Wormometry-on-a-chip: Innovative technologies for in situ analysis of small multicellular organisms

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 79 A, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 799-813

  Wlodkowic, Donald ^a   Khoshmanesh, Khashayar ^b   Akagi, Jin ^a   Williams, David E ^a   Cooper, Jonathan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytometry; In situ; Lab on a chip; Microfluidics; Photonics; Small model organisms; Wormometry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA MICROARRAY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EFFECT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION, LABORATORY; BIOLOGICAL AGENTS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, ANIMAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 80053104755     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.21070     Document Type: Review

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