Implantable Kidney

So in the past couple of months, I have focused on wrapping up the microdialysis project that was initiated by Alec. Just as a recap, this experiment utilizes a modified SepCon that features an open bottom to allow for separation of albumin and cytochrome c via diffusion. 50 uL of 1 mg/mL BSA and cytochrome…

Vaccinex has developed an antibody, VX15/2503, for Semaphorin 4D, a molecule implicated in axonal guidance mediation and blood brain barrier (BBB) disruption.   The role of SiMPore in its partnership with Vaccinex is to produce a workable model of the BBB, with the ability to introduce flow conditions and measure an electric gradient across the membrane. …

Paper can be found here I am working on developing an analytical model to understand how to accurately post-process the resistance values I obtain from my TEER measurements. This paper addresses a similar issue and comes up with a correction factor to match the TEER values obtained in a microsystem with the ones obtained from a…

Summary: Dan and I went to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute to learn about the current state of microplastics research. There were a number of things that we learned that we did not know. The common sentiment among researchers agreed climate change was a much bigger threat to humans than microplastics, but the reality and immediacy…

Warning: the following post contains spoilers for Vincent’s talk at Rochester on Monday. Since the last update, I have tried to get the gold nanoparticles working properly, with no luck so far. The zeta potential we measured in KCl was 0mV, showing that even though we had visual confirmation that there were particle suspended in…