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Nitin Agrawal, Ph.D.
Texas A&M, 2006
My research involves the use of microfluidic technology to manipulate and analyze cells for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. I am trying to capture neutrophils to analyze their migration mechanism inside narrow channels to better understand their immunoinflammatory response to the injuries associated with burn and trauma. |
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Ipsita Banerjee,
Ph.D.
Rutgers U, 2005
I am researching procedures for efficient differentiation of embryonic stem cells towards cells of the pancreatic lineage, in particular, insulin-producing β cells. I am also working with Jaesung Park in studying the role of growth factor gradients in the differentiation of radial glia cells. |
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Mitali Banerjee, Ph.D.
Bose Institute,India,1997
My goal is to stabilize cells (e.g. Hepatocytes, Embryonic stem cells) by mimicking the conditions found in nature. I am also interested in the antioxidant status of the cells and in developing a methodology to protect cells from chemical and physical stress factors during cryopreservation. |
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Yevgeny Berdichevsky, Ph.D.
UC San Diego, 2006
I am developing a microfabricated platform for the study of neural cell networks. The goal is to gain a better understanding of electrical signalling in healthy neuronal circuits, and to determine how genetic defects and stress change circuit function. |
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Monica Casali,
Ph.D.
Politecnica di Milano, 2001
My research is on using retroviral vectors for gene therapy with the aim of dramatically increasing the half-life of these vectors. I am also working on ways to selectively express genes in hepatitis C virus-infected hepatocytes. |
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Anthony Chang, Ph.D.
U Illinois, 2006
I am working on the use of nanoparticles during cell preservation in order to alter the material properties of the cell and the surrounding media. Our goal is to manipulate the cellular environment in order to increase cell survival rates. |
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Chihchen Chen, Ph.D.
U Washington, 2006
I am working on developing microfluidic devices to study gene expression profiles that are affected by cryopreservation procedures. I also collaborate with Drs. He and Edd on microfluidic devices for cryopreservation. |
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Dino Di Carlo, Ph.D.
U.C. Berkeley, 2006
My research is focused on improved methods to manipulate cells utilizing microfluidic environments. This is to enable novel applications in basic biology, diagnostics, and cell preservation. |
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Jon Edd, Ph.D.
UC Berkeley, 2006
My research focuses on the development of a microfluidic system to encapsulate cells inside aqueous droplets in an oil emulsion. We will use the resulting micro-environments for genetic engineering and to study cryopreservation. |
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Heidi Elmoazzen, Ph.D.
U Alberta, 2005
My research involves developing methodology for biostabilizing cells (e.g. sperm cells, fibroblasts and embryonic stem cells) for preservation in a desiccated state at ambient temperatures. |
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Amit Gupta, Ph.D.
Purdue U, 2005
I am working on the rapid isolation of non-activated monocytes from whole blood for downstream genomic and proteomic analysis. I am also working on an integrated microfluidics platform with mechanical resonant sensors for the real-time detection of biological entities. |
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Chia-Hsien Hsu, Ph.D.
U Washington, 2006
I am developing microfluidic chips to sort circulating tumor cells from peripheral blood. This involves the study of cell-device interactions in microfluidic environments and the development of advanced microfluidic sorting techniques. |
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Vijay Janakiraman, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve U, 2007
My research in on the design and development of tissue-engineered products with built-in microvasculature. I am currently studying the endothelialization of collagen-based biodegradable matrices. |
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Rohit Jindal,
Ph.D.
Rensselaer Polytech, 2005
My main focus is developing tissue microsystems to study dynamics of cell-cell signaling and cell-ECM interactions. I also investigate the role of paracrine signaling during ischemia/reperfusion injury and develop multilayered tissue structures in microfluidic devices. |
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Srivastan Kidambi, Ph.D.
Michigan State U, 2007
I am working on developing an anesthesiology based project addressing common side effects of some common anesthetics. |
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Piyush Koria, Ph.D.
U Buffalo, SUNY, 2006
My current research involves application of the Living Cell Array system to study cell signaling perturbation in hepatic steatosis. I am also working on the synthesis and in vitro evaluation of genetically engineered nanoparticles as cancer therapeutics. |
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Ken Kotz, Ph.D.
UC Berkeley, 2002
I am working on a platform for the rapid isolation of human neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes from whole blood. In a related project, I am applying these same basic principles of cell separation to develop diagnostics for tuberculosis. |
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Deepak Nagrath, Ph.D.
Rensselaer Polytech, 2003
My major interest is in investigating the role of transcriptional regulators belonging to the nuclear hormone receptor family in metabolism and in metabolic diseases related to adipogenesis, especially obesity and insulin-resistant diabetes. |
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Sunitha Nagrath, Ph.D.
Rensselaer Polytech, 2004
I am developing a microdevice to detect circulating tumor cells in cancer patients. Effective detection of cancer cells in the peripheral blood of patients would help revolutionize diagnosis in cancer and related diseases. |
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Alan Rosenbach, M.D.
Technion-Israel Insitute of Technology, 2000
My research is on the body's inflammatory response. I am interested in studying neutrophil behavior and developing a point-of-care microfluidic device for the diagnosis and monitoring of infectious processes. I am also working on microfluidic capture and quantification of lymphocytes. |
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Aman Russom, Ph.D.
Royal Institute of Technology, 2005
I am developing techniques using microfluidic devices to extract genomic information from whole blood samples. I am also working with Sunitha Nagrath on a microfluidic approach to detecting cancer cells in peripheral blood. |
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Basak Saygili, Ph.D.
Wayne State U, 2006
I am working on the differentiation of embryonic stem cells into mature hepatocytes for use in bioartificial liver devices. In addition, I am working on the development of a tissue- engineered construct for studying macular degeneration. |
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Alejandro Soto-Gutierrez, M.D., Ph.D.
Okayama University, Japan 2007
My research interests include studying stem cell differentiation and using derived cells as agents for cellular therapy for liver and pancreatic diseases. |
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Shannon Stott, Ph.D.
Georgia Tech., 2006
My research focuses on developing PET-specific applications using
microfluidic devices. Specifically, I am interested in using circulating
tumor cells isolated from a patient's peripheral blood to develop
individualized PET tracer molecules. |
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Herman Tolboom, M.D.
Utrecht U, 2003
I am researching normothermic extracorporeal liver perfusion as an alternative to cold storage to improve transplant outcome of marginal donor organs. In this work I am using an orthotopic liver transplant model combined with a modified isolated perfused liver system. |
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Korkut Uygun, Ph.D.
Wayne State, 2004
I’m developing a method for predicting the transient control of fluxes in metabolic networks given very limited data. The resulting predictive mathematical models will then enable computer-aided optimization of complex biomedical systems, such as optimal design and patient-specific tuning of bioartificial liver devices. |
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Hongzhi Xu, M.D.,
Ph.D.
U North Carolina, 2005
My research is aimed toward developing strategies for improving liver function in marginal livers, (e.g. fatty livers, non heart beating donor livers), so that they can be reproducibly transplanted. |
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Hiroshi Yagi, M.D., Ph.D.
Keio University, 1998
My project involves the use and mesenchymal stem cells in combination with hepatocytes for treatment of liver failure. |
