Biofabrication in microfluidic platforms

Summary: The BioChip Collaborative team has pioneered the programmable assembly of biomaterials within microfluidics as spatially controlled platforms for studying interactions between biomolecules, small signaling molecules, cells and cell colonies, and biofilms. Biofabricated hydrogels are formed by electrodeposition at electrodes or a flow interfaces, using combinations of chemistry, electrochemistry, and materials science.
People: W. E. Bentley, G.F. Payne, R. Ghodssi, G.W. Rubloff
Connections: BioChip Collaborative

• Highlight article: Biofabrication: Programmable Assembly of Polysaccharide Hydrogels in Microfluidics as Biocompatible Scaffolds", J. Mater. Chem. (2012).
  DOI: 10.1039/C2JM16215F
• Coupling Electrodeposition with Layer-by-Layer Assembly to Address Proteins within Microfluidic Channels, Adv. Mater. (2011).
  DOI: 10.1002/adma.201103726
• Electroaddressing Functionalized Polysaccharides as Model Biofilms for Interrogating Cell Signaling, Adv. Func. Mater (2012).
  DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201101963