NECST Friday Talk
Micro-bioreactors for high throughput screening applications
Marco Rasponi
DEIB Assistant Professor
DEIB - NECST Meeting Room (Building 20, basement floor)
January 13th, 2017
12.00 pm
Contact:
Marco Santambrogio
Research Line:
System architectures
Marco Rasponi
DEIB Assistant Professor
DEIB - NECST Meeting Room (Building 20, basement floor)
January 13th, 2017
12.00 pm
Contact:
Marco Santambrogio
Research Line:
System architectures
Abstract
Microfluidics deals with the manipulation and the processing of tiny volumes of fluids ("10-9" to "10-15" liters) in channels with dimensions of tens to hundreds of micrometers. These systems, built using various microfabrication techniques, offer a number of advantages for chemical and biological analysis compared to standard laboratory instrumentation. Moreover, microfluidic systems are suitable for cell cultures applications, owing to their high control over cell microenvironment. Features such as low consumption of samples and reagents, low cost for mass production, short times for analysis, flexibility and dimensional precision, and separations and detections with high resolution and sensitivity, make microfluidics an ideal technology for high throughput screening applications in the drug discovery and biological fields.