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Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Algal Biofuel Development

A team led by Arum Han, associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, recently had their paper on microfluidic systems for algal biofuel development published in the journal Lab on a Chip as a cover article.

15 May 2014

Advanced Microscopy Provides New Molecular Understanding of Bacterial Cell Growth

Researchers use new techniques to document how cells can conceal growth, then suddenly swell like raisins into grapes; study is a 'paradigm shift' in understanding osmotic shock that may lead to new strategies for fighting bacterial disease

13 May 2014

Innovative Fabrication Process for 3-D Polymeric Microtiles

Congratulations to Massimo Mastrangeli who has the paper "Three-dimensional polymeric microtiles for optically-tracked fluidic self-assembly" published in Microelectronic Engineering. (Link)

12 May 2014

Microfluidic System for Cancer Detection Wins PERL Prize

Last night the start-up Lunaphore, which is developing a rapid and precise system for cancer detection, won the PERL Prize (Entrepreneurial Prize for the Lausanne region). Awarding 50,000 Swiss francs to the winner, the prize is intended for innovative start-ups in the region. Another start-up from campus, G-Therapeutics, won the "coup de coeur du jury," receiveing 10,000 Swiss francs.

8 May 2014

Engineered Organ-on-a-Chip Reproduces Structure, Functions and Cellular Make-Up of Bone Marrow

The latest organ-on-a-chip from Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering reproduces the structure, functions and cellular make-up of bone marrow, a complex tissue that until now could only be studied intact in living animals, Institute researchers report in the May 4, 2014, online issue of Nature Methods.

6 May 2014

Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics Established at UC-Irvine

On April 10, at the inaugural meeting of the newly established Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics (CADMIM), 13 industry partners joined Abraham Lee, UC-Irvine CADMIM Center Director, and Ian Papautsky, UC-CEAS CADMIM Center Director, at the UC Irvine Samuel School of Engineering.

21 Apr 2014

NIH Awards $1.3 Million Grant for Probing Dynamics in Protein-DNA Interactions

For more than a decade Chang Lu, associate professor of chemical engineering at Virginia Tech, has worked on the development of tools to efficiently analyze living cells. The long-term goal is to gain a better understanding of a range of diseases.

16 Apr 2014

Trends & Forecast Report on Global Microfluidics Market

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Microfluidics Market By Materials, Pharmaceuticals, Drug Delivery Devices, IVD - Global Trends & Forecast to 2018" report to their offering.

11 Apr 2014

Microfluidics to Create Inexpensive ‘Lab on a Chip’ Wins SPARK Competition

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Society for Science & the Public (SSP) today announced winners of the Science, Play and Research Kit (SPARK) Competition, a challenge to reimagine the chemistry set for the 21st century. Winners were selected in two categories: prototypes – projects that are operational and demonstrable - and ideations – fleshed out project ideas that have not yet been developed into prototypes, but have a strong potential for development.

9 Apr 2014

Nanoscale Collagen Matrix Maintains Cell Morphology in Microfluidic Devices for Longer Periods

A novel ultrathin collagen matrix assembly allows for the unprecedented maintenance of liver cell morphology and function in a microscale "organ-on-a-chip" device that is one example of 3D microtissue engineering.

7 Apr 2014

Nanofluidics News

Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Systems for Algal Biofuel Development

Advanced Microscopy Provides New Molecular Understanding of Bacterial Cell Growth

Innovative Fabrication Process for 3-D Polymeric Microtiles

Microfluidic System for Cancer Detection Wins PERL Prize

Engineered Organ-on-a-Chip Reproduces Structure, Functions and Cellular Make-Up of Bone Marrow

Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics Established at UC-Irvine

NIH Awards $1.3 Million Grant for Probing Dynamics in Protein-DNA Interactions

Trends & Forecast Report on Global Microfluidics Market

Microfluidics to Create Inexpensive ‘Lab on a Chip’ Wins SPARK Competition

Nanoscale Collagen Matrix Maintains Cell Morphology in Microfluidic Devices for Longer Periods

Automated Image Acquisition and Analysis of Graphene and Hexagonal Boron Nitride Structures

Breakthrough in Broadband Photodetectors: Nanomaterial Gii Could Bring Faster Broadband and Higher Quality Medical Imaging

A New Understanding of Metal-Carbon Interactions

Enhancing Solid-State Lithium Batteries with Nano-Ceramic Electrolytes

A New Language for Nanopore Design

Conversations on AFM: Applications of BioAFM in Life Science

Conversations on AFM: The Technology and History Behind AFM and SPM

Recent Advances in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to Improve Research Into Protein Dynamics

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