Droplet-based microfluidic system for individual Caenorhabditis elegans assay.

Shi, Weiwei; Qin, Jianhua; Ye, Nannan; Lin, Bingcheng · Lab Chip · 2008

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

A droplet-based microfluidic system integrating a droplet generator and a droplet trap array is described for encapsulating individual Caenorhabditis elegans into a parallel series of droplets, enabling characterization of the worm behavior in response to neurotoxin at single-animal resolution.

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