In order to test the efficacy of any dialysis treatment, we need induce uremia in our animal model. We choose to forgo the surgical approach of performing a 5/6 nephrectomy via ligation for the simpler diet based approach. Feeding the…
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Shear Free Chemotaxis Manuscript (Submitted to LOC)
Submitted on March 14, 2014 Submitted Manuscript (PDF) Check Status
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Tecan Class Use
Dear McGrath Lab members, I would like to notify you that BME245 (Biomaterials Lab) students will be coming at following times (see below) to use the plate reader. They will be accompanied with experienced TAs at all times. Wednesday- 3/26-…
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Synergistic Control of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation by Nanoscale Surface Geometry and Immobilized Growth Factors on TiO2 Nanotubes
von_der_Mark_2012 Here is some data on cell growth on different porosity TiO2 nanotubes. The above paper is an earlier publication regarding the work presented in Poster form at PSST 2014. Below are photos taken from the 4 quadrants of the…
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Notes from PSST 2014
The International Conference for Porous Semiconductors Science and Technology, 2014, was last week in Benidorm, Spain. Jim was kind enough send me to represent NRG. Dave Fang gave a great talk at PSST based on pnc-Si data in 2010. Here…
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Electrostatic Effects on Convective Flux of Nanoparticles: A Mathematica/Matlab Implementation of W.M. Deen’s Model
UPDATE: I have since ported the program into Matlab. If you open the following zip document(Archive) you can run Find_Sieving_Coefficient. You can select a results file and after ~5 minutes the expected sieving coefficient for the pore distribution is spat…
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Surface modification of PDMS for enhanced cell adhesion and proliferation
PLEASE read this journal article for NRG on Tuesday March 18th @ RIT (PDF links are at the bottom) Surface Chemical Modification of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) for the Enhanced Adhesion and Proliferation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Shreyas Kuddannaya,†,§ Yon Jin Chuah,‡,§ Min Hui…
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Cytotoxicity of silver chloride and platinum electrodes
I am working with different electrode materials as a substitute for ITO for my TEER measurement device. I used silver-silver chloride electrode and platinum-iridium ribbon (90:10) for that purpose. I made AgCl electrode by dipping about an inch of silver…
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Nanofiber Mesh Filters Blood of Toxins, May Allow for Tiny Hemodialysis Machines
The basics of this device are… Blood flows through a filter made of zeolite containing nanofibers. While the blood flows transversely through the mesh, creatinine can diffuse through the mesh where zeolites stand by to grab them via size selecting…
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ADSC Endothelial Differentiation Manuscript
Membranes Promote Endothelial Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells and Perivascular Interactions Submitted to Journal of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (a BMES journal) ADSC-All-Figures FIGURE 1. Ultrathin microporous silicon dioxide (SiO2) membranes. (A) 300 nm thick SiO2 membranes were fabricated…
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