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Cellular Analysis
Lab-on-a-Chip devices provide an exciting opportunity to perform unique cellular analyses, due to the potential for:
  • processing of extraordinarily small volumes (comparable to cellular contents)
  • rapid automated analysis
  • analysis of single-cells
Our interests related to cellular analysis focus mainly on laser-manipulation and lysing of cells combined with microchip dialysis of cytosolic contents.

Selected Publications and Presentations on Cellular Analysis

Hawkins, Huang, Arasanipalai, Kirby: Automated dielectrophoretic chracterization of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Hawkins BG, Huang C, Arasanipalai S, Kirby BJ
"Automated dielectrophoretic chracterization of Mycobacterium smegmatis," Analytical Chemistry, 2011, accepted. doi

Gleghorn JP, Smith JP, Kirby BJ
"Spatial aliasing of particle displacements and collision rates in periodic asymmetric microfluidic obstacle arrays", submitted, 2011.

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Rouillard AD, Berglund CM, Lee JY, Polacheck WJ, Tsui YT, Bonassar LJ, Kirby BJ
"Methods for photocrosslinking alginate hydrogel scaffolds with high cell viability," Tissue Engineering C, Vol 17(2), 2011. doi pdf

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Pratt ED, Huang C, Hawkins BG, Gleghorn JP, Kirby BJ
"Rare cell capture in microfluidic devices, Chemical Engineering Science, Vol 66(7)1508-1522, 2011. doi pdf

PDF version of Rouillard, Tsui, Polacheck, Lee, Bonassar, Kirby: 
Control of the Electromechanical Properties of
Alginate Hydrogels via Ionic and Covalent
Cross-Linking and Microparticle Doping

Rouillard AD, Tsui YT, Polacheck WJ, Lee JY, Bonassar LJ, Kirby BJ
"Control of the Electromechanical Properties of Alginate Hydrogels via Ionic and Covalent Crosslinking and Microparticle Doping," Biomacromolecules, 11 (8), pp 2184–2189, 2010. doi pdf

PDF version of Hawkins, Kirby: Electrothermal flow effects in insulating 
(electrodeless) dielectrophoresis systems

Hawkins BG, Kirby BJ
"Electrothermal flow effects in insulating (electrodeless) dielectrophoresis systems," Electrophoresis, 31:3622-3633, 2010. doi pdf

Rouillard AD, Berglund CM, Lee JY, Polacheck WJ, Tsui YT, Bonassar LJ, Kirby BJ
"Methods for photocrosslinking alginate hydrogel scaffolds with high cell viability," Orthopedic Research Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2010.

PDF version of Gleghorn, Pratt, Denning, Liu, Bander, Tagawa, Nanus, Giannakakou, Kirby:
Capture of circulating tumor cells from whole blood of prostate cancer patients using geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture (GEDI) and a prostate-specific antibody

Gleghorn JP, Pratt ED, Denning D, Liu H, Bander NH, Tagawa S, Nanus DM, Giannakakou PA, Kirby BJ
"Capture of circulating tumor cells from whole blood of prostate cancer patients using geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture and a prostate-specific antibody", Lab on a Chip, 10:27-29, 2010. doi PubMedCentral pdf

PDF version of Brian Kirby Nanofluidics review

Kirby BJ
"Nanofluidics" (book review), Materials Today, 12(5) 51, 2009. doi pdf

Rouillard AD, Tsui Y, Polacheck WJ, Lee JY, Bonassar LJ, Kirby BJ
"Control of the electromechanical proterties of alginate tissue scaffolds via ionic and covalent crosslinking and microparticle doping", BMES 2007, Los Angeles, CA, September 2007.

Hawkins BG, Smith AE, Kirby BJ
"Towards cellular screening for Mycobacteria: Microchip monitoring of electrical phenotype", BMES 2007, Los Angeles, CA, September 2007.

Hawkins BG, Smith AE, Kirby BJ
Gordon Research Conference on Microfluidics, Waterville Valley, NH, 2007.

PDF version of Benjamin G. Hawkins, A. Ezekial Smith, 
Yusef A. Syed, Brian J. Kirby: 
Continuous-Flow Particle Separation 
by 3D Insulative Dielectrophoresis 
Using Coherently Shaped, dc-Biased, ac Electric Fields

Hawkins BG, Smith AE, Syed YA, Kirby BJ
"Continuous-flow particle separation by 3D insulative dielectrophoresis using coherently shaped, DC-biased, AC electric fields," Analytical Chemistry, 2007. doi pdf text

Rouillard AD, Bonassar LJ, Kirby BJ
"Control of electrokinetic properties of hydrogels for studies of mechanotransduction in chondrocytes," BMES Annual Meeting Chicago, IL, Oct 2006.

Rouillard AD, Bonassar LJ, Kirby BJ
"Studying cell mechanotransduction in chondrocytes via manipulation of electrokinetics in alginate hydrogels," 2nd New York Complex Matter Workshop Ithaca, NY, June 2006.

Wilkes JO , with Birmingham SG, Kirby BJ, Cheng C-Y
"Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers with Microfluidics and CFD," Prentice-Hall, 2005.
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PDF version of Reichmuth, Shepodd, Kirby: Microchip HPLC of peptides and proteins

Reichmuth DS, Shepodd TJ, Kirby BJ
"Microchip HPLC of peptides and proteins," Analytical Chemistry 77:2997-3000 (2005). doi pdf text

PDF version of Kirby, Wheeler, Zare, Fruetel, Shepodd: Programmable modification of cell adhesion and zeta potential in silica microchips

Kirby BJ, Wheeler AR, Zare RN, Fruetel JA, Shepodd TJ
"Programmable Modification of Cell Adhesion and Zeta Potential in Silica Microchips,"Lab On a Chip 3:5-10 (2003). doi pdf text

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.