Provides comprehensive coverage of technologies that allow single cell and cell aggregate manipulation, which has the potential to significantly influence research on biological matters

Includes examples of cell sorting, such as acoustic, hydrodynamic, and inertial microfluidics

Includes practical information on sample preparation and diagnostics

Autorentext
Wonhee Lee, PhD, is Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of Nanoscience and Technology at KAIST, a public research university located in South Korea. Wonhee's research focuses on the development and application of microfluidic cell calorimeters for cell biology, and on microfluidic inertial self-assembly.

Peter Tseng, PhD, is currently a postdoc at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has a PhD in biomedical engineering, and his research focuses on cell manipulation, magnets, and MEMS.

Dino Di Carlo, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the department of Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering interdepartmental graduate program at the University of California, Los Angeles. Among other honors he was awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development award and the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) Young Investigator Award in 2012, the Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award in 2011, and received the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's New Innovator Award and Coulter Translational Research Award in 2010.

Inhalt
Microfluidic Cell Sorting and Separation Technology.- Magnetic Cell Manipulation and Sorting.- Electrical Manipulation and Sorting.- Optical Manipulation of Cells.- Acoustic Cell Manipulation.- Gravity-Driven Fluid Pumping and Cell Manipulation.- Inertial Microfluidic Cell Separation.- Microfluidic Technologies for Deformability Based Cell Sorting.- Microfluidic Aqueous Two-Phase Systems.