Microfluidic systems open up new possibilities for in vitro cell biology research, mainly due to their ability to control the cellular microenvironment at physiologically relevant spatiotemporal scales. As such, several microfluidic systems have been introduced for the generation of concentration gradients and have been used for cell chemotaxis studies. However, these methods typically involve a trade-off between temporal control of the gradient and minimizing the applied shear stresses on the cells, and often require culturing cells in micro-channels. In this dissertation, we develop microfluidic quadrupoles (MQs) and demonstrate their first use in a laboratory setting. Two MQs with different configurations are presented; a lateral MQ that...
Microfluidics, the science of engineering fluid streams at the micrometer scale, offers unique tools...
Molecular gradients are important for various biological processes including the polarization of tis...
While many tools exist to study immune-cell chemotaxis in vitro, current methods often lack desirabl...
Although a wealth of knowledge about chemotaxis has accumulated in the past 40 years, these studies ...
For better translation from basic science to everyday clinical practice, biomedical research must at...
Cell migration is an important cellular process in many physiological events such as embryogenesis, ...
We describe the use of a microfluidic device to micropattern cells in a microchannel and investigate...
Biochemical gradients are ubiquitous in biology. At the tissue level, they dictate differentiation p...
Microfluidic systems have evolved significantly over the past decade to offer biologists in vitro en...
In this chapter, we will discuss a method for the generation of gradients that can be quantitatively...
Neutrophil chemotaxis and intercellular signaling via diffusible molecules are vital physiological p...
AbstractThe extracellular availability of growth factors, hormones, chemokines, and neurotransmitter...
This paper reports the development, modeling, and testing of an original microfluidic chip capable o...
Chemotaxis is the migration of cells in response to a chemical stimulus. This phenomenon is a part o...
Cell migration is present in virtually all life processes, including fertilization, embryogenic deve...
Microfluidics, the science of engineering fluid streams at the micrometer scale, offers unique tools...
Molecular gradients are important for various biological processes including the polarization of tis...
While many tools exist to study immune-cell chemotaxis in vitro, current methods often lack desirabl...
Although a wealth of knowledge about chemotaxis has accumulated in the past 40 years, these studies ...
For better translation from basic science to everyday clinical practice, biomedical research must at...
Cell migration is an important cellular process in many physiological events such as embryogenesis, ...
We describe the use of a microfluidic device to micropattern cells in a microchannel and investigate...
Biochemical gradients are ubiquitous in biology. At the tissue level, they dictate differentiation p...
Microfluidic systems have evolved significantly over the past decade to offer biologists in vitro en...
In this chapter, we will discuss a method for the generation of gradients that can be quantitatively...
Neutrophil chemotaxis and intercellular signaling via diffusible molecules are vital physiological p...
AbstractThe extracellular availability of growth factors, hormones, chemokines, and neurotransmitter...
This paper reports the development, modeling, and testing of an original microfluidic chip capable o...
Chemotaxis is the migration of cells in response to a chemical stimulus. This phenomenon is a part o...
Cell migration is present in virtually all life processes, including fertilization, embryogenic deve...
Microfluidics, the science of engineering fluid streams at the micrometer scale, offers unique tools...
Molecular gradients are important for various biological processes including the polarization of tis...
While many tools exist to study immune-cell chemotaxis in vitro, current methods often lack desirabl...