Microfluidics & Synthetic Biology

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Microfluidics is named from "micro", "fluidic", and "control", which can deal with biological samples in precise, flexible and high-resolution manners, as well as smaller volume, lower energy consumption and higher throughput etc than conventional methods. There are several branches of microfluidics for biological applications, such as channel-based, droplet based, digital-based, paper-based and static array based microfluidics. 

As the rising of synthetic biology, it demands more accurate manipulation to decipher biological mysteries, not only at significantly improved resolution, throughput and flexibility, but to create in vivo-like platforms to simulate biological behaviors. Microfuidics/nanofluidics will provide necessary tools to solve these challenges, facilitating deeper biological understanding. 

Our current research interests include exploring new technics in microfluidics/nanofluidics, developing single-cell chips, devising intelligent droplet technology, exploiting gut-on-chip platform and simulating animal intestine environment etc.