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Cornell Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory

The Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory, directed by Professor Brian Kirby, is a research group in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University devoted to research on understanding and application of micro- and nanofluidic systems. Microfluidics and nanofluidics describe fluid-mechanical regimes and devices defined by the length scale of the flow channels, the techniques for making the devices, and the dominant physics.

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Dielectric characterization
Developing process control for algae biofuel feedstocks

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Keeping up with Kirbylab

Fluid mechanics at the nanoscale
How nanofabrication and membrane technology create new technological applications of teeny tiny fluid physics

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Cornell demonstrates functional characterization of circulating tumor cells

Lannin wins NSF fellowship

Pratt wins CMM Young Investigator Award

Polacheck reports on cancer cell migration in PNAS

Barbati to chair international Gordon Research Seminar on Microfluidics

Announcing the 2011 Microfluidics GRC

Kirbylab receives grant for genetic analysis of circulating tumor cells

Multi-institutional team chosen to probe cytoskeletal architecture in CTCs

Hawkins reports on automated characterization of Mycobacterium

Pratt and Huang report on rare cell capture in microfluidic devices

Link between substrate stiffness and adipose differentiation reported


	Students at Watkins Glen High School studying microfluidic systems, summer 2009.

	Batch cultures of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (left) and Chlorella vulgaris (right).


	Liposome concentration at laser-polymerized membranes for concentration and biosensing for viral pathogen detection. (see reference at the journal website here).

	Electrodeless dielectrophoretic trapping of microparticles. (click here for source). We are developing novel techniques for manipulating microparticles and cells, many of which involve dielectrophoretic manipulation.