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Reproducing a shear-stress in-vitro is critical to better mimic the physiological conditions.

Microfluidic chips, often referred to as lab-on-a-chip devices, are miniature platforms that manipulate and analyze small volumes of fluids. We here define microfluidic chips and summarize microfluidic history.

We discuss some applications where microfluidics achieves results that would be very challenging to obtain when using conventional methods.

This review compares different flow control systems (syringe pumps, peristaltic pumps, and pressure-based controllers) focusing on their performance in terms of stability and response times.

Understanding cell-cell interactions and spatial relationships in healthy or diseased organs represents a technical challenge. Single-cell genomics is powerful but lacks spatial context. In this study, automated immunolabeling has been applied to obtain a versatile multiplex optical imaging approach for deep phenotyping and spatial analysis of cells in complex tissues.

Cells are constantly exposed to biochemical stimulation from the early embryonic stage to adult life. The spatiotemporal regulation of these signals is essential as it determines cell fate, phenotype, metabolic activity as well as pathological behaviors. The fast response and high stability of Fluigent instruments make them the best solution available on the market to reproduce these complex variations in vitro.

Discover the concepts of OOC engineering and their applications in medical sciences.

To perform effective experiments in microfluidics, one needs to master the different flow control technologies available to use the most suitable way to control microfluidic flows. This article aims at presenting a short review of the existing techniques.

In this Application Note, PLGA nanoparticles with high monodispersity are generated using the Raydrop single emulsion developed and manufactured by Secoya, and Fluigent pressure-based flow controllers. The ability to synthesise PLGA nanoparticles in a more controllable and reproducible way creates possibilities to tailor surface properties and increase fields of application.

The choice of the right method of fluid management can often determinate the success of a project, as well as the overall time and cost of manufacturing. Here is what you need to consider and be aware of when integrating fluidic control into your system.

The Drop-Seq protocol, is a high throughput method that enables the sequencing of the mRNA from a large number of cells. With this method it is possible to create a gene expression map of the cell, or even distinguish cell populations within a tissue!