Introduction Throughout my rotation, I have been working on the dialysis project with Alec. The goal was to set up a multi-pass system to analyze the membrane’s ability to separate different molecules in blood. The critical separation is between β2-microglobulin…

Hello Everyone, Please note that Figures are all shown in the powerpoint file. The goal of these experiments was to plot a standard curve for concentration and intensity in my Track Etched Membranes. In order to that, we decided to…

Intro Recently we have been collaborating with the Moghaddam lab from the University of Florida, which specializes in the fabrication of graphene oxide (GO) membrane, to study the use GO membrane as a toxin filter or absorbent in hemodialysis and live support…

With my TEM tilt stack work, we can see a marked difference in the roughness of npMg2 and NPN. Quantifying the bulk roughness properties of the npMgF2 using AFM gives us a way to check that property. Surface roughness has…

Introduction The on going work for the dialysis project at UR has undergone changes and many hours of trouble shooting over the past semester. We are at a point now that I would like to share all the work I…

We’d like to get verification of the absorption spectra of our npAu/npMgF2 SERS structure. The SERS effect should occur where the absorbance is maximized. Total Light = Absorbance + Reflection||Scattering + Transmittance Last Friday, I had the opportunity to work…

The purpose of this study will be to compare the cellular adhesion on PEG vs Bare nano porous silicon nitride membranes using the same fluidic devices as the in vitro clearance study. The devices will need to be disassembled for…

I recently attended ASN’s Kidney Week 2017 in New Orleans. I mostly ate beans and rice, although there are three completely vegan restaurants and several restaurants with vegan options. The music was terrific and the weather was terrific, the people…

Kilean re-imaged some of my old samples with neutrophil transmigrating through the collagen gel. This sample was prepared and imaged on June 25th, 2017, and kept under dry conditions. Surprisingly, the top gel kinda got delaminated and we can see…

Background For the in vitro portion of our dialysis project here at UR, we have settled on using two major experiments to test our devices for eventual transition to an in vivo model. These experiments include a single pass system…