BioMEMS
BioMEMS is the use of MEMS approaches, fabrication techniques, and micromechanical systems for biomedical applications. This field also includes lab-on-a-chip (LoC) and micro total analysis systems (µTAS).
Related current research projects at RIT:
- Microfluidics devices to create aligned extracellular matrix proteins to study cell migration in cancer models
- Electrokinetic microfluidic bioseparation devices to separate and isolate different types of bacteria
- Ultrathin membranes to capture and release extracellular vesicles from complex biofluids for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes
- Tissue-on-a-chip devices utilizing an ultrathin membrane, fluidics and inline sensors to create mimics of the blood-brain barrier using induced pluripotent stems cells (iPSCs)
![Electrokinetic separation of mixture bacterial cells in minutes (Blanca Lapizco)](/nanofab/sites/rit.edu.nanofab/files/images/paragraph/image-card/image5.jpg)
Electrokinetic separation of mixture bacterial cells in minutes (Blanca Lapizco)
![Cells orient themselves along aligned collagen fiber landscapes created using microfluidic approaches (Vinay Abhyankar)](/nanofab/sites/rit.edu.nanofab/files/images/paragraph/image-card/image22.jpg)
Cells orient themselves along aligned collagen fiber landscapes created using microfluidic approaches (Vinay Abhyankar)
![Ultrathin nano- and micro-porous membranes to control cell-cell communication and transmigration in tissue-on-a-chip devices (Tom Gaborski)](/nanofab/sites/rit.edu.nanofab/files/images/paragraph/image-card/image13.jpg)
Ultrathin nano- and micro-porous membranes to control cell-cell communication and transmigration in tissue-on-a-chip devices (Tom Gaborski)