Lab on a Chip Blog

Jason P. Beech and colleagues at Lund University use shape and deformability to sort cells, as well as the more usual parameter of size in this microfluidic device:

Sorting cells by size, shape and deformability
Jason P. Beech, Stefan H. Holm, Karl Adolfsson and Jonas O. Tegenfeldt
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21083E

Thomas Krebs and colleagues at Wageningen University present the results of experiments studying droplet coalescence in a dense layer of emulsion droplets using microfluidic circuits:

A microfluidic method to study demulsification kinetics
Thomas Krebs, Karin Schroen and Remko Boom
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20930F

Paul Kenis et al. present an analytical model to guide the design of electrostatic microvalves that can be integrated into microfluidic chips:

Design considerations for electrostatic microvalves with applications in poly(dimethylsiloxane)-based microfluidics
Amit V. Desai, Joshua D. Tice, Christopher A. Apblett and Paul J. A. Kenis
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21133E

David Beebe et al. discuss the use of PDMS and polystyrene by researchers working at the interface of microfluidics and cell biology research:

Engineers are from PDMS-land, Biologists are from Polystyrenia
Erwin Berthier, Edmond W. K. Young and David Beebe
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC20982A

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