An undergraduate lab (on-a-chip): Probing single cell mechanics on a microfluidic platform

Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 319-330

  Moraes, Christopher ^a,b   Wyss, Kristine ^a,b   Brisson, Emma ^b   Keith, Bryan A ^b   Sun, Yu ^a,b   Simmons, Craig A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell modulus; Cellular biomechanics; Engineering education; Microfabrication; Micropipette aspiration

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; CELL FUNCTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FIBROBLAST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROPIPETTE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 78651512168     PISSN: 18655025     EISSN: 18655033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12195-010-0124-0     Document Type: Article

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