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An Automated Single-Cell Droplet-Digital Microfluidic Platform for Monoclonal Antibody Discovery

Author(s): Ahmadi F; Tran H; Letourneau N; Little SR; Fortin A; Moraitis AN; Shih SCC;

Monoclonal antibody (mAb) discovery plays a prominent role in diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Droplet microfluidics has become a standard technology for high-throughput screening of antibody-producing cells due to high droplet single-cell confinement frequency and rapid analysis and sorting of the cells of interest with their secreted mAbs. In th ...

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Measuring prion propagation in single bacteria elucidates a mechanism of loss

Author(s): Jager K; Orozco-Hidalgo MT; Springstein BL; Joly-Smith E; Papazotos F; McDonough E; Fleming E; McCallum G; Yuan AH; Hilfinger A; Hochschild A; Potvin-Trottier L;

Prions are self-propagating protein aggregates formed by specific proteins that can adopt alternative folds. Prions were discovered as the cause of the fatal transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in mammals, but prions can also constitute nontoxic protein-based elements of inheritance in fung ...

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An electrochemical aptasensor for Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol detection in saliva on a microfluidic platform

Author(s): Kékedy-Nagy L; Perry JM; Little SR; Llorens OY; Shih SCC;

We present a novel "on-off", cost-effective, rapid electrochemical aptasensor combined with a microfluidics cartridge system for the detection of ?9-THC (?9-tetrahydrocannabinol) in human saliva via differential pulse voltammetry. The assay relied on the competitive binding between the ?9-THC and a soluble redox indicator methylene blue, using an aptamer ...

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Microfluidics for long-term single-cell time-lapse microscopy: Advances and applications

Author(s): Allard P; Papazotos F; Potvin-Trottier L;

Cells are inherently dynamic, whether they are responding to environmental conditions or simply at equilibrium, with biomolecules constantly being made and destroyed. Due to their small volumes, the chemical reactions inside cells are stochastic, such that genetically identical cells display heterogeneous behaviors and gene expression profiles. Studying t ...

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Microfluidics in smart packaging of foods

Author(s): Pou KRJ; Raghavan V; Packirisamy M;

The increasing trend in ensuring safe and quality foods necessitates the monitoring of food products throughout the food supply chain. Food packaging is an indispensable process as it provides various functions such as containment, protection, convenience, and communication. The development of innovative packaging systems is required to ensure foods are m ...

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Microfluidic Platforms for the Isolation and Detection of Exosomes: A Brief Review

Author(s): Raju D; Bathini S; Badilescu S; Ghosh A; Packirisamy M;

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a group of communication organelles enclosed by a phospholipid bilayer, secreted by all types of cells. The size of these vesicles ranges from 30 to 1000 nm, and they contain a myriad of compounds such as RNA, DNA, proteins, and lipids from their origin cells, offering a good source of biomarkers. Exosomes (30 to 100 nm) a ...

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Numerical and Experimental Validation of Mixing Efficiency in Periodic Disturbance Mixers

Author(s): López RR; Sánchez LM; Alazzam A; Burnier JV; Stiharu I; Nerguizian V;

The shape and dimensions of a micromixer are key elements in the mixing process. Accurately quantifying the mixing efficiency enables the evaluation of the performance of a micromixer and the selection of the most suitable one for specific applications. In this paper, two methods are investigated to evaluate the mixing efficiency: a numerical model and an ...

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Magnetic particle based liquid biopsy chip for isolation of extracellular vesicles and characterization by gene amplification

Author(s): Bathini S; Pakkiriswami S; Ouellette RJ; Ghosh A; Packirisamy M;

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are the cell-derived vesicles which play a critical role in cell-to-cell communication, and disease progression. These vesicles contain a myriad of substances like RNA, DNA, proteins, and lipids from their origin cells, offering a good source of biomarkers. The existing methods for the isolation of EVs are time-consuming, lack ...

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Microfluidic Shear Processing Control of Biological Reduction Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery.

Author(s): Huang Y, Jazani AM, Howell EP, Reynolds LA, Oh JK, Moffitt MG

We demonstrate microfluidic manufacturing of glutathione (GSH)-responsive polymer nanoparticles (PNPs) with controlled in vitro pharmacological properties for selective drug delivery. This work leverages previous fundamental work on microfluidic control of the physicochemical properties of GSH-responsive PNPs containing cleavable disulfide groups in two d ...

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Controlled Microfluidic Synthesis of Biological Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Nanoparticles.

Author(s): Huang Y, Moini Jazani A, Howell EP, Oh JK, Moffitt MG

Microfluidic flow-directed self-assembly of biological stimuli-responsive block copolymers is demonstrated with dual-location cleavable linkages at the junction between hydrophilic and hydrophobic blocks and on pendant group within the hydrophobic blocks. On-chip self-assembly within a two-phase microfluidic reactor forms various "DualM" polymer nanoparti ...

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One Cell, One Drop, One Click: Hybrid Microfluidics for Mammalian Single Cell Isolation.

Author(s): Samlali K, Ahmadi F, Quach ABV, Soffer G, Shih SCC

Small. 2020 Jul 23;:e2002400 Authors: Samlali K, Ahmadi F, Quach ABV, Soffer G, Shih SCC

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