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 …

PDMS filter structures for size-dependent larval sorting and on-chip egg extraction of C. elegans

HB Atakan, F Ayhan, MAM Gijs - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
C. elegans-based assays require age-synchronized populations prior to experimentation to
achieve standardized sets of worm populations, due to which age-induced heterogeneous …

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 …

An Automated Microfluidic System for Morphological Measurement and Size-Based Sorting of C. Elegans

X Dong, P Song, X Liu - IEEE Transactions on Nanobioscience, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reports a vision-based automated microfluidic system for morphological
measurement and size-based sorting of the nematode worm C. elegans. Exceeding the …

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 …

Electrical sorting of Caenorhabditis elegans

P Rezai, S Salam, PR Selvaganapathy, BP Gupta - Lab on a Chip, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The nematode (worm) C. elegans is one of the widely studied animal model organisms in
biology. It develops through 4 larval stages (L1–L4) in 2 to 3 days before becoming a young …

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 …

High-throughput age synchronisation of Caenorhabditis elegans

XC i Solvas, FM Geier, AM Leroi, JG Bundy… - Chemical …, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
We present a passive microfluidic strategy for sorting adult C. elegans nematodes on the
basis of age and size. The separation mechanism takes advantage of phenotypic …

High-throughput age synchronisation of Caenorhabditis elegans.

FM Geier, AM Leroi, JG Bundy, JB Edel… - Chemical …, 2011 - europepmc.org
We present a passive microfluidic strategy for sorting adult C. elegans nematodes on the
basis of age and size. The separation mechanism takes advantage of phenotypic …