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October’s HOT Free Articles

These HOT articles, published in October 2014 were recommended by our referees and are free* to access for 4 weeks

Optofluidic lasers with a single molecular layer of gain
Qiushu Chen, Michael Ritt, Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan, Yuze Sun and Xudong Fan
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 4590-4595
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00872C, Communication

A self-powered one-touch blood extraction system: a novel polymer-capped hollow microneedle integrated with a pre-vacuum actuator
Cheng Guo Li, Manita Dangol, Chang Yeol Lee, Mingyu Jang and Hyungil Jung
Lab Chip, 2015, Advance Article
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00937A, Paper


Design of a 2D no-flow chamber to monitor hematopoietic stem cells
Théo Cambier, Thibault Honegger, Valérie Vanneaux, Jean Berthier, David Peyrade, Laurent Blanchoin, Jerome Larghero and Manuel Théry
Lab Chip, 2015,15, 77-85
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00807C, Paper


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*Access is free until 5.01.14 through a publishing personal account. It’s quick, easy and free to register!

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Dancing Magnetotactic Bacteria wins the 2014 microTAS Video Competition

Lab on a Chip congratulates Tijmen Hageman and colleagues, winners of the first μTAS Video Competition, created in partnership with Dolomite Microfluidics and supported by the CBMS (the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society).

At the μTAS conference in October 2014 Lab on a Chip Executive Editor, Harpal Minhas (above left) and  Dolomite Microfluidics Group Chief Sales Officer, Omar Jina (above right) presented Tijmen (above middle) with his award and a $2500 gift certificate to spend on dolomite equipment.

Prior to the conference, μTAS participants were invited to submit short, scientifically or educationally focused videos. The winning group, a collaboration of researchers from the University of Twente and the Korean Institute of Science and Technology produced a video demonstrating that bacteria can be manipulated by a magnetic field by using magnets to teach bacteria to line dance – and it looks like they had a lot of fun during the making!

Watch ‘Line Dancing Magnetotactic Bacteria‘ online now!


Ph.D student, Tijmen Hageman directed the video titled ‘Magnetotactic Bacteria.’

“The idea of dancing bacteria existed for some time already, and we decided to make it all in the style of Texas. We think we succeeded in introducting these extraordinary organisms to the public in a remarkable way and hope it will have made our research more visible,” he explains.

Like many studens, Tijmen is currently undecided about what to do after completion of his Ph.D. “I have some years left, and who knows…more videos prehaps” he says.

Tijmen can not take full credit for the winning video and we would also like to congratulate the following for their contribution:

Andreas Manz: Actor (bacteria)

Tijmen Hageman: Actor, director

Marc Pichel: Writer/ideas, cultivation

Caspar Abelmann: Animations

Line dancers: Ahyeon Gyeon, Jaewon Hwang, Jang Mi, Sangin Park, Jooyoung Im, Deepti Mittal, Marc Pichel and Tijmen Hageman

And the rest of the team for ideas and feedback!

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The Sphere wins the 2014 Art in Science Competition

Congratulations to David Castro, winner of Under the Looking Glass: Art from the World of Small Science, sponsored by NIST and Lab on a Chip.

The winning photograph for the seventh annual art in science competition was announced last week at the µTAS 2014 Conference. The research group, from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia were presented with a certificate and a financial reward. Their photograph will be featured on the cover of an upcoming issue of Lab on a Chip. Make sure you don’t miss it – register for our e-alerts now!

And the winning photograph is… THE SPHERE

More about ‘The Sphere’

Photographed by David Castro and David Conchouso, is the top view of a rotating 40uL aqueous droplet, suspended at the interface between two fluids, inside a square cuvette. The droplet contains an assay of functionalized latex beads, agglutinating in the presence of human C-reactive protein. This entry was selected as the winning photograph due to its aesthetic eye appeal, artistic allure and scientific merit.

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Lectureship presented to Sangeeta Bhatia

Congratulations to Dr. Sangeeta N. Bhatia, winner of  the 2014 Corning Inc./Lab on a Chip Pioneers of Miniaturisation Lectureship.


The picture shows Lab on a Chip Executive Editor, Harpal Minhas (Left) and Director of Polymer processing in Organic & Biochemical Technologies, Science & Technology at Corning Incorporated, Ed Fewkes (right) presenting Sangeeta (middle) with her award earlier this week at the µTAS 2014 Conference.

The 9th ‘Pioneers of Ministurisation‘ Lectureship, is for extraordinary or outstanding contributions to the understanding or development of miniaturised systems and was presented to Dr Bhatia at the µTAS 2014 Conference in San Antonio, Texas in October 2014. Dr Bhatia received a certificate, $5000 and gave a short lecture at the conference. Further information, including past winners, can be viewed on our homepage.

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September’s HOT Free Articles

These HOT articles, published in September 2014 were recommended by our referees and are free* to access for 4 weeks

1000-fold sample focusing on paper-based microfluidic devices
Tally Rosenfeld and Moran Bercovici
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 4465-4474
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00734D

A reliable and programmable acoustofluidic pump powered by oscillating sharp-edge structures
Po-Hsun Huang, Nitesh Nama, Zhangming Mao, Peng Li, Joseph Rufo, Yuchao Chen, Yuliang Xie, Cheng-Hsin Wei, Lin Wang and Tony Jun Huang
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 4319-4323
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00806E

Application of an acoustofluidic perfusion bioreactor for cartilage tissue engineering
Siwei Li, Peter Glynne-Jones, Orestis G. Andriotis, Kuan Y. Ching, Umesh S. Jonnalagadda, Richard O. C. Oreffo, Martyn Hill and Rahul S. Tare
Lab Chip, 2014,14, 4475-4485
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00956H


Take a look at our Lab on a Chip 2014 HOT Articles Collection!

*Access is free until 28.11.14 through a publishing personal account. It’s quick, easy and free to register!

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Dolomite and Lab on a Chip Productizing Science® Competition 2015

Submission Deadline 30th April 2015

Have you made a great scientific discovery but are not sure how to convert it into a commercially successful product?

The Dolomite Centre, in collaboration with Lab-on-a-Chip journal and Integrative Biology journal are pleased to announce that the Dolomite and Lab on a Chip Productizing Science® Competition 2015 will open on the 1st of October 2014

Click on the links below to find out more:

What is the competition about?

How do I enter?

Important dates

Requirements for participation and abstract guidelines

Good Luck!

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New Video Competition at microTAS 2014!

Lab on a Chip is proud to announce the first μTAS Video Competition, created in partnership with Dolomite Microfluidics and supported by the CBMS (the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society).

We invite registered μTAS participants to submit short videos (see full conditions of entry below) that are either scientifically or educationally focused. Videos may be fun, artistic or just surprising and unusual in order to meet these criteria.

Dolomite Microfuidics, innovators in microfluidic solutions, have generously agreed to support this competition with $2500 worth of Dolomite equipment as the prize.

If you think you have the necessary visual science to take home the prize money, have a read of the entry conditions below!

Deadline 10th October 2014

Video Award Submission Process – Easy 3 Step Process

Step 1. Sign-In to the Electronic Form Using Your Registration Number (submissions can be made between July 25 and October 10, 2014. Form available at www.microTAS2014.org from July 25)

Please have your Abstract/Manuscript Number accessible. If you are unable to locate your Abstract/Manuscript Number, please contact info@microTAS2014.org.

Step 2. Fill in Remaining Information on Electronic Submission Form

Please fill in remaining information on the electronic submission form including title of image and your caption.

Step 3. Upload Your Video

All entries are to be submitted in MP4 or MOV format online via this website. Entries will not be accepted by email, fax, or post. Once your entry has been successfully uploaded and submitted, you will be given an entry number and you will be sent a confirmation email with the information you provided, minus the image. The ability to submit an image will close Friday, 10 October 2014 at 23:59 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA time (HST. GMT minus 10 hours).


Conditions of entry:

1. Only registered participants can take part/submit videos

2. Videos must be either scientific (demonstrating interesting aspects) or educational (enhancing understanding) with respect to micro or nanofluidics

3. Videos can be presented in a fun way

4. Videos can be presented in an artistic way

5. Videos can be presented in a surprising or unusual way

6. Videos can be enhanced by audio, animations or annotations, if necessary

7. Videos should be no longer than 2 minutes in length and file sizes must be compressed as much as possible for submission

8. Videos must be viewable on a PC without bespoke software

9. All submissions are submitted on the basis that they may be used by Lab on a Chip and/or CBMS for promotional purposes in any form

10. Judging by an international panel of judges will take place at μTAS 2014. The judge’s decision will be final and no discussion will be entertained.

11. The prize will be awarded at μTAS 2014 and a written voucher  for the equipment will be handed over to the person submitting the winning entry.


Finally, just for a bit of inspiration, here’s a classic Lab on a Chip video from our YouTube Channel…enjoy!


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Lab on a Chip’s Top 2013 Cited Papers

In order to celebrate our new Impact Factor of 5.75, the following highly cited articles are free to access until 30th September 2014. Click on the links to download!

Graphical abstract: Commercialization of microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devicesCommercialization of microfluidic point-of-care diagnostic devices
Curtis D. Chin, Vincent Linder and Samuel K. Sia
Lab Chip, 2012,12, 2118-2134
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21204H, Critical Review
From themed collection Focus on USA

Microengineered physiological biomimicry: Organs-on-Chips
Dongeun Huh, Yu-suke Torisawa, Geraldine A. Hamilton, Hyun Jung Kim and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2012,12, 2156-2164
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40089H, Frontier

Droplet microfluidics for high-throughput biological assays
Mira T. Guo, Assaf Rotem, John A. Heyman and David A. Weitz
Lab Chip, 2012,12, 2146-2155
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC21147E, Critical Review

Human gut-on-a-chip inhabited by microbial flora that experiences intestinal peristalsis-like motions and flow
Hyun Jung Kim, Dongeun Huh, Geraldine Hamilton and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2012,12, 2165-2174
DOI: 10.1039/C2LC40074J, Paper

Ensembles of engineered cardiac tissues for physiological and pharmacological study: Heart on a chip
Anna Grosberg, Patrick W. Alford, Megan L. McCain and Kevin Kit Parker
Lab Chip, 2011,11, 4165-4173
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20557A, Paper

Pinched flow coupled shear-modulated inertial microfluidics for high-throughput rare blood cell separation
Ali Asgar S. Bhagat, Han Wei Hou, Leon D. Li, Chwee Teck Lim and Jongyoon Han
Lab Chip2011,11, 1870-1878
DOI: 10.1039/C0LC00633E, Paper

Deformability-based cell classification and enrichment using inertial microfluidics
Soojung Claire Hur, Nicole K. Henderson-MacLennan, Edward R. B. McCabe and Dino Di Carlo
Lab Chip, 2011,11, 912-920
DOI: 10.1039/C0LC00595A, Paper

Microfluidic fabrication of microengineered hydrogels and their application in tissue engineering
Bong Geun Chung, Kwang-Ho Lee, Ali Khademhosseini and Sang-Hoon Lee
Lab Chip, 2012,12, 45-59
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20859D, Critical Review

Automated cellular sample preparation using a Centrifuge-on-a-Chip
Albert J. Mach, Jae Hyun Kim, Armin Arshi, Soojung Claire Hur and Dino Di Carlo
Lab Chip, 2011,11, 2827-2834
DOI: 10.1039/C1LC20330D, Paper

Tumour cell identification by means of Raman spectroscopy in combination with optical traps and microfluidic environments
Sebastian Dochow, Christoph Krafft, Ute Neugebauer, Thomas Bocklitz, Thomas Henkel, Günter Mayer, Jens Albert and Jürgen Popp
Lab Chip, 2011,11, 1484-1490
DOI: 10.1039/C0LC00612B, Paper

*Access is free through a registered RSC account – click here to register

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Art in Science Competiton


The µTAS 2014 Conference is featuring an art in science competition titled Under the Looking Glass: Art from the World of Small Science

Deadline 27th October 2014

Since the earliest publications of the scientific world, the aesthetic value of scientific illustrations and images has been critical to many researchers. The illustrations and diagrams of earlier scientists such as Galileo and Da Vinci have become iconic symbols of science and the scientific thought process. In current scientific literature, many scientists consider the selection of a publication as a “cover article” in a prestigious journal to be very complimentary.

Are you attending the µTAS 2014 Conference?

Would you like your image to be featured on the cover of Lab on a Chip?

Would you like to win a financial reward?

To draw attention to the aesthetic value in scientific illustration while still conveying scientific merit, NIST and Lab on a Chip are sponsoring this annual award. Applications are encouraged from authors in attendance of the µTAS Conference and the winner will be selected by a panel of senior scientists in the field of µTAS. Applications must show a photograph, micrograph or other accurate representation of a system that would be of interest to the µTAS community and be represented in the final manuscript or presentation given at the Conference. They must also contain a brief caption that describes the illustration’s content and its scientific merit. The winner will be selected on the basis of aesthetic eye appeal, artistic allure and scientific merit. In addition to having the image featured on the cover of Lab on a Chip, the winner will also receive a financial award at the Conference.

Art Award Submission Process – Easy 3 Step Process

Step 1. Sign-In to the Electronic Form Using Your Abstract/Manuscript Number

Step 2. Fill in Remaining Information on Electronic Submission Form

Step 3. Upload Your Image

For full guidelines, have a look on the competition website.

Good Luck!

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2014 Insights Issue

Guest editor, George Whitesides, introduces this series of Insights in Lab on a Chip’s 200th editorial.

Collectively, these Insights demonstrate how the emphasis in LOC science and technology is shifting from foundational areas, such as methods of micofabrication and the physics of microscale flows, to serious explorations of uses and to demonstrations of applications. It is this research that provides the incentive for further and more extensive industrial engineering development and ultimately the incorporation into products. We hope you enjoy reading the collection as much as we did.

Frontiers


Energy: the microfluidic frontier

David Sinton
Lab Chip, 2014, 14, 3127-3134
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00267A


Physics and technological aspects of nanofluidics

Lyderic Bocquet and Patrick Tabeling
Lab Chip, 2014, 14, 3143-3158
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00325J


Smartphone technology can be transformative to the deployment of lab-on-chip diagnostics

David Erickson, Dakota O’Dell, Li Jiang, Vlad Oncescu, Abdurrahman Gumus, Seoho Lee, Matthew Mancuso and Saurabh Mehta
Lab Chip, 2014, 14, 3159-3164
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00142G


Critical Review

Biomedical imaging and sensing using flatbed scanners

Zoltán Göröcs and Aydogan Ozcan
Lab Chip, 2014, 14, 3248-3257
DOI: 10.1039/C4LC00530A


Read the full themed collection online today!

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