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Cellular Analysis
Lab-on-a-Chip devices provide an exciting opportunity to perform unique cellular analyses, due to the potential for:
  • processing of extraordinarily small volumes (comparable to cellular contents)
  • rapid automated analysis
  • analysis of single-cells
Our interests related to cellular analysis focus mainly on laser-manipulation and lysing of cells combined with microchip dialysis of cytosolic contents.

Selected Publications and Presentations on Cellular Analysis

Rouillard AD, Berglund CM, Lee JY, Polacheck WJ, Tsui YT, Bonassar LJ, Kirby BJ
"Methods for photocrosslinking alginate hydrogel scaffolds with high cell viability," submitted, 2009.

Gleghorn JP, Pratt ED, Denning D, Liu H, Bander NH, Tagawa S, Nanus DM, Giannakakou PA, Kirby BJ
"Capture of circulating tumor cells from whole blood of prostate cancer patients using geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture and a prostate-specific antibody", Lab on a Chip, 2010. doi

Rouillard AD, Tsui YT, Polacheck WJ, Lee JY, Bonassar LJ, Kirby BJ
"Control of the Electromechanical Properties of Alginate Hydrogels via Ionic and Covalent Crosslinking and Microparticle Doping," submitted, 2009.

hawkins BG, Huang C, Stranic I, Kondapalli SK, Kirby BJ
"Particle screening in polymeric microfluidic devices using insulating dielectrophoresis and frequency modulated electric fields", ", MicroTAS 2009, 1-5 Nov 2009, Jeju, Korea.

Kondapalli SK, Connelly JT, Baeumner AJ, Kirby BJ
"On-chip electrophoretic concentration of liposomes for antibody-based viral biosensors", ", MicroTAS 2009, 1-5 Nov 2009, Jeju, Korea.

PDF version of Brian Kirby Nanofluidics review

Kirby BJ
"Nanofluidics" (book review), Materials Today, 12(5) 51, 2009. doi pdf

Hawkins BG, Smith AE, Kirby BJ
"High-throughput, continuous-flow, dielectrophoretic screening of Mycobacterium smegmatis in coherently patterned, polymeric microchannels", MicroTAS 2007, Paris, France, October 2007.

PDF version of Benjamin G. Hawkins, A. Ezekial Smith, 
Yusef A. Syed, Brian J. Kirby: 
Continuous-Flow Particle Separation 
by 3D Insulative Dielectrophoresis 
Using Coherently Shaped, dc-Biased, ac Electric Fields

Hawkins BG, Smith AE, Syed YA, Kirby BJ
"Continuous-flow particle separation by 3D insulative dielectrophoresis using coherently shaped, DC-biased, AC electric fields," Analytical Chemistry, 2007. doi pdf text

Smith AE, Hawkins BG, Syed YA, Kirby BJ
"Continuous-flow particle sorting at low applied electric fields using electrodeless dielectrophoresis in ridged polymeric devices," MicroTAS 2006 Tokyo, Japan, Nov 2006.

Wilkes JO , with Birmingham SG, Kirby BJ, Cheng C-Y
"Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers with Microfluidics and CFD," Prentice-Hall, 2005.
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PDF version of Reichmuth, Shepodd, Kirby: Microchip HPLC of peptides and proteins

Reichmuth DS, Shepodd TJ, Kirby BJ
"Microchip HPLC of peptides and proteins," Analytical Chemistry 77:2997-3000 (2005). doi pdf text

PDF version of Song, Mela, van den Berg, Kirby: Microfluidic architectures for integrated cell lysis, lysate dialysis and cell stimulus

Song S, Mela P, van den Berg A, Kirby BJ
"Microfluidic architectures for integrated cell lysis, lysate dialysis and cell stimulus," in MicroTAS 2004, Kluwer Academic Publishers (2004). pdf

PDF version of Kirby, Wheeler, Zare, Fruetel, Shepodd: Programmable modification of cell adhesion and zeta potential in silica microchips

Kirby BJ, Wheeler AR, Zare RN, Fruetel JA, Shepodd TJ
"Programmable Modification of Cell Adhesion and Zeta Potential in Silica Microchips,"Lab On a Chip 3:5-10 (2003). doi pdf text

Microdevices for neuron culture.