Microfluidic Approaches for Manipulating, Imaging, and Screening C. elegans

BP Gupta, P Rezai - Micromachines, 2016 - mdpi.com
The nematode C. elegans (worm) is a small invertebrate animal widely used in studies
related to fundamental biological processes, disease modelling, and drug discovery. Due to …

Multiscale brain research on a microfluidic chip

Y Zhao, U Demirci, Y Chen, P Chen - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
One major challenge in current brain research is generating an integrative understanding of
the brain's functions and disorders from its multiscale neuronal architectures and …

Muscle strength deficiency and mitochondrial dysfunction in a muscular dystrophy model of Caenorhabditis elegans and its functional response to drugs

JE Hewitt, AK Pollard… - Disease models & …, 2018 - journals.biologists.com
Muscle strength is a key clinical parameter used to monitor the progression of human
muscular dystrophies, including Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies. Although …

NemaFlex: a microfluidics-based technology for standardized measurement of muscular strength of C. elegans

M Rahman, JE Hewitt, F Van-Bussel, H Edwards… - Lab on a Chip, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Muscle strength is a functional measure of quality of life in humans. Declines in muscle
strength are manifested in diseases as well as during inactivity, aging, and space travel …

Biophysical analysis of drug efficacy on C. elegans models for neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases

S Sofela, S Sahloul, YA Song - PLoS One, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Caenorhabditis elegans has emerged as a powerful model organism for drug screening due
to its cellular simplicity, genetic amenability and homology to humans combined with its …

Microfluidic platform for integrated compartmentalization of single zoospores, germination and measurement of protrusive force generated by germ tubes

Y Sun, A Tayagui, A Garrill, V Nock - Lab on a Chip, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper describes the design, fabrication and characterisation of a novel monolithic lab-
on-a-chip (LOC) platform combining the trapping and germination of individual zoospores of …

Phenotyping of the thrashing forces exerted by partially immobilized C. elegans using elastomeric micropillar arrays

S Sofela, S Sahloul, C Stubbs, A Orozaliev, FS Refai… - Lab on a Chip, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
As a simple model organism, C. elegans plays an important role in gaining insight into the
relationship between bodily thrashing forces and biological effects, such as disease and …

Platforms for high-throughput screening and force measurements on fungi and oomycetes

Y Sun, A Tayagui, S Sale, D Sarkar, V Nock, A Garrill - Micromachines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pathogenic fungi and oomycetes give rise to a significant number of animal and plant
diseases. While the spread of these pathogenic microorganisms is increasing globally …

An economical and highly adaptable optogenetics system for individual and population-level manipulation of Caenorhabditis elegans

M Koopman, L Janssen, EAA Nollen - BMC biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Optogenetics allows the experimental manipulation of excitable cells by a light
stimulus without the need for technically challenging and invasive procedures. The high …

Neuroscience research using small animals on a chip: from nematodes to zebrafish larvae

P Bansal, A Abraham, J Garg, EE Jung - BioChip Journal, 2021 - Springer
Implementation of microfluidic technology to study small animal models such as
Caenorhabditis elegans worms (soil-dwelling nematodes), Drosophila melanogaster (fruit …