[17-01-13] Committee Meeting

This post is a brief update on the previous post of HUVEC migration on 0.5 μm porous substrates.   Brief Recap We compared cell migration on nonporous (np), 0.5 μm low porosity, and 0.5 μm high porosity SiO2 membranes. Low and…

Here are the first experiments I have performed with the SepCon slots, under the guidance of Jamie and Kilean. The goal of these experiments is to prove that goat anti-human beads (6.8 um diameter) can be combined with a low…

As a follow up to my previous post, I would like to present some preliminary data on the subject of endothelial cell alignment under shear stress with variable substrate stiffness. The flow set-up (Figure 1) allows for steady flow across…

I’ve been culturing RPE cells over here in Rochester for my MgF2 fabrication paper, in which the goal is to make a permeable Raman compatible cell substrate. My previous work had shown polarization of RPE cells (via-ZO-1 staining) on nanoporous…

As you may already know, we are writing a review article for the Electrophoresis journal on nanofabrication methods. This post is to request your feedback on the figures included in the manuscript. The main objective of figure 1 is to…

I would like to share a collection of high resolution SEM images of nanopores of polycarbonate track-etch (PCTE) membrane.  These nanopores have very high pore length-to-diameter aspect ratio of 6000 nm / 25 nm.  I hope you find them useful.…

This work is a continuation of my last post, Partial Etch RIE Blows out NPN Pores, where I take the process a step further and deposit MgF2 onto the newly opened substrates. I used the same etch recipe to blow out…

SLAS – Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening https://www.slas.org Annual Conference February 6-8, 2017 in Washington DC Attended by Tom Gaborski for informative purposes. Collaborators/colleagues in attendance: Vinay Abhankar (UT-Arlington), Andrea Mazzocchi (alum @ Wake Forest), August Allen (alum @…