{
  "site": {
    "name": "Auto In-vitro",
    "mission": "We automate in vitro models to increase experimental throughput.",
    "contact": {
      "address": "University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ",
      "email": "mcgheealex@gmail.com"
    }
  },

  "mission": [
    {
      "title": "Automation of Cell Culture",
      "body": "Our platform automates routine cell culture workflows — from media changes to imaging — so researchers can focus on the science, not the protocol.",
      "points": ["Mini-organs-on-chip", "High-throughput assays", "Mechanistic insights"],
      "image": "images/design/ptv.png",
      "imageAlt": "Organoid culture"
    },
    {
      "title": "Platform Overview",
      "body": "A custom Core-XY gantry system with swappable end-effectors drives precise liquid handling, imaging, and environmental control inside a compact benchtop enclosure.",
      "image": "images/design/ptv.png",
      "imageAlt": "Platform schematic"
    }
  ],

  "design": {
    "blocks": [
      {
        "title": "3D Invasion Assay",
        "summary": "Uniform spheroids embedded in tunable hydrogels to quantify invasion dynamics.",
        "tags": ["3D", "Hydrogel", "Quantitative"],
        "image": "images/design/ptv.png",
        "imageAlt": "Spheroid in matrix",
        "story": [
          {
            "text": "We prepare spheroids using ultra-low attachment plates and embed them in collagen-based gels.",
            "image": "images/design/ptv.png",
            "imageAlt": "Spheroid prep"
          },
          {
            "text": "Imaging at 2-hour intervals yields edge velocity and circularity metrics."
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "title": "Shear-Stimulated Migration",
        "summary": "Microfluidic channels apply controlled shear to study directional migration.",
        "tags": ["Microfluidics", "Shear"],
        "image": "images/design/ptv.png",
        "imageAlt": "Microfluidic device",
        "story": [
          {
            "text": "PDMS channels are bonded to glass and coated with ECM proteins.",
            "image": "images/design/ptv.png",
            "imageAlt": "PDMS channel"
          },
          {
            "text": "Trajectory analysis reveals persistence under different shear regimes."
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },

  "team": [
    {
      "name": "Jordan McGhee",
      "role": "PI",
      "photo": "images/team/farnsworth.jpg",
      "bio": "Focuses on engineered in vitro models of metastasis."
    },
    {
      "name": "Alex Kim",
      "role": "Graduate Researcher",
      "photo": "images/team/Frink.png",
      "bio": "Analyzes time-lapse datasets and develops image pipelines."
    }
  ]
}