Microfluidics Presentation

This document discusses microfluidics for cell culture applications. It begins with an introduction to microfluidics, describing it as the science of manipulating small volumes of fluids using micrometer-sized channels. Next, it covers common microfabrication techniques like photolithography and soft lithography to produce microfluidic devices. It then outlines several applications of microfluidics for cell culture, such as creating cell-on-a-chip systems that can mimic in vivo environments and enable high-throughput screening. Specific case studies are presented, including co-culturing multiple cell types and integrating cell culture with lysis on a single chip. Finally, the document concludes that microfluidic platforms show promise for advanced cell biology studies due to