- The procedure warrants a homogeneous distribution of the
cells under the XF-24 plate surface, decreasing the variability
among wells.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Northern Portugal Regional
Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under the Portugal
2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional
Development Fund (FEDER) (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-
000013) and the Fundac ̧a ̃o para a Cieˆncia e Tecnologia (FCT)
(contract IF/00021/2014 to R.S.), by FEDER funds through
the Operational Competitiveness Programme (COMPETE), and
by national funds through FCT (Fundac ̧a ̃o para a Cieˆncia e a Tec-
nologia) under the project FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-011054
(PTDC/SAU-FCF/100749/2008) and PTDC/BIA-MIC/
118644/2010. The research leading to these results has also
received funding from the European community’s Seventh Frame-
work Programme under grant agreement No.602773 to JE and
ACS (Project KINDRED). DM was supported by SFRH/BD/
91543/2012. JE thanks the Canada Research Chair program for
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