Lab-on-a-chip: microfluidics in drug discovery

PS Dittrich, A Manz - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2006 - nature.com
Miniaturization can expand the capability of existing bioassays, separation technologies and
chemical synthesis techniques. Although a reduction in size to the micrometre scale will …

Overview of single-cell analyses: microdevices and applications

S Lindström, H Andersson-Svahn - Lab on a Chip, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Numerous microdevices developed for single-cell analyses have been presented in the last
decades. Practical usefulness in biological and clinical settings has become an important …

Continuous inertial focusing, ordering, and separation of particles in microchannels

D Di Carlo, D Irimia, RG Tompkins… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
Under laminar flow conditions, when no external forces are applied, particles are generally
thought to follow fluid streamlines. Contrary to this perspective, we observe that flowing …

Single-cell enzyme concentrations, kinetics, and inhibition analysis using high-density hydrodynamic cell isolation arrays

D Di Carlo, N Aghdam, LP Lee - Analytical chemistry, 2006 - ACS Publications
High-quality single-cell data are required for a quantitative systems biology description of
cellular function. However, data of this type are difficult and time-consuming to collect using …

Microfabricated cell sorter

CF Spence, AY Fu, SR Quake, FH Arnold - US Patent 7,214,298, 2007 - Google Patents
The invention provides a microfabricated device for sorting cells based on a desired
characteristic, for example, reporter-labeled cells can be sorted by the presence or level of …

Integrated active flux microfluidic devices and methods

SR Quake, HP Chou - US Patent 6,767,706, 2004 - Google Patents
The invention relates to a microfabricated device for the rapid detection of DNA, proteins or
other molecules associated with a particular disease. The devices and methods of the …

Microfabricated cell sorter for chemical and biological materials

CF Spence, AY Fu, SR Quake, FH Arnold - US Patent 6,540,895, 2003 - Google Patents
The invention provides a microfabricated device for Sorting cells based on a desired
characteristic, for example, reporter labeled cells can be sorted by the presence or level of …

Suspension array technology: evolution of the flat-array paradigm

JP Nolan, LA Sklar - TRENDS in Biotechnology, 2002 - cell.com
Suspension arrays of microspheres analyzed using flow cytometry offer a new approach to
multiplexed assays for large-scale screening applications. By optically encoding micron …

[PDF][PDF] Dynamic single-cell analysis for quantitative biology

DD Carlo, LP Lee - 2006 - ACS Publications
7920 ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY/DECEMBER 1, 2006 (integrin–ECM, proteoglycan–ECM);
and physical signals, including mechanical (shear stress, cytoskeletal tension, stretch …

Three dimensional, sheathless, and high‐throughput microparticle inertial focusing through geometry‐induced secondary flows

AJ Chung, DR Gossett, D Di Carlo - Small, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The ability to continuously control microparticle position tightly in a confined microchannel is
remarkably useful for a wide range of biomedical studies.[1–3] In order to achieve particle …