Microfluidic chips are enabling handheld devices that are ideally suited for real-time analysis in biological and chemical assays. For example, they have been successfully used in a multitude of platforms such as organ-on-a-chips for real-time investigation of cell-cell and cell-environment interactions. The microfluidics field, however,...
Microfluidics has opened new windows of opportunities to researchers all around the world with various backgrounds. Although some applications such as organ on a chip and droplet microfluidics are quite established, newer applications are emerging as the field grows and more researchers gain access to...
Rarely a week goes by without a novel microfluidic technique being developed for synthetic biology applications and artificial cell generation. In this regard, oftentimes, droplet microfluidics is employed due to its capabilities for generating uniform lipid layers and encapsulating the cellular machinery. These liposomes, similar...
One of the major aims of synthetic biology is to take advantage of the cellular machinery and build a self-replicating cell mimicking a natural living organism. This so-called artificial/synthetic cell could then be modified according to the needs of the researcher. Although we are still...
Modularity is one of the promising aspects of microfluidics. Although microfluidics has great modularity potential to offer, the majority of the microfluidic devices designed so far involve "one size fits all" chips. This constrains the maneuverability of the microfluidic chips and increases the demand for...