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Microfluidic Chambers: Controlling Neuronal Microenvironment In Vitro

In collaboration with Dr. Justin Williams (Biomedical Engineering, UW-Madison), our goal is to develop novel microfluidic chambers that allow solutions to be precisely delivered to brain slices or isolated brainstems. Current experiments are determining the factors that regulate how substances penetrate and diffuse within the brain tissue.

 

 

Featured article:

"Multilayer PDMS microfluidic chamber for controlling brain slice microenvironment"

A. J. Blake, T. M. Pearce, N. S. Rao,
S. M. Johnson and J. C. Williams*

 

Collaborators:

 

Justin Williams
(Biomedical Engineer)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

 

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