitable for mixing a plurality of microcarriers; and a mixture of fiat microcarriers randomly distributed on the solid support, the mixture including a first class of fiat microcarriers each having a detectably distinct first code and a second class of flat microcarriers each having a detectably distinct second code, wherein each microcarrier in the mixture comprises an alignment mark for orienting each microcarrier code before reading by the system, the first class of fiat microcarriers carrying a first population of cells, and the second class of fiat microcarriers carrying a second population of cells, so that the mixture of microcarriers can be analyzed in the same multiplexed experiment by identifying populations of cells according to the codes on their respective microcarriers.