Sentences with phrase «called microfluidic»

The researchers also used the new technique, called microfluidic dissection, in which large numbers of yeast are grown in a chamber bathed with liquid food containing a constant concentration of nutrients.

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The basic definition of microfluidics is «fluid flow in a channel that has a dimension of less than one millimeter,» according to Ben Moga, president and cofounder of a company called Tasso Inc..

Developed by Assistant Professor Gretchen Mahler and Binghamton biomedical engineering alumna Courtney Sakolish PhD» 16, the reusable, multi-layered and microfluidic device incorporates a porous growth substrate, with a physiological fluid flow, and the passive filtration of the capillaries around the end of a kidney, called the glomerulus, where waste is filtered from blood.

The device is a unique example of microfluidics technology, sometimes called a lab - on - a-chip, that pushes water around in microscopic tubes and reservoirs made from the same cellophanelike plastic as soft contact lenses.

Using a new technique they call «in - air microfluidics», University of Twente scientists succeed in printing 3D structures with living cells.

Erkan Tüzel, left, associate professor of physics, biomedical engineering, and computer science at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), and PhD candidate James Kingsley examine a microfluidic sperm sorting device called SPARTAN (Simple Periodic ARray for Trapping And IsolatioN).

The results were published in the journal Lab on a Chip (Lab on a Chip 17 (19), 3291 - 3299) in an article called: «Magnetic particles assisted capture and release of rare circulating tumor cells using wavy - herringbone structured microfluidic devices.»

«Mammalian fertilization, caught on tape: Using a new microfluidic device called the «IVF chip,» scientists obtain the first images with both high spatial and temporal resolution of the initial steps of fertilization.»