Patterning and transferring hydrogel-encapsulated bacterial cells for quantitative analysis of synthetically engineered genetic circuits
Abstract(#br)We describe a hydrogel patterning and transferring (HPT) method that facilitates the quantitative analysis of synthetically engineered genetic circuits within bacterial cells. The HPT method encapsulates cells in the alginate hydrogel patterns by using polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) template. Then, the hydrogel-encapsulated cell patterns are transferred onto an agarose hydrogel substrate that encapsulates inducer chemicals or bacterial cells.