Dirofilaria immitis, also known as heartworm, is a major parasitic threat for dogs and cats
around the world. Because of its impact on the health and welfare of companion animals …

Microfluidic devices have led to novel biological advances through the improvement of micro
systems that can mimic and measure. Microsystems easily handle sub-microliter volumes …

Over the past decades, Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) has been widely used as a
model system because of its small size, transparent body, short generation time and lifespan …

Ca2+ is a ubiquitous second messenger that plays an essential role in physiological
processes such as muscle contraction, neuronal secretion, and cell proliferation or …

With the inherent merits of a low reagent consumption, the small amount of sample needed
and easy integration, a wide variety of microfluidic platforms (continuous-flow, droplet, digital …

We recently linked branched-chain amino acid transferase 1 (BCAT1) dysfunction with the
movement disorder Parkinson's disease (PD), and found that RNAi-mediated knockdown of …

Many proofs of concept have demonstrated the potential of microfluidics in cell biology.
However, the technology remains inaccessible to many biologists, as it often requires …

Effectively isolating and categorizing large quantities of Caenorhabditis elegans (C.
elegans) based on different phenotypes is important for most worm research, especially …

Helminthiasis is one of the gravest problems worldwide. There is a growing concern on less
available anthelmintics and the emergence of resistance creating a major threat to human …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurological disorder associated with the loss of
dopaminergic neurons (DNs) in the substantia nigra and the widespread accumulation of α …