SimpleSoft™ Flexible Substrate
Cells do not live on plastic - and your data shouldn’t either.
Our User-Friendly Soft-Tissue 2D Substrate transforms how researchers study mechanosensitive biology by making physiologically soft environments easy to use, handle, and image. Designed to match the mechanical range of native tissues, including brain, heart, tumor, skin, kidney, liver, and fibrotic tissues, this platform replaces unrealistically stiff culture surfaces with soft, tissue-relevant mechanics that better reflect in vivo biology and improve confidence in experimental outcomes.
What truly sets this technology apart is its practicality. Unlike hydrogels or plate-bound soft coatings that are fragile, fixed, or imaging-limited, this substrate can be lifted, moved, and transferred without damage. Researchers can culture cells in standard wells, then seamlessly transfer the soft substrate onto glass coverslips or analytical surfaces for high-resolution imaging and downstream assays. This combination of mechanical fidelity, robust handling, and transferability unlocks applications across mechanobiology, cancer research, stem cell differentiation, fibrosis modeling, drug screening, and advanced cellular imaging, making soft-tissue biology accessible not just to specialists but to any laboratory seeking more realistic and trustworthy data.