Introduction Sepsis related projects had a decent presence at this years Biomedical Engineering Society (2019). I will detail a few of the talks I found most relevant to our group and research. Nanomedicine for Acute Criticial Illness by Dr. Jacob…

Summary: Dan and I went to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute to learn about the current state of microplastics research. There were a number of things that we learned that we did not know. The common sentiment among researchers agreed climate…

Design and Manufacturing Plans from Aline: 2019-09-23 Rochester Assembly Step by Step Prototype Runs @ ALine Post-fabrication assembly (cutting with lower power to eliminate bubbles) …  

To try to calibrate the STED for imaging on our membranes, Bill and I have been trying to use 50 nm silica beads that have been captured on the membrane. However, we discovered initially that the beads were actually not…

INTRODUCTION The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective endothelial barrier that serves a crucial role in maintaining tissue homeostasis in the brain. Many current models, however, suffer from low TEER and permeability values far greater than physiological levels. Recently,…

In pursuit of an extremely sensitive biomarker capture sensor, I have been tasked with chemically functionalizing the surface of our membranes. Our end goal is to attach antibodies to the surface of our membranes which can be used to selectively…

Here are the figures for Tejas’ paper that is in the final stage of drafting:

Silicon nanomembranes are ultrathin, free-standing structures that vary from 10 – 100 nm in thickness. These membranes are at least 1 order of magnitude thinner than the thinnest polymeric membranes. Pores can be manufactured on these membranes to have diameters…