Title :
Microsystems for single cell analysis
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
Single cell analysis has become a topic of great interest in recent years. Any population of cells is heterogeneous. Whereas most traditional cell analysis can capture only average responses from a population of cells, single cell analysis allows measuring and analyzing this heterogeneity and enables identifying and studying various sub-populations. Microfluidic and lab-on-a-chip technologies are ideally suited for such analysis due to their unique capabilities in manipulating and analyzing micrometer-scale objects and accurately controlling their microenvironments. Two such examples of microfluidic devices for single cell analysis are presented here.
Keywords :
bioMEMS; cellular biophysics; lab-on-a-chip; microfluidics; cell population; lab-on-a-chip technology; microenvironments; microfluidic device; micrometer-scale objects; microsystems; single cell analysis; traditional cell analysis; Biomedical measurements; Biomembranes; Cancer; Charge carrier processes; Current measurement; Impedance; Microfluidics;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems for Medical and Environmental Applications Workshop (CASME), 2010 2nd
Conference_Location :
Merida
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9994-6
DOI :
10.1109/CASME.2010.5706686
