SCOPE-Seq: a scalable technology for linking live cell imaging and single-cell RNA sequencing

Abstract Optically decodable beads link the identity of a sample to a measurement through an optical barcode, enabling libraries of biomolecules to be captured on beads in solution and decoded by fluorescence. This approach has been foundational to microarray, sequencing, and flow-based expression p...

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Main Authors: Jinzhou Yuan, Jenny Sheng, Peter A. Sims
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Genome Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-018-1607-x
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Summary:Abstract Optically decodable beads link the identity of a sample to a measurement through an optical barcode, enabling libraries of biomolecules to be captured on beads in solution and decoded by fluorescence. This approach has been foundational to microarray, sequencing, and flow-based expression profiling technologies. We combine microfluidics with optically decodable beads and show that phenotypic analysis of living cells can be linked to single-cell sequencing. As a proof-of-concept, we demonstrate the accuracy and scalability of our tool called Single Cell Optical Phenotyping and Expression sequencing (SCOPE-Seq) to combine live cell imaging with single-cell RNA sequencing.
ISSN:1474-760X