{"id":1076,"date":"2017-05-18T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T11:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/?p=1076"},"modified":"2017-05-18T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T11:10:10","slug":"need-quick-microfluidic-device-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/need-quick-microfluidic-device-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Need a quick microfluidic device&#8230; in plastic?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arvind and Nik publish the lab&#8217;s first research paper in\u00a0<em>Lab on a chip!<\/em> \u00a0Plastic microfluidic devices have unique advantages over conventional silicone rubber devices, particularly when it comes to cell cultures that involve small, hydrophobic molecules. \u00a0Given that this applies to many hormones,\u00a0microfluidicists have to be careful as to how they set up new organs-on-a-chip. \u00a0Frustrated with how difficult\/expensive it is to\u00a0make new\u00a0plastic device designs using conventional hot embossing\u00a0techniques, Arvind built a frankenstein &#8220;thermal scriber&#8221; to scratch out microfluidics on demand. Brand new plastic device designs ready in a few hours! \u00a0With our outstanding collaborators in the <a href=\"http:\/\/thoracicsurgery.lab.mcgill.ca\/\">Spicer lab<\/a>, they showed that human neutrophils have a surprisingly high capacity to form &#8220;Neutrophil extracellular traps&#8221;, a mesh-like structure of DNA spewed out of the cell as a defense mechanism against various threats. \u00a0Check\u00a0out the full paper at <a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2017\/lc\/c7lc00356k\">Lab on a Chip<\/a>, or on our\u00a0publications page!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ThermalScribing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1078\" src=\"http:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ThermalScribing-300x115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ThermalScribing-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ThermalScribing.jpg 687w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arvind and Nik publish the lab&#8217;s first research paper in\u00a0Lab on a chip! \u00a0Plastic microfluidic devices have unique advantages over conventional silicone rubber devices, particularly when it comes to cell cultures that involve small, hydrophobic molecules. \u00a0Given that this applies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1076"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1079,"href":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1076\/revisions\/1079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moraeslab.com\/cmed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}