We are a group of experimentalists dedicated to solving problems at the interface of engineering, soft matter, and biology! The tool we use is microfluidics.
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The Tang Lab had an amazing time at #BMES 2022! So exciting to share our work and be a part of this incredible community of biomedical engineers! @BMESociety @TangSindy
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Obsidian, made from volcanic rock, was used by cultures in the Stone Age to make blades up to 3 nm sharp! Can we use modern-day micromachining techniques to get close to this natural wonder?
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Here are some behind-the-scenes of our blades. Learn more about ancient tools here:
cnn.com/2015/04/02/health/su…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7046…
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A ~2.5 hour glimpse of a day in lab -- some setup, some discussion, some experiments. Featuring @Tangsindy and @nic_castano
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Ever wonder how food allergies are diagnosed? Is it in vivo skin prick tests and oral food challenges (OFCs) (i.e. microdosing an individual with suspected allergen – epipen on hand), or in vitro blood tests?
Well.. the answer is all of them (1/5)
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As the Tang Lab is expanding its work into allergy research, we've been doing LOADS of BATs. And how cool is it to see the flow cytometer sorting and analysing cells in real time?? (4/5)
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Another day, another BAT. Shown here is an aspirator removing supernatants. We don’t know about you, but we certainly can do with a ✨stress aspirator✨ in our lives (':
Check out the paper below to learn more about food allergy diagnostics & BATs!
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article… (5/5)
The Tang Lab members had a great time at the lab's summer social, where we enjoyed good conversation, good food, and good music (courtesy of the lab's musically inclined members). And we celebrated the youngest Tang Lab member's birthday!
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How do cells heal injuries and repair wounds? Cutting cells is the first step to studying the extremely important process of wound healing! We are excited to share our recently published work where we cut Stentor coeruleus cells using fluid flow. (1/6)
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Maybe the smaller fragments can’t repair wounds as easily as larger fragments. It’s also possible the greater mechanical stresses on the smaller fragments (necessary to achieve the small size) lead to decreased viability. We aim to study these effects in future studies. (5/6)
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For the full details of the hydrodynamic splitter, check out our recently published work in Lab on a Chip! (6/6) pubs.rsc.org/en/content/arti…
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Last week, our undergraduate #AmgenScholars Martín Koch presented his work on cell size effects on Stentor wound repair as part of the 2022 Stanford Summer Research Program! Congratulations Martín & thanks for a great summer! #SSRP @StanfordBiosci @AmgenFoundation @MartnKoch1
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Silicon, most known for its use in computer chips, can also make microtools! We use precision etching (with plasma!) to create sharp structures like the one shown here to cut biological tissues into many microtissues, so we can test drugs without needing to test in animals.
ALT (left) A photo of the silicon wafer with many uDicer devices during fabrication. (right) a Scanning Electron Microscope image of the blades from a single uDicer.
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