Hey all, I have the first draft of my ASEMV poster here for any feedback that you might have. The conference is in Monterey, CA next week and any feedback that you have on this by Tuesday or Wednesday evening of this week on the poster would be awesome.
Introduction Static endothelial cell cultures have been routinely performed and optimized on the µSiM platform for multiple membrane and cell types. In order to increase the physiological relevance of our device with tissue vasculature mimetics, we need to incorporate fluid flow to emulate shear stresses experienced by endothelium under physiological circulatory conditions. Recently Mehran has…
Thanks to Kilean for the TEMs. One of the properties that influences strong SERS behavior is surface roughness; rougher metals produce a better SERS effect. People have electrochemically roughened surfaces before to make better SERS sensors. The following quote is from a review paper (SERS Materials Review Paper, 5 years old now) After decades of debate,…
Last week’s production yielded six wafers, all deposited at room temperature. Here were the annealing conditions: Wafer 334, 343 – RTP @ 975CWafer 341, 344 – RTP @ 975C + FA @ 1000CWafer 342, 345 – FA @ 1000 C Pinhole density was moderate along the edges of the wafer, with one or two pinholes…
If you know me at all, you know I enjoy nothing more than ultrafiltration and Parylene-C deposition. Now these activities are combined into one device to improve the biocompatibility (platelet activation and adhesion) of nanoporous membranes. In this letter, polyethersulfone (PES) membranes were coated with Parylene-C, poly(chloro-para-xylylene) aka (PCPX), while glycerin vapors rising through the…
Introduction EC Apicobasal polarity in immunity has and will continue to be a theme of my thesis. I have presented on bits and pieces of this work over the past year or so, but now that this work is under review and more or less complete pending reviewer comments, I wanted to summarize our finds…
Now that I am working on labeling my 5637 EVs, I have finally gotten around to getting a good labeled sample and a good negative control. The samples were prepared as follows: 5637 EVs were thawed from a frozen stock and 1 μL was diluted into 1 mL of labeling fluid. The labeling fluid contained…