Detailed step-by-step protocols are described here for studying mechanical signals in vitro using multipotent O9-1 neural crest cells and polyacrylamide hydrogels of varying stiffness.
Le, T. P., Zhao, X., Erhardt, S., Gu, J., Wang, H., Findley, T. O., Wang, J. An Optimized O9-1/Hydrogel System for Studying Mechanical Signals in Neural Crest Cells. J. Vis. Exp. (174), e62693, doi:10.3791/62693 (2021).