20 Years of Microfluidics. Your Work in the Spotlight
The Fluigent 2026 Scientific Challenge has successfully concluded, celebrating innovative applications of microfluidics across research and industry.
About the Challenge
Fluigent invited researchers, engineers, and scientists worldwide to participate in its Scientific Challenge Campaign, aimed at showcasing emerging applications using Fluigent technologies.
The initiative provided participants with an opportunity to share their work with a global scientific audience, gain visibility within the microfluidics community, and be recognized for their innovation.
Participation Overview
Participants were asked to submit a short description of their use case, highlighting how Fluigent systems contributed to their research or application. Submissions were evaluated based on:
- Scientific relevance
- Innovation
- Clarity of the use case
- Demonstrated impact of Fluigent technologies
The high quality and diversity of submissions reflected the strength of the global microfluidics community.
🏆 Awards and Recognition
As part of Fluigent’s 20-year anniversary, selected projects were recognized for their contribution to advancing microfluidics and awarded Fluigent vouchers.
The winners are:
🥉Third Prize
Reagent-Free Acoustofluidic Bacterial Lysis Enabled by Fluigent Pressure-Driven Flow Control
Maryam Hasani and collaborators
IFW Dresden / SAW Lab Saxony / TU Dresden / Macquarie University
🥈Second Prize
Measuring the Viscosity of Life: Pressure-Controlled Aspiration Reveals a Conserved Mechanical Transition in Embryonic Yolk Across 250 Million Years of Insect Evolution
Sameer Thukral and collaborators
RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Japan
🥇 First Prize
Optofluidic Photoporation of CAR-T Cells
Dina Zentout
Université de Lille — PhLAM UMR 8523 / IEMN UMR 8520
Impact and Acknowledgment
Selected participants gained visibility across Fluigent’s marketing and scientific communications, contributing to the promotion of real-world applications of microfluidic technologies.
Fluigent extends its congratulations to the winners and sincere thanks to all participants. The submitted projects demonstrated remarkable innovation and scientific excellence.
The company remains committed to supporting and showcasing advances in microfluidics across both research and industry.
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Terms & Conditions
- Submissions must be original and based on real use cases
- Fluigent reserves the right to use submitted content for communication purposes (with prior agreement of the authors)
- Participants must ensure they have the rights to share any data or images submitted