Spring 11:Chemotaxis Assay
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Introduction
For my project I designed and developed an automated microfluidic system using Seymour et al’s microinjector microfluidic device to provide a high through-put method of acquiring bacterial chemotaxis parameters. The microinjector device was chosen for its simple design, diverse application to both fluid-flow and flow-free approaches, and for its ability to measure individual cell kinetics. The development of a faster and systematic device is especially useful in the research of marine microbes’ response to settling dissolved organic matter.
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Objective
Further develop Stocker’s microfluidic system that will allow researchers to run chemotaxis assays more efficiently for high though-put assays. This objective will be achieved by
Spring 20.345 Project Assignments
Readings and Resources
Microinjector Microfluidic Device
Pneumatic System Design
Basic Design
Circuit Element Design
Experiment 1:
- By Emmanuel Quiroz