Theory and practice of using cell strainers to sort Caenorhabditis elegans by size

VJ Lanier, AM White, S Faumont, SR Lockery - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a model organism widely used in basic,
translational, and industrial research. C. elegans development is characterized by five …

[HTML][HTML] Caenorhabditis sieve: A low-tech instrument and methodology for sorting small multicellular organisms

S Hunter, M Maulik, C Scerbak, E Vayndorf… - Journal of Visualized …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is a well-established model organism used across a
range of basic and biomedical research. Within the nematode research community, there is …

Microfluidic-Assisted Caenorhabditis elegans Sorting: Current Status and Future Prospects

H Yuan, W Yuan, S Duan, K Jiao, Q Zhang… - Cyborg and Bionic …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) has been a popular model organism for several
decades since its first discovery of the huge research potential for modeling human diseases …

A high-throughput device for size based separation of C. elegans developmental stages

X Ai, W Zhuo, Q Liang, PT McGrath, H Lu - Lab on a Chip, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Caenorhabditis elegans is a widely used model organism to study development, aging and
behavior. Many of these biological studies require staging a large number of worms to assay …

Versatile size-dependent sorting of C. elegans nematodes and embryos using a tunable microfluidic filter structure

L Dong, M Cornaglia, T Lehnert, MAM Gijs - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
The roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is a powerful model organism for
addressing fundamental biological questions related to human disease and aging. Its life …

An open source microfluidic sorter for Caenorhabditis nematodes

N Timmermeyer, SA Banse, JH North, M Sottile… - bioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
Rapid and accurate sorting of biological samples is extremely useful in a wide variety of
applications. The model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans lends itself to automated fluid …

A microfluidic diode for sorting and immobilization of Caenorhabditis elegans

L Yang, T Hong, Y Zhang, JGS Arriola, BL Nelms… - Biomedical …, 2017 - Springer
Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is a powerful model organism extensively used in
studies of human aging and diseases. Despite the numerous advantages of C. elegans as a …

High-throughput fluorescence-based isolation of live C. elegans larvae

AG Fernandez, BOR Bargmann, EK Mis, ML Edgley… - nature protocols, 2012 - nature.com
For the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, automated selection of animals of specific
genotypes from a mixed pool has become essential for genetic interaction or chemical …

High-throughput sorting of eggs for synchronization of C. elegans in a microfluidic spiral chip

S Sofela, S Sahloul, M Rafeie, T Kwon, J Han… - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, we report the use of a high-throughput microfluidic spiral chip to screen out
eggs from a mixed age nematode population, which can subsequently be cultured to a …

A sorting strategy for C. elegans based on size-dependent motility and electrotaxis in a micro-structured channel

B Han, D Kim, UH Ko, JH Shin - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is a model organism widely utilized in various
fundamental studies in developmental, neural and behavioural biology. The worm features …