Narayana Nethralaya Foundation 2 articles published in JoVE Immunology and Infection Bead Based Multiplex Assay for Analysis of Tear Cytokine Profiles Praveen Kumar Balne1,2, Veonice Bijin AU3, Louis Tong2, Arkasubhra Ghosh4, Mukesh Agrawal5, John Connolly3, Rupesh Agrawal1 1National Healthcare Group Eye Institute, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, 2Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI), 3Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, 4GROW Research Laboratory, Narayana Nethralaya Foundation, 5Vimta Labs Limited Analysis of tear film cytokines helps in studying various ocular diseases. Bead based multiplex assays are simple and sensitive and enable the testing of multiple targets in samples with small volumes. Here we describe a protocol for tear film cytokine profiling a using bead based multiplex assay. Developmental Biology An Enzyme- and Serum-free Neural Stem Cell Culture Model for EMT Investigation Suited for Drug Discovery Martin H. M. Sailer1, Durga Sarvepalli2, Catherine Brégère3, Urs Fisch3, Marin Guentchev4, Michael Weller6, Raphael Guzman3, Bernhard Bettler1, Arkasubhra Ghosh*2, Gregor Hutter*5 1Dept. of Biomedicine, Pharmacenter, University of Basel, 2Molecular Signalling and Gene Therapy, Narayana Nethralaya Foundation, Narayana Health City, 3Brain Ischemia and Regeneration, Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, 4Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Idar-Oberstein, 5Department of Neurosurgery and Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University, 6Department of Neurology, Laboratory of Molecular Neuro Oncology, University Hospital of Zurich Epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) allows cancers to become invasive. To investigate EMT, a neural stem cell (NSC)-based in vitro model devoid of serum and enzymes is described. This standardized system allows quantitative and qualitative assessment of cell migration, gene and protein expression. The model is suited for drug discovery.