Sentences with phrase «of microfluidic systems»

I noticed this problem three years ago, when I was at a synthetic biology company where I built some of these microfluidic systems and mechanical machines that interact with them.

The team is also testing the resolution of the microfluidic system with other reagents and materials, bringing researchers one step closer to viewing live biological mechanisms in action at the highest levels of resolution possible.

Not exact matches

Prof. Shen and her unit say that, in the future, nanoplasmonic materials may even be integrated with emerging technologies, such as wireless systems in microfluidic devices, allowing users to take readings remotely and thereby minimizing the risk of contamination.

Fussenegger's group developed the genetic network; Professor of Biosystems Engineering Andreas Hierlemann and his team tested the acidity sensor with the aid of microfluidic platforms; and Jörg Stelling, a professor of computational systems biology, modelled it in order to estimate the dynamics of the insulin production.

Many scientists are working to develop microfluidic systems — known as labs - on - a-chip — that can mix small amounts of chemical reagents or biological molecules.

Inconsistencies in a previous conceptual explanation of the stinging cell mechanism were identified using a microfluidic system and mathematical models.

Northwestern University professor John A. Rogers is collaborating with a broad collection of partners including Gatorade, the Seattle Mariners, the U.S. Air Force and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab to bring his wearable microfluidic sweat analytics system into widespread distribution.

«The intimate skin interface created by this wearable, skin - like microfluidic system enables new measurement capabilities not possible with the kinds of absorbent pads and sponges currently used in sweat collection,» said John A. Rogers, who led the multi-institution research team that created the «lab on the skin.»

The effectiveness of the platelet - like particles has been tested in an animal model and in a microfluidic chamber designed to simulate conditions within the body's circulatory system.

Such micro-structured surfaces have helped design new surfaces that mimic surfaces found in nature, such as self - cleaning surfaces, reduced - drag surfaces, surfaces capable of transporting liquids in microfluidic systems, variants with anti-icing or heat transfer properties, and even surfaces that facilitate oil - water separation.

These results can serve as the foundation of future research on the wide range of possible applications involving microfluidic processes such as water purification and self - powered drug delivery systems.

Despite its common use in passive microfluidic systems, there's been limited development of active magnetic actuation methods, mainly due to the limitations of conventional electromagnetic sources.

Said Tiffani Lash, Ph.D., director of the NIBIB program in Microfluidic Bioanalytical Systems, «It is exciting to see the continued growth of microfluidic technologies being used as miniaturized diagnostic platforms, particularly in this case for reducing the incidence of preterm labor aMicrofluidic Bioanalytical Systems, «It is exciting to see the continued growth of microfluidic technologies being used as miniaturized diagnostic platforms, particularly in this case for reducing the incidence of preterm labor amicrofluidic technologies being used as miniaturized diagnostic platforms, particularly in this case for reducing the incidence of preterm labor and delivery.

«Traditional microfluidic systems use tubes, valves, and pumps,» says Udayan Umapathi, a researcher at the MIT Media Lab, who led the development of the new system.

The researchers are also working to develop nanoscale energy harvesting, microfluidics - based portable kits for rapid medical diagnostics, and microfluidic tools to deepen our understanding of the physiological dynamics of living systems.

In order to develop a system that more closely replicates the metabolic differences among hepatocytes, the research team developed a microfluidic device that distributes hormones or other chemical agents across a 20 - to 40 - cell - wide sample of hepatocytes in such a way that the effects on the liver cells vary from one side to the other.

ScanDrop is an all - in - one microfluidic system for detecting and reporting the presence of bacteria in drinking water (Golberg, et al., 2014).

Large - scale and effective studies of biological molecules with a different structural basis such as proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, lipids and numerous metabolites (including e.g. fatty acids, amino acids, purines, pyrimidines or steroids) is currently highly attractive because of the availability of modern instruments and tools for both separation and analysis (2 - D chromatographs, capillary electrophoresis systems, microfluidics, mass spectrometers, powerful NMR spectrometers, DNA / RNA arrays and others).

Previous work has given insights into the mechanistic pathways leading to small molecule sequestration in membrane - free coacervate protocells; successfully demonstrated the use of liquid - liquid phase separated micro compartments for protein expression using cell free expression systems; exploited microfluidics for the high throughput formation of stable, monodisperse microdroplets; and integrated two contrasting modes of protocell construction to produce a novel hybrid model based on fatty acid membrane - bound coacervate micro-droplets.

And most researchers working on this kind of chip were working with closed microfluidic systems, which allow fluid to flow in and out but do not offer an easy way to manipulate what is happening inside the chip.

A recent paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) describes how researchers at KTH / SciLifeLab were able to find more productive yeast and the underlying genetic alterations using picoliter droplet screening in a microfluidic system.

As outlined below, we used a microfluidic quantitative PCR (qPCR) system to elucidate the gene expression profiles of individual human oocytes and small numbers of cumulus cells using a combination of a large number of samples and targets [12], and then extended our studies via the use of parthenogenesis, in conjunction with gene expression profiling, as a functional assay of cytoplasmic maturation of oocytes.

The postdoc will work under the joint supervision of Prof. Weitz and Dr. Raoul Rosenthal to pursue research projects on directed evolution of antibodies with microfluidic systems.

The BioMark Dynamic Array microfluidic qPCR system (Fluidigm Corporation, San Francisco, CA) was used for gene expressions analysis of oocytes and cumulus cells.

For studies at the molecular level, Ismagilov will develop microfluidic systems capable of rapidly generating, manipulating and assaying protein aggregates of various sizes, shapes and compositions.

As a visiting Scientist at the University of Washington, he explored the capabilities of microfluidic culture systems to mimic complex vascular structures.

This may reflect the greater sensitivity of our microfluidic qPCR system over other traditional qPCR systems.

The complete microfluidic system closely resembles a living, three - dimensional cross-section of the human glomerular wall.

He specializes in microfluidic technology — the flow of fluids through channels thinner than a human hair — to understand and control complex chemical and biological systems at critical times and locations.

More recently, Professor Bargmann has taken chemotaxis studies to new levels with the development of an easy to replicate microfluidic system with which to quantify movement in both time and space in response to attractive odors.

The approaches combine theoretical studies — including statistical physics of non-equilibrium systems — and a variety of experimental techniques such as optical and electron microscopy, as well as microfluidics and micropatterning, optogenetics, or mechanical micromanipulation using optical or magnetic tweezers.

Comprised of a microfluidic plate and controller, the system delivers programmable, hands - free control and, importantly, is fully compatible with microscope stages for dynamic live cell imaging.

Our goal is to create a microfluidic 3D cell culture system representing a «placenta - on - a-chip» in order to mimic the nutrient / waste transfer between maternal blood and fetal blood that occurs in the cotyledon section of the placenta, and to test and observe the effects of ethanol within the maternal bloodstream and compare it to a similar in vivo situation.