June 2015

Centrifugal Microfluidic Platforms: Advanced Unit Operations and Applications

June 30, 2015

Centrifugal microfluidics has evolved into a mature technology. Several major diagnostic companies either have products on the market or are currently evaluating centrifugal microfluidics for product development. The fields of application [more...]

Novel Applications of Graphene in Medical and Biosensor Applications

June 30, 2015

Detection of DNA hybridization with the help of graphene Introduction Graphene has shown promise for a number of applications, including medical and biosensing applications. A scientific team from Graphenea, in collaboration with [more...]

The Pregnancy Test of The Future is Flushable, Private and Sustainable with Help of Microfluidics

June 30, 2015

Preganancy test strip with microfluidic channels (Image Credit: LIA Diagnostics) The pregnancy test hasn’t changed in years. This startup is redesigning one of the most important moments in a woman’s life. The at-home [more...]

Microchips Biotech Commercializes Implantable Drug-delivery Device

June 29, 2015

A version of Microchip Biotech’s implantable, wirelessly controlled microchip. When an electrical current is delivered to one of the chip’s tiny reservoirs, a single dose of therapeutics is released into the body. (Image [more...]

The Words That Will Ruin Your Resume

June 28, 2015

Championed. Spearheaded. Pioneered. There are a myriad of terms, phrases, and words that will ruin your resume. The above are not such examples. The above words paint a picture of a fearless leader, charging into battle against [more...]

Digital Microfluidics Keeps Track of Quick-Fire Cell Signals

June 28, 2015

Amidst the crackle of cellular signaling, it can be hard to distinguish between cells that are quick on the draw, and those that take a long time “drawing a bead” before they finally fire. When the smoke clears, it may be too late to [more...]

Microfluidics’ Watershed Moment

June 28, 2015

The HµRELflow™ cell-based assay system has three microfluidic devices on a biochip. Each device incorporates two cell culture compartments interconnected by microscale channels. Integrated micropumps recirculate culture media within the [more...]

Fight Neurodegenerative Diseases using Stem Cells and Microfluidics

June 28, 2015

Screenshot from BellBrook Lab BellBrook Labs, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was recently awarded federal funding to develop a microscale system to accelerate discovery of more effective drugs for [more...]

Northeastern Professor Receives $1.4 Million NIH Grant to Design Microfluidic Devices for Vaccine Development

June 28, 2015

Northeastern professor Shashi Murthy positions a microfluidic device on a microscope stage to prepare for an experiment (Image Credit: Northeastern University) Northeastern professor of chemical engineering [more...]

Microfluidic Cell Culture Systems (Micro and Nano Technologies)

June 28, 2015

Book Description Amazon Link | Elsevier Link The fields of microfluidics and BioMEMS are significantly impacting cell biology research and applications through the application of engineering solutions to human disease and health problems. [more...]

Encyclopedia of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics-2nd Edition

June 28, 2015

Book Description Amazon Link | Springer Link Preface to the Second Edition from Prof. Dongqing Li Microfluidics, nanofluidics, and lab-on-a-chip are among the most rapidly growing fields of scientific research and technology [more...]

The Anatomy of Cancer

June 21, 2015

Breast Cancer Stem Cells (Image Credit: University of Michigan) , Adopted from TumorGen MDx One in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer. But what is cancer? Cancer is a set of complex diseases. The origins of [more...]

Real-time Listeria Biosensor Prototype Uses Nanobrushes

June 21, 2015

The prototype listeria biosensor chip is a little smaller than postage stamp. Dr. Carmen Gomes, Texas A&M AgriLife Research engineer, said even at this early stage of development, the sensor can detect as little as one bacterium in [more...]

Heartbeat On a Chip

June 21, 2015

Heartbeat Chip Test (Image credit: Michigan Engineering) The ability to accurately test drugs and therapies for human use is a goal we desperately need to reach. Often animals are used to test drugs intended for human use, which not only [more...]

Energy Harnessed From Humidity Can Power Small Devices- Very Cool!

June 21, 2015

The difference in humidity between the enclosed portion of this Ferris wheel–like device (at right) and the open air (left) cause the curved plastic strips to expand and contract, triggering an imbalance that causes the wheel to turn. [more...]

Johnson & Johnson to Deploy Emulate' s Organs-on-Chips Platform in Drug Development Process

June 21, 2015

New Thrombosis-on-Chip (Image credit: EmulateBio) Emulate, whose president Geraldine Hamilton will speak at the first Organ-on-a-Chip World Congress 8-9 July 2015, said the alliance was intended to improve Janssen’s drug development [more...]

Nanofiber Band-Aid for Broken Hearts

June 21, 2015

Immunofluorescence image showing expression of cardiomyocyte marker α-sarcomeric actinin (green color); Nuclei (blue color); and Aligned nanofiber (red Color) in the cardiac patch in vitro. (Image credit: Ohio State University Center for [more...]

Researchers Design Placenta-on-a-chip To Better Understand Pregnancy

June 20, 2015

A placenta-on-a-chip microdevice: A) The device’s upper (blue) and lower (red) chambers are separated by a semi-permeable membrane. B) Researchers placed maternal cells in one chamber and fetal cells in the other. They then added glucose [more...]

How to Conduct an Effective Job Interview

June 18, 2015

Image from Harvard Business Review The virtual stack of resumes in your inbox is winnowed and certain candidates have passed the phone screen. Next step: in-person interviews. How should you use the relatively brief time to get to know — [more...]

Special Issue of Advances in Microfluidic Devices for Cell Handling and Analysis on the Open Access Journal- Micromachines

June 15, 2015

Dear Colleagues, Microfluidics is a technology characterized by the engineered manipulation of fluids at the submillimeter scale, which dramatically improved diagnostics and biology research. Certain properties of microfluidic [more...]