The present and future role of microfluidics in biomedical research

EK Sackmann, AL Fulton, DJ Beebe - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Microfluidics, a technology characterized by the engineered manipulation of fluids at the
submillimetre scale, has shown considerable promise for improving diagnostics and biology …

Micro total analysis systems for cell biology and biochemical assays

ML Kovarik, PC Gach, DM Ornoff, Y Wang… - Analytical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Novel applications of micro total analysis systems (μTAS) are addressing fundamental
biological questions, creating new biomedical reagents, and develo** innovative cell and …

Tumor spheroid-on-a-chip: a standardized microfluidic culture platform for investigating tumor angiogenesis

J Ko, J Ahn, S Kim, Y Lee, J Lee, D Park, NL Jeon - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The field of microfluidics-based three-dimensional (3D) cell culture system is rapidly
progressing from academic proof-of-concept studies to valid solutions to real-world …

User‐controlled 4D biomaterial degradation with substrate‐selective sortase transpeptidases for single‐cell biology

RC Bretherton, AJ Haack, I Kopyeva… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Stimuli‐responsive biomaterials show great promise for modeling disease dynamics ex vivo
with spatiotemporal control over the cellular microenvironment. However, harvesting cells …

Engineering programmable material-to-cell pathways via synthetic notch receptors to spatially control differentiation in multicellular constructs

M Garibyan, T Hoffman, T Makaske, SK Do… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Synthetic Notch (synNotch) receptors are genetically encoded, modular synthetic receptors
that enable mammalian cells to detect environmental signals and respond by activating user …

Open microfluidic capillary systems

E Berthier, AM Dostie, UN Lee, J Berthier… - Analytical …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Open microfluidic capillary systems are a rapidly evolving branch of microfluidics where
fluids are manipulated by capillary forces in channels lacking physical walls on all sides …

Suspended microfluidics

BP Casavant, E Berthier… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Although the field of microfluidics has made significant progress in bringing new tools to
address biological questions, the accessibility and adoption of microfluidics within the life …

Engineering organ-on-a-chip to accelerate translational research

J Ko, D Park, S Lee, B Gumuscu, NL Jeon - Micromachines, 2022 - mdpi.com
We guide the use of organ-on-chip technology in tissue engineering applications. Organ-on-
chip technology is a form of microengineered cell culture platform that elaborates the in-vivo …

Microfluidics within a well: an injection-molded plastic array 3D culture platform

Y Lee, JW Choi, J Yu, D Park, J Ha, K Son, S Lee… - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) has been widely used in fabricating microfluidic devices for
prototy** and proof-of-concept experiments. Due to several material limitations, PDMS …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered neural circuits for modeling brain physiology and neuropathology

S Bang, KS Hwang, S Jeong, IJ Cho, N Choi, J Kim… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
The neural circuits of the central nervous system are the regulatory pathways for feeling,
motion control, learning, and memory, and their dysfunction is closely related to various …