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Microfluidic quantification of heterogeneity of bacterial populations

Microfluidic quantification of heterogeneity of bacterial populations

Abstract "Severe non-healing infections are often caused by multiple pathogens or by genetic variants of the same pathogen exhibiting different levels of antibiotic resistance. For example, polymicrobial diabetic foot infections double the risk of amputation compared to monomicrobial infections. Although these infections lead to increased morbidity...

Programmable droplet microfluidic

Machine learning-guided droplet microfluidic platform

Abstract "Typical microfluidic devices are application-specific and have to be carefully designed to implement the necessary functionalities for the targeted application. Programmable microfluidic chips try to overcome this by offering reconfigurable functionalities, allowing the same chip to be used in multiple different applications. In this work,...

Microfluidic chip for mammalian cell culture

Open source microfluidics for spatio-temporal regulation of microenvironment for mammalian cell cultures

Abstract "Microfluidic-based cell culture allows for precise spatio-temporal regulation of microenvironment, live cell imaging and better recapitulation of physiological conditions, while minimizing reagents’ consumption. Despite their usefulness, most microfluidic systems are designed with one specific application in mind and usually require specialized equipment and expertise for...