MTL Annual Research Report 2011

Collaborators

• T. Daniel, Univ. Washington
• J.G. Hildebrand, Univ Arizona
• K.M. Lim, NUS, Singapore
• H. Ploegh, MIT
• L. Samson, MIT
• P. Sorger, Harvard Med. School
• J. White, MIT

Postdoctoral Associates

• K. Blagović
• C. T. Lo
• T. Sun
• W.-M. Tsang
• M. D. Vahey
• M. Castellarnau

Graduate Students

• M. Hoehl, Research Asst., HST
• L. Pryzbyla, Res. Asst., Biology
• P. Sampattavanich, Res. Asst., HST
• H.-W. Su, Research Asst., EECS
• S. Varma, Research Asst., EECS

Support Staff

• C. Collins, Administrative Assistant

Publications

M. D. Vahey and J. Voldman, “Emergent behavior in particle-laden microfluidic systems informs strategies for improving cell and particle separations,” Lab on a Chip, in press.

Y.-C. Toh and J. Voldman, “Fluid shear stress primes mouse embryonic stem cells for differentiation in a self-renewing environment via heparan sulfate proteoglycans transduction,” Faseb Journal, vol. 25, pp. 1208-17, 2011.

N. Mittal and J. Voldman, “Non-Mitogenic Survival-Enhancing Autocrine Factors Including Cyclophilin A Contribute to Density-Dependent mESC Growth,” Stem Cell Research, vol. 6, pp. 168-76, 2011.

S. P. Desai and J. Voldman, “Cell-based sensors for quantifying the physiological impact of microsystems,” Integrative Biology, vol. 3, pp. 48-56, 2011.

M. D. Vahey, J. P. Svensson, L. Quiros-Pesudo, L. D. Samson, and J. Voldman, “Genome-wide Analysis of electrical phenotype using iso-dielectric separation,” in Micro Total Analysis Systems, Groningen, Netherlands, 2010.

W. M. Tsang, A. L. Stone, Z. Aldworth, J. G. Hildebrand, T. Daniel, A. I. Akinwande, and J. Voldman, “Flexible Split-Ring Electrode for Insect Flight Biasing using Multisite Neural Stimulation,” IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 57, pp. 1757-64, 2010 Jul 2010.

W. M. Tsang, A. Stone, Z. Aldworth, D. Otten, T. Akinwande, T. Daniel, J. G. Hildebrand, R. Levine, and J. Voldman, “Remote control of a cyborg moth using carbon nanotube-enhanced flexible neuroprosthetic probe,” in IEEE MEMS, Hong Kong, China, 2010.

Y.-C. Toh and J. Voldman, “MULTIPLEX MICROFLUIDIC PERFUSION IDENTIFIES SHEAR STRESS MECHANOSENSING MEDIATORS IN MOUSE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS,” in Micro Total Analysis Systems, Groningen, Netherlands, 2010.

Y.-C. Toh, K. Blagovic, and J. Voldman, “Advancing stem cell research with microtechnologies: opportunities and challenges,” Integrative Biology, vol. 2, pp. 305-25, 2010.

Vescle libraries – tools for dielectrophoresis metrology,” Langmuir, vol. 25, pp. 3867-75, 2009.

S. P. Desai, D. M. Freeman, and J. Voldman, “Plastic masters – rigid templates for soft lithography,” Lab on a Chip, vol. 9, pp. 1631-7, Jun 7 2009.

D. C. Daly, P. P. Mercier, M. Bhardwaj, A. L. Stone, J. Voldman, R. Levine, J. G. Hildebrand, and A. P. Chandrakasan, “A Pulsed UWB Receiver SoC for Insect Motion Control,” in ISSCC, San Francisco, 2009.

H.-H. Cui, J. Voldman, X.-F. He, and K.-M. Lim, “Separation of particles by pulsed dielectrophoresis,” Lab on a Chip, vol. 9, pp. 2306-2312, 2009