Henry’s BMES 2017 highlights

I used the following parameters in the Simple Sieving Model (pardon the MATLAB syntax) Am = 1; %cross sectional area in cm^2 Do = 1*10^-7;% diffusion coefficient in the membrane in cm^2/sec P = .15;% membrane porosity; t = linspace(0,420,500); %time vector sec Qo = 1*0.00166; %militers per second (0.00166 = 10 ul/min) L =…

In an attempt to address the Nano Letters reviewer’s comment (show molecular separation, not just Au), I ran a simple experiment where I tried to pass BSA, Cyt. C, IgG, and β-galactosidase through carbonized membranes in the pressure cell. We have to be careful in calling this a “separation” since the two different species were never…

Last week I made a post about the troubles that a toluene-based PEGylation process presents to the PDMS in the CytoVu assembly. It was suggested that this issue might be overcome by replacing toluene with ethanol in the process, but I can report that unless I did something wrong (which is, I suppose, quite possible)…

We are carrying out filtrations using wafer 1085.  We are testing the total volume of filtrate that passes in a given time.  We expect the total filtrate volume to decrease as concentration increases due to more immediate clogging.  Ultimately, we want to show that we can get higher total volumes of filtrate in the reverse…

Hello NRG! Thanks to Jim McGrath and NSF, St. John Fisher College students and myself will have the opportunity to conduct research at URNano and the McGrath Lab this summer.  I am an Assistant Professor at Fisher in the Biology Department, and my  background is in cellular immunology, with a focus on sterile inflammation.  Why…