Examining the behaviour of fungal cells in microconfined mazelike structures

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 6859, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Held, Marie ^a   Edwards, Clive ^a   Nicolau, Dan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

branching; maze; microconfinement; N. crassa; PDMS molding

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING; MAZE; MICROCONFINEMENT; N. CRASSA; PDMS MOLDING;

BIOMOLECULES; HISTOLOGY; MICROCHANNELS; MOLDING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 78650202498     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.759453     Document Type: Conference Paper

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