Microfluidic technologies have rapidly emerged in the field of microbiology to facilitate our ongoing understanding of microorganisms. Using the high-throughput and miniaturization features in microfluidics, devices with controlled microenvironments can be created for research in the field of healthcare to study bacterial infection. As the antibiotic resistance of bacterial biofilms increases at an alarming rate, researchers are investigating new strategies for the prevention of implant-associated infections. In this thesis, we investigate the use of mechanical stiffness as an important microenvironmental property to regulate adhesion to implant surfaces, using a high-throughput microfluidic adhesion assay. It was found that at low shear st...
Surfaces of implantable biomedical devices are increasingly engineered to promote their interactions...
Sessile bacteria adhere to engineered surfaces and host tissues and pose a substantial clinical and ...
Microfluidic device has been widely used in biological research, due to not only the dimension, but ...
Background Studying bacterial adhesion and early biofilm development is crucial for understanding...
Micro- and macro-flow systems have been used as in vitro platforms to study bacterial adhesion under...
Bacterial colonization on solid surfaces creates enormous problems across various industries causing...
Microfabricated devices have increasingly incorporated bacterial cells for microscale studies and ex...
The study of bacterial adhesion to host cells is important in understanding bacterial pathogenesis a...
Intravenous catheter related blood stream infections (CRBSI) are the major cause of healthcare-assoc...
Microfluidic technologies have allowed modern microbiologists the opportunity to explore biological ...
To improve methods to characterize bacteria at the cellular level, we developed a new microfluidic ...
We have developed a rapid microfluidic method for antibiotic susceptibility testing in a stress-base...
The aim of this work was to test materials typically used in the construction of medical devices reg...
Microbial infections of medical implants occur in 10% of the more than 20 million surgical procedure...
Aims: Design and assembly of an inexpensive microfluidic PDMS chip for visual detection of cell adhe...
Surfaces of implantable biomedical devices are increasingly engineered to promote their interactions...
Sessile bacteria adhere to engineered surfaces and host tissues and pose a substantial clinical and ...
Microfluidic device has been widely used in biological research, due to not only the dimension, but ...
Background Studying bacterial adhesion and early biofilm development is crucial for understanding...
Micro- and macro-flow systems have been used as in vitro platforms to study bacterial adhesion under...
Bacterial colonization on solid surfaces creates enormous problems across various industries causing...
Microfabricated devices have increasingly incorporated bacterial cells for microscale studies and ex...
The study of bacterial adhesion to host cells is important in understanding bacterial pathogenesis a...
Intravenous catheter related blood stream infections (CRBSI) are the major cause of healthcare-assoc...
Microfluidic technologies have allowed modern microbiologists the opportunity to explore biological ...
To improve methods to characterize bacteria at the cellular level, we developed a new microfluidic ...
We have developed a rapid microfluidic method for antibiotic susceptibility testing in a stress-base...
The aim of this work was to test materials typically used in the construction of medical devices reg...
Microbial infections of medical implants occur in 10% of the more than 20 million surgical procedure...
Aims: Design and assembly of an inexpensive microfluidic PDMS chip for visual detection of cell adhe...
Surfaces of implantable biomedical devices are increasingly engineered to promote their interactions...
Sessile bacteria adhere to engineered surfaces and host tissues and pose a substantial clinical and ...
Microfluidic device has been widely used in biological research, due to not only the dimension, but ...