No Single Path to Discovery Drew Wollman, Anne Tong, and John Shanley from AbbVie's SPaRCS group share why innovation in drug discovery often means pursuing multiple solutions at once. 🎧 Watch full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=gnln9Lec… #microfluidics #labonachip #3dprinting

Optimizing Mycelium Growth in Microfluidics Alexandre LeBlond from @mcgillu shares how trial and error helped his team optimize mycelium growth inside microfluidic channels. 🎧 Watch full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=LQDb3TsT… #microfluidics #labonachip #3dprinting

💥Excited for the publication: "Biological Acoustic Levitation and Its Potential Application for Microgravity Study" 🔗brnw.ch/21x32Rx 📌 #AcousticLevitation #Microgravity #Biophysics #BiomedicalResearch #LabOnAChip #Biotechnology #Physics #Microfluidics

Paper Alert:Excited to share our new publication in @LabonaChip We show μHolloSense—a wearable hollow microneedle device fabricated via one-step SLA 3D printing, enabling ISF collection & LFA-based POC testing. Kudos to the team🥼👏🧿🙏 @BilkentUniv @bilkentunam @incilab_tr

Congratulations 🎉 to Dr. Luiz Bertassoni, Director of Cancer Precision Biofabrication Hub @OHSUKnight, for his impactful 👊🏽 @LabonaChip publication 📝 on innervated cancer organoids featured in @RoySocChem #WorldCancerDay issue 📔 pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…

From cellular processes in the human body, to emerging technologies like sensors and lab-on-a-chip devices, the movement of ions (charged particles like sodium and potassium) in water plays a critical role in their functioning. Scientists have long known that electric fields can be used to control ion flow, but only in low-salt conditions. In real-world systems like seawater, blood, or industrial wastewater, high salt concentrations usually cancel out electrical control, making precise regulation extremely difficult. In this study, researchers have tried to investigate what happens when salty water is forced through channels so small, they are nearly the size of the ions themselves. At this extreme scale, ions have no room to ‘ignore’ their surroundings. The team was able to replicate the exact confinement they required through a naturally occurring clay mineral, called vermiculite. Microscopically, it looks like a stack of ultra-thin sheets, with gaps between them that can be controlled precisely, and negatively charged walls that strongly influence every particle that passes through. Using this approach, the team built a voltage-controlled nanofluidic device, similar to a transistor, but for ions instead of electrons. When tested with potassium ions, they achieved a record-breaking 14-fold change in conductivity under high-salt conditions. Owing to its extensive use in agriculture and construction, vermiculite offers a compelling alternative to nanofabricated channels, combining natural abundance with structural stability, cost efficiency, and scalability. At the intersection of materials, physics, and biology, this research points toward a new generation of nanofluidic systems, inspired by how ions move in living cells. The team includes Biswabhusan Dhal, Yechan Noh, Sanat Nalini Paltasingh, Naman Chandrakar, Siva Sankar Nemala, Aparna Rathi, Suvigya Kaushik, Prof Andrea Capasso, Prof Saroj Kumar Nayak, Prof Li-Hsien Yeh, and Prof Gopinadhan Kalon. To read more : nature.com/articles/s41467-0… #RnD #IITGN #IITGNResearchers #LabOnAChip #Nanofluidics #IonTransport #IonControl #Iontronics #Biomimicry #NextGenTechnology #SmartMaterials #AdvancedMaterials #NatureCommunications @EduMinOfIndia | @PIB_India | @PTI_News | @ANRFIndia | @Nature | @SpringerNature

Our recent paper has been featured as the Inside Front Cover @LabonaChip. The cover showcases our innovative retainer-based microfluidic system, which seamlessly integrates a capillary-driven, superhydrophilic microchannel with a miniaturized three-electrode enzymatic sensor 🤩🤩

Also hot 🔥 off the press in @LabonaChip:  Yansong Peng and @IsaacLeeLab of @CornellBME review organ-on-a-chip devices for studying the human lymphatic system. By recreating key aspects of lymphatic physiology in vitro, these human-relevant tools can be used to model a wide array of diseases affected by the lymphatic system, including lymphedema, autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, cancer metastasis, neurological and glymphatic disorders, and metabolic syndromes. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…

This excellent collection of papers is now out in @LabonaChip! “Breakthrough Technologies and Applications in Organ-On-a-Chip," curated by Séverine Le Gac of @utwenteEN, @RogerDKamm1 (@kamm_lab) at @MITdeptofBE / @MITMechE, Yi-Chin Toh of @QUT, and Tae-Eun Park of @BmeUnist, features some of the most innovative and groundbreaking organ-chip technology and its applications for the study of: 🔵 Neurodegenerative diseases 🔵 Cancers, including lung, breast, pancreatic, & colorectal 🔵 Infectious diseases, microbes, & vaccination 🔵 Endometriosis & pregnancy 🔵 Ischemic stroke 🔵 Retinal disease 🔵 Cardiovascular diseases 🔵 Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis 🔵 Hearing loss As well as advancements to the technology, including: 🟡 Vascularization 🟡 Unidirectional, gravity-driven flow 🟡 Barrier integrity 🟡 Multi-organ systems 🟡 Pump-less & tube-less versions 🟡 Open systems And its integration with: 🟢 Machine learning & neural networks 🟢 3D printing 🟢 Microelectronics 🟢 Live imaging 🟢 Spheroids Check out the full collection here: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/art…

Excited to share that our paper has been published in @LabonaChip, which shows a novel retainer-based microfluidic system that combines a capillary-driven, superhydrophilic microchannel with a three-electrode enzymatic sensor; pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Arti…

We presented our latest achievement on the topic of Microfluidic Diffracted X-ray Tracking Method at MicroTAS 2025. #MicroTas2025 #microfluidics #labonachip mdde.me.kyoto-u.ac.jp/202511…

Journal cover for our paper on @LabonaChip ! @ERC_Research #BiSCUIT #MSCA @TheraToolsJD @IITalk

New on our Research Highlight of the Week! Scientists built a “tumor-on-a-chip” to study how neutrophils can both fight and support cancer. N1 cells slow tumor growth, while N2 cells drive invasion. Read more 👇 ufluidix.com/blog/mapping-th… #Microfluidics #CancerImmunology #LabonaChip

We enjoyed a wonderful dinner party with more than 50 Japanese attendees at @MicroTas2025! Thank you, Prof. Hashimoto (@michinaoh), for organizing the party! #MicroTas2025 #Adelaide #microfluidics #labonachip

We are finally here @MicroTas2025 - first time ever held in Australia with ~1,000 registrants. 💫 ANZ Nano and Microfluidics Society started in style meeting at a very cool spot in #Adelaide Program looks great #microTAS2025 #labonachip #organonachip #microfluidics

To explore the use of CRISPR-Cas13 for developing influenza therapeutics, @YunchengMan, @DonIngber et al. used a human lung chip infected with influenza A virus to evaluate the on-target and off-target effects of antiviral crRNA therapeutics. The study, also by @haiqing_bai, @PereDostaPons, and @NatalieArtzi at @wyssinstitute, @BostonChildrens, @harvardmed, @BrighamWomens, @MIT_IMES, @univUda, and @hseas, with funding from @DARPA, showed that this approach is a viable strategy for developing pan-IAV therapeutics to combat future influenza pandemics. It also demonstrated that human organ chips are a more clinically relevant model for preclinical testing of crRNA therapeutics’ efficacy and safety. Read more in @LabonaChip: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…

🚨 Scientists highlight the advantages of label-free microfluidic isolation and its promise for early detection, prognostic assessment, and therapeutic monitoring in pancreatic cancer. @LabonaChip | rsc.li/3KJuNkD

🚀 Review | Open Access 💡 Our latest review explores microfluidic technologies for EV quantification—faster, more sensitive, and using minimal samples！ Read here: oaepublish.com/articles/evcn… #ExtracellularVesicles #Microfluidics #LabOnAChip #Biomarkers #EVQuantification

🔬 Science in the palm of your hand! From diagnosis to research, **Lab-on-a-Chip** technology is revolutionizing healthcare with devices smaller than a credit card that can run thousands of tests using microfluidics. 💡✨ #mls #ThinkBIG #MedicalInnovation #LPUMLS #LabOnAChip #lpu

📑 New collaborative #review out in @LabonaChip, exploring emerging methods in the diagnosis of #neuroblastoma, led by @yetisengroup. Our team aims at identifying novel #biomarkers targeting cancer #bioelectricity and #adaptation. Read more: pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…