October 10, 2008
-- Suneil Hosmane

Location: Med Campus Talbot Library (Traylor 709)

Title: TBA

Abstract: Microfluidics has the potential to uncover mechanisms behind many neurodegenerative diseases by enabling engineers and scientists to recreate the diseased cellular microenvironment. By doing so, a repeatable, efficient, and quantitative approach can be taken to understand the neurobiology of disease in vitro. To this extent, we have developed a novel device platform that merges conventional macro-sized features with microfluidic technology to yield a hybrid device compatible with standard biological protocols. This device allows for numerous experimental modalities through the replication of a single master design using conventional polymethyldisiloxane (PDMS) soft lithography.


Laboratory: Biomedical Instrumentation and Neuroengineering Laboratory
http://www.jhu.edu/nthakor/