[HTML][HTML] Microfluidics for understanding model organisms

N Frey, UM Sönmez, J Minden, P LeDuc - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
New microfluidic systems for whole organism analysis and experimentation are catalyzing
biological breakthroughs across many fields, from human health to fundamental biology …

Microfluidic systems for high-throughput and high-content screening using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

M Cornaglia, T Lehnert, MAM Gijs - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
In a typical high-throughput drug screening (HTS) process, up to millions of chemical
compounds are applied to cells cultured in well plates, aiming to find molecules that exhibit …

[HTML][HTML] Phosphofructokinase relocalizes into subcellular compartments with liquid-like properties in vivo

SR Jang, Z Xuan, RC Lagoy, LM Jawerth, IJ Gonzalez… - Biophysical journal, 2021 - cell.com
Although much is known about the biochemical regulation of glycolytic enzymes, less is
understood about how they are organized inside cells. We systematically examine the …

[HTML][HTML] A single-neuron chemosensory switch determines the valence of a sexually dimorphic sensory behavior

KA Fagan, J Luo, RC Lagoy, FC Schroeder… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
Biological sex, a fundamental dimension of internal state, can modulate neural circuits to
generate behavioral variation. Understanding how and why circuits are tuned by sex can …

Studying Parkinson's disease using Caenorhabditis elegans models in microfluidic devices

K Youssef, A Tandon, P Rezai - Integrative Biology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
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 …

A polymer index-matched to water enables diverse applications in fluorescence microscopy

X Han, Y Su, H White, KM O'Neill, NY Morgan… - Lab on a Chip, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate diffraction-limited and super-resolution imaging through thick layers (tens-
hundreds of microns) of BIO-133, a biocompatible, UV-curable, commercially available …

Sleep analysis in adult C. elegans reveals state-dependent alteration of neural and behavioral responses

DE Lawler, YL Chew, JD Hawk, A Aljobeh… - Journal of …, 2021 - Soc Neuroscience
Sleep, a state of quiescence associated with growth and restorative processes, is conserved
across species. Invertebrates including the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans exhibit sleep …

Beyond the response—High throughput behavioral analyses to link genome to phenome in Caenorhabditis elegans

TA McDiarmid, AJ Yu, CH Rankin - Genes, Brain and Behavior, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The development and application of methods for automated behavioral analysis have
revolutionized behavioral genetics across model organisms. In this review we summarize …

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 …

Using an adapted microfluidic olfactory chip for the imaging of neuronal activity in response to pheromones in male C. elegans head neurons

DK Reilly, DE Lawler, DR Albrecht… - JoVE (Journal of …, 2017 - jove.com
The use of calcium indicators has greatly enhanced our understanding of neural dynamics
and regulation. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, with its completely mapped nervous …