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Cornell Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory
The Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory, directed by Professor Brian Kirby, is a research group in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University devoted to research on understanding and application of micro- and nanofluidic systems. Micro-and Nanofluidics describe fluidic regimes defined by the length scale of the flow channels, the techniques for making the devices, and the dominant physics.

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Kirby Lab microfluidics nanofluidics microchip HPLC Miniaturizing separation technology
How microscale valves enable miniaturized high-pressure liquid chromatography
Kirby Lab Microfluidics Nanofluidics electromechanics in tissue-engineered scaffolds Engineering better cartilage
How we combine microfabrication and electrokinetics to engineer electromechanical properties in cartilage tissue engineering scaffolds
Kirby Lab microfluidics nanofluidics protein refolding in microchips Miniaturizing pharmaceutical discovery
How microscale protein refolding devices accelerate pharmaceutical development
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Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory, Stacy Yee
Here Stacy (Summer 2008) works on her pipetting skills, with application to microfluidic neuron culture substrates.
Structure of native lysozyme, perhaps the most-studied protein in refolding and aggregation studies. We are developing microdevices to study protein refolding for pharmaceutical applications.
An image (using fluorescence microscopy) of chondrocytes seeded into an engineered tissue matrix. We are studying the growth and matrix synthesis of these cells in response to varying physicochemical stimuli, particularly electrokinetic effects associated with physiological loading.