Lab-on-a-chip

NSF Grant Supports Center to Develop Microfluidics-based Solutions

November 26, 2018

The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a $500,000, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to support the Center for Advanced Design and Manufacturing of Integrated Microfluidics. The center, also known by its [more...]

SELECTBIO 10th Annual Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics World Congress 2018

October 1, 2018

Welcome to the SELECTBIO 10th Annual Lab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics World Congress 2018. Bringing together researchers and industry participants from both academia and industry, this established congress now in its 10thconsecutive year, [more...]

Lab-On-A-Chip Technology Could Detect Abnormalities For Pregnant Women

July 13, 2018

A wide range of fetal genetic abnormalities could soon be detected in early pregnancy thanks to a world-first study led by University of South Australia researchers using lab-on-a-chip, non-invasive technology. Biomedical engineers Dr [more...]

2nd International Conference of Microfluidics, Nanofluidics and Lab on Chip

June 8, 2018

Research on Microfluidics, Nanofluidics and Lab on a chip has advanced rapidly over the past two decades, which is a cutting-edge subject and has great application potential in biochemistry, human health, new energy, advanced materials, [more...]

Food Scientist Works to Improve Nutrition, Understand Gut Disease

April 28, 2018

The difficulties of conducting research on the human gut are substantial: the presence of trillions of bacterial cells interacting with human cells and each other, constant environmental changes every time food is consumed and zero chance [more...]

Organ-on-a-chip: a New Model of Microfluidic Chip

April 22, 2018

Cells in a microwell and their growth after two days of perfusion An organ-on-a-chip is a microfluidic device with continuously perfused chambers in which cells are cultured to obtain functional units that mimic organ functions. The [more...]

Raman Spectroscopy Technique Identifies Antibiotic Resistance

April 15, 2018

Knowing that existing methods for pathogen diagnostics are time-consuming and expensive, a team of scientists at the Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technologies (Leibniz-IPHT), the Center for Sepsis Control and Care at the University [more...]

MIT Engineers Make Microfluidics Modular Using the Popular Interlocking Blocks

March 4, 2018

MIT engineers have just introduced an element of fun into microfluidics. The field of microfluidics involves minute devices that precisely manipulate fluids at submillimeter scales. Such devices typically take the form of flat, [more...]

Lab-grown Kidney Helps Test New Drugs

January 22, 2018

Figure 1 Draper designed PREDICT-96 so that researchers can easily integrate it into existing lab automation and screening tools. Drug use is extensive in the intensive care units of many hospitals, and although lifesaving, the practice is [more...]

5th European Conference on MicroFluidics 2018

January 15, 2018

Aims µFlu’18 will aim at continuing to strengthen the links inside the European and worldwide Microfluidics scientific community by gathering all actors in this discipline, and to promote exchanges between European or non-European [more...]

International MicroNanoConference, 12 & 13 December 2017 Call for Abstract

December 12, 2017

The international MicroNanoConference has an established track record in bringing together the value chain of the different micro and nano fields of endeavour. The active involvement of the industry, science and user community of [more...]

International MicroNano Conference 2017

December 12, 2017

3rd Microfluidics Congress Europe

December 4, 2017

Utilizing Microfluidics Technologies as as tool for progressing medical research and patient care! Global Engage is pleased to announce the 2017 Microfluidics Congress, as part of our 4Bio event. Microfluidics continues to be an exciting [more...]

CN Bio Innovations Use Organs-on-Chips to Improve Drug Development and Evaluation

October 29, 2017

Image credit: CN-Bio Innovation FDA and CN Bio will collaborate to characterize the performance of CN Bio’s Organs-on-Chips as a platform for potential use in drug development and regulatory evaluation, including safety testing prior [more...]

New Technology Illuminates Microbial Dark Matter

October 29, 2017

At Stanford University, researchers have used a new microfluidic analysis system to extract 29 novel microbial genomes (the complete set of genetic material) from samples from two Yellowstone National Park hot springs. They extracted the [more...]

Researchers at Binghamton University Have Created a Micro-scale Biological Solar Cell

October 29, 2017

Image Credit: Seokheun Choi Researchers at Binghamton University have created a micro-scale biological solar cell that generates a higher power density for longer than any existing cell of its kind. A microfluidic lab-on-a-chip system [more...]

MicroTAS 2017

October 22, 2017

The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2017) will be held at the Savannah International Trade and Conference Center in Savannah, Georgia, USA from October 22 – 26, 2017. µTAS [more...]

Microfluidics for Advanced Functional Polymeric Materials

September 17, 2017

Book Description Amazon Link | Wiley Link Author: Liang-Yin Chu, Wei Wang ISBN: 978-3-527-34182-5 336 pages June 2017 Summary A comprehensive and systematic treatment of our current understanding of the microfluidic technique and its [more...]

Diagnostic Devices with Microfluidics

September 17, 2017

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press Link Author: Francesco Piraino, Šeila Selimovic June 14, 2017 by CRC Press Reference – 257 Pages ISBN 9781498772938 – CAT# K29532 Summary This book provides a current view of the [more...]

Single-nucleus RNA sequencing, Droplet by Droplet

September 4, 2017

Image Credit : Susanna M. Hamilton, Broad Communications Last year Broad researchers described a single-nucleus RNA sequencing method called sNuc-Seq. This system enabled researchers to study the gene expression profiles of [more...]