Blog | Cornell Micro/Nanofluidics Laboratory | Professor Brian J. Kirby

04 Mar 2019: APS March Meeting: Using orthogonal shear and acoustic excitation to tune thickening and jamming in suspensions

04 Mar 2019: APS March Meeting: Using orthogonal shear and acoustic excitation to tune thickening and jamming in suspensions

05 Mar 2019: APS March Meeting: Tuning the Shear Thickening Response using Acoustic Perturbations

05 Mar 2019: APS March Meeting: Tuning the Shear Thickening Response using Acoustic Perturbations

Randomized, noncomparative, phase II trial of early switch from docetaxel to cabazitaxel or vice versa, with integrated biomarker analysis, in men with chemotherapy-naive, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer

Randomized, noncomparative, phase II trial of early switch from docetaxel to cabazitaxel or vice versa, with integrated biomarker analysis, in men with chemotherapy-naive, metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer

Expression of AR-V7 and ARv567es in circulating tumor cells correlates with outcomes to taxane therapy in men with metastatic prostate cancer treated in TAXYNERGY

Expression of AR-V7 and ARv567es in circulating tumor cells correlates with outcomes to taxane therapy in men with metastatic prostate cancer treated in TAXYNERGY

How Biophysical Forces Regulate Human B Cell Lymphomas

How Biophysical Forces Regulate Human B Cell Lymphomas

Analytical Chemistry, 2017: Separation of 300 and 100 nm Particles in Fabry−Perot Acoustofluidic Resonators

12 Sep 2017: ELKIN 2017: Electrokinetic Readouts of Glycoprotein Expression and Drug Resistance in Cancer Cells

29 Aug 2017: Acoustofluidics 2017: Separation of submicron particles in Fabry-Perot acoustofluidic resonators

31 Jul 2017: Cornell Stem Cell Symposium: Stem Cell Differentiation and Teratoma-Forming Potential in hiPSC-Derived Neural Cultures

Phys. Rev. E, 2017: Decorrelation correction for nanoparticle tracking analysis of dilute polydisperse suspensions in bulk flow

Sehgal wins SGRS presentation award

Sehgal wins SGRS presentation award

Submitted, 2016: Cytoplasmic permittivity and conductivity computed from electrorotation spectra negatively correlate with BODIPY fluorescence in nitrogen-starved Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Submitted, 2016: Automated electrorotation shows the electrokinetic separation in pancreatic cancer cells is robust to acquired chemotherapy resistance, serum starvation, and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

Accepted, Cytometry A, 2016: Comparison and Optimization of Machine Learning Methods for Automated Classification of Circulating Tumor Cells

10 Oct 2016: MicroTAS 2016: Separation of cancer-cell-derived microvesicles and exosomes in microfluidic Fabry-Perot acoustic resonators

10 Oct 2016: MicroTAS 2016: Separation of cancer-cell-derived microvesicles and exosomes in microfluidic Fabry-Perot acoustic resonators

22 Sep 2016: SciX: Genetic and functional analysis of single circulating tumor cells

20 Sep 2016: US Frontiers of Enginering Symposium: Advances in Detecting Rare Cells

9 Aug 2016: Gordon Conference on Rare Cells in Circulation: Manipulating rare cells and vesicles in microfluidic devices: Interrogating drug resistance and surgical risk staging

IGERT Trip to Wyoming: Day 8

IGERT Trip to Wyoming: Day 7

IGERT Trip to Wyoming: Day 6

IGERT Trip to Wyoming: Day 5

IGERT Trip to Wyoming: Day 4

IGERT Trip to Wyoming: Day 3

IGERT Trip to Wyoming: Day 3

IGERT Trip to Wyoming: Day 2

IGERT Trip to Wyoming

Submitted, 2016: Parametric Study of the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Flapping Wings in Forward Flight

7 Jun 2016: ACS Colloids: Measuring and manipulating cancer-specific extracellular shed vesicle populations

Accepted, Electrophoresis, 2016: Surface Conductivity in Electrokinetic Systems with Porous and Charged Interfaces: Analytical Approximations and Numerical Results

Submitted, 2016: Parametric Study of the Unsteady Aerodynamics of Flapping Wings in Hover

Engineering Learning Initiatives Grant Award

Engineering Learning Initiatives Grant Award

Lannin Presents Work Characterizing Electrical Properties of Cancer Cells at AiCHE/AES 2015 Annual Meeting

Lannin Presents Work Characterizing Electrical Properties of Cancer Cells at AiCHE/AES 2015 Annual Meeting

15 Jan 2016: Sibley Graduate Research Symposium: Accurate correction of drift in colloidal particle tracking

Kirby wins Research and Teaching Awards

Kirby wins Research and Teaching Awards

9 Nov 2015: AIChe-AES: Measuring Electrical Properties of Cancer Cells via Electrorotation

PLoS ONE, 2015: Measurement of Lipid Accumulation in Chlorella vulgaris via Flow Cytometry and Liquid-State 1H NMR Spectroscopy for Development of an NMR-Traceable Flow Cytometry Protocol

31 May 2015: Gordon Conference on Microfluidics: Informing the design of nanoparticle separation microdevices: The effect of polydispersity on particle tracking algorithms

31 May 2015: Gordon Research Conference on Microfluidics: Controlling Microfluidic Transport for Rare Cell and Vesicle Capture

Smith publishes in Biomicrofluidics, Biomedical Microdevices; joins MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Smith publishes in Biomicrofluidics, Biomedical Microdevices; joins MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Biomedical Microdevices, 2015: A Transfer Function Approach for Predicting Rare Cell Capture Microdevice Performance

16 Feb 2015: 5th Annual Circulating Tumor Cells and Cell-Free DNA conference: Circulating Tumor Cells: linking analysis to surgical and medical care

Biomicrofluidics, 2015: Enhancing sensitivity and specificity in rare cell capture microdevices with dielectrophoresis

Smith defends Ph.D. dissertation

Physical Biology, 2014: Cancerous epithelial cell lines shed extracellular vesicles with a bimodal size distribution that is sensitive to glutamine inhibition

16 Nov 2014: AES Electrophoresis Society Meeting: Electrokinetic Manipulation for Characterization and Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells

Analytical Chemistry, 2014: Single-Cell Copy Number Analysis of Prostate Cancer Cells Captured with Geometrically Enhanced Differential Immunocapture Microdevices

26 Oct 2014: MicroTAS 2014: Parallel capture of pancreatic cancer cells

26 Oct 2014: MicroTAS 2014: Parallel capture of pancreatic cancer cells

Biomedical Microdevices, 2014: Microfluidic isolation of cancer-cell-derived microvesicles from heterogeneous extracellular shed vesicle populations

22 Oct 2014: Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting: Using Rare Cell Capture to Understand Metastasis

22 Oct 2014: Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting: Using Rare Cell Capture to Understand Metastasis

3 Aug 2014: Gordon Research Conference on Rare Cells in Circulation: Single-nucleus sequencing of prostate cancer cells captured with GEDI microdevices

3 Aug 2014: Gordon Research Conference on Rare Cells in Circulation: Parallel capture of pancreatic cancer cells

3 Aug 2014: Gordon Research Conference on Rare Cells in Circulation: Parallel capture of pancreatic cancer cells

3 Aug 2014: Gordon Research Conference on Rare Cells in Circulation: Informing high performance capture of circulating tumor cells using a hybrid dielectrophoresis and immunocapture microdevice

Huang published in Biomicrofluidics, began postdoctoral appointment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Huang published in Biomicrofluidics, began postdoctoral appointment at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Biomicrofluidics, 2014: Characterization of microfluidic shear-dependent epithelial cell adhesion molecule immunocapture and enrichment of pancreatic cancer cells from blood cells with dielectrophoresis

5 July 2014: Gordon Research Conference on Genomic Instability: Single-nucleus sequencing of prostate cancer cells captured with GEDI microdevices

5 July 2014: Gordon Research Conference on Genomic Instability: Single-nucleus sequencing of prostate cancer cells captured with GEDI microdevices

Godla presents at 13th International Summer School on Biocomplexity, Biodesign, and Bioinnovation

Godla presents at 13th International Summer School on Biocomplexity, Biodesign, and Bioinnovation

Lannin Presents at 2014 Gordon Research Seminar/Conference on Bioanalytical Sensors

Lannin Presents at 2014 Gordon Research Seminar/Conference on Bioanalytical Sensors

23 June 2014: Gordon Research Conference on Bioanalytical Sensors: Electrorotation of Cancer Cells to Optimize Performance of Dielectrophoresis Capture Devices

21 June 2014: Gordon Research Seminar on Bioanalytical Sensors: Electrorotation of Cancer Cells to Optimize Performance of Dielectrophoresis Capture Devices

15 June 2014: 13th International Summer School on Biocomplexity, Biodesign, and Bioinnovation: Using Rare Cell Capture to Understand Metastasis

15 June 2014: 13th International Summer School on Biocomplexity, Biodesign, and Bioinnovation: Using Rare Cell Capture to Understand Metastasis

Godla awarded fellowship and travel grant to attend 13th International Summer School on Biocomplexity, Bioinnovation, and Biodesign

Godla awarded fellowship and travel grant to attend 13th International Summer School on Biocomplexity, Bioinnovation, and Biodesign

Huang successfully defends PhD thesis

Huang successfully defends PhD thesis

Gruber wins Dextra Undergraduate Research Endowment

Gruber wins Dextra Undergraduate Research Endowment

16 Mar 2014: ACS National Meeting: Multiplex measurement of algal lipid content via dielectric spectroscopy, flow cytometry, and 1H NMR

16 Mar 2014: ACS National Meeting: Multiplex measurement of algal lipid content via dielectric spectroscopy, flow cytometry, and 1H NMR

Shalu recently published in JBMR-A, Lab on Chip and Biomedical Microdevices

Shalu recently published in JBMR-A, Lab on Chip and Biomedical Microdevices

13 Mar 2014: Cornell Materials Science Colloquium: Rare Cell Capture and Analysis in GEDI Microdevices: New Clinical and Engineering Opportunities

13 Mar 2014: Cornell Materials Science Colloquium: Rare Cell Capture and Analysis in GEDI Microdevices: New Clinical and Engineering Opportunities

Lannin wins Cambridge University Press Best Presentation Award at SGRS 2014

Lannin wins Cambridge University Press Best Presentation Award at SGRS 2014

7 Mar 2014: Sibley Graduate Research Symposium: Electrorotation of Cancer Cells to Optimize Performance of Dielectrophoresis Capture Devices

7 Mar 2014: Sibley Graduate Research Symposium: Electrorotation of Cancer Cells to Optimize Performance of Dielectrophoresis Capture Devices

Gastroenterology, 2014: Detection of Circulating Pancreas Epithelial Cells in Patients With Pancreatic Cystic Lesions

Lab on a Chip, 2014: Microfluidic immunocapture of circulating pancreatic cells using parallel EpCAM and MUC1 capture: characterization, optimization and downstream analysis

Kirbylab circulating tumor cell biomarker research presented at Lab Automation 2014

Kirbylab circulating tumor cell biomarker research presented at Lab Automation 2014

18 Jan 2014: Society for Lab Automation and Screening: Circulating tumor cell (CTC) cancer biomarkers using geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture (GEDI) microdevices

17 Jan 2014: Edwards Lecture, Oregon State University: Geometrically Enhanced Differential Immunocapture: Using obstacle arrays in microfluidic devices to enhance efficient and pure rare cell capture from fluid suspensions

17 Jan 2014: Edwards Lecture, Oregon State University: Geometrically Enhanced Differential Immunocapture: Using obstacle arrays in microfluidic devices to enhance efficient and pure rare cell capture from fluid suspensions

7 Jan 2014: Biomedical Engineering Society – Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Meeting: On-chip Tumor Microenvironment for Circulating Tumor Cell Isolation and Culture

7 Jan 2014: Biomedical Engineering Society – Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Meeting: On-chip Tumor Microenvironment for Circulating Tumor Cell Isolation and Culture

24 Nov 2013: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics: Streaming potential and conductivity measurements reveal electrokinetic properties of porous and charged layers

24 Nov 2013: APS Division of Fluid Dynamics: Streaming potential and conductivity measurements reveal electrokinetic properties of porous and charged layers

Huang paper published in Biomedical Microdevices

Huang paper published in Biomedical Microdevices

Huang paper published, featured on cover of ELECTROPHORESIS

Huang paper published, featured on cover of ELECTROPHORESIS

27 Oct 2013: MicroTAS: Parallelized microfluidic immunocapture of circulating pancreas cells for the early detection of pancreatic carcinogenesis

27 Oct 2013: MicroTAS: Novel Microfluidic Platforms for the Interrogation of Patient-Derived CTCs and Tumor-Derived Microvesicles

27 Oct 2013: MicroTAS: Novel Microfluidic Platforms for the Interrogation of Patient-Derived CTCs and Tumor-Derived Microvesicles

27 Oct 2013: MicroTAS: Enrichment of prostate cancer cells from blood cells with a hybrid dielectrophoresis and immunocapture microfluidic system

27 Oct 2013: MicroTAS: Enrichment of prostate cancer cells from blood cells with a hybrid dielectrophoresis and immunocapture microfluidic system

Two papers on cell collision and capture dynamics in GEDI devices published

Two papers on cell collision and capture dynamics in GEDI devices published

Physical Review E, 2013: Force and Flux Relations for Flows of Ionic Solutions between Parallel Plates with Porous and Charged Layers

Huang gave a talk at BMES Annual Meeting 2013 in Seattle, WA

Huang gave a talk at BMES Annual Meeting 2013 in Seattle, WA

Lannin Attends BMES Annual Conference; Presents Poster on Machine Learning for Identification of CTCs from Images

Lannin Attends BMES Annual Conference; Presents Poster on Machine Learning for Identification of CTCs from Images

Smith’s rare cell capture simulations published in Biomedical Microdevices

Smith’s rare cell capture simulations published in Biomedical Microdevices

25 Sep 2013: BMES: A Hybrid Dielectrophoresis and Immunocapture System for Enhanced Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells

25 Sep 2013: BMES: A Hybrid Dielectrophoresis and Immunocapture System for Enhanced Capture of Circulating Tumor Cells

25 Sep 2013: BMES: Machine Learning Outperforms Manual Counting for Classifying Circulating Tumor Cells from Cancer Patients

25 Sep 2013: BMES: Machine Learning Outperforms Manual Counting for Classifying Circulating Tumor Cells from Cancer Patients

25 Sep 2013: BMES: Multiplexed Microfluidic Immunocapture of Circulating Pancreas Cells for the Early Detection of Pancreatic Carcinogenesis

25 Sep 2013: BMES: Novel Microfluidic Platforms for the Interrogation of Patient-Derived CTCs and Tumor-Derived Microvesicles

25 Sep 2013: BMES: Novel Microfluidic Platforms for the Interrogation of Patient-Derived CTCs and Tumor-Derived Microvesicles

Huang gave a talk at Cornell NanoScale Facility Annual Meeting 2013

Huang gave a talk at Cornell NanoScale Facility Annual Meeting 2013

19 Sep 2013: Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility Annual Meeting: A Hybrid Dielectrophoresis and Immunocapture Microfluidic System for Enhanced Rare Cell Capture

19 Sep 2013: Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility Annual Meeting: A Hybrid Dielectrophoresis and Immunocapture Microfluidic System for Enhanced Rare Cell Capture

Kirby wins Cowie teaching award

Kirby wins Cowie teaching award

Smith’s Captura Diagnostics wins $25,000 Grants For Growth award to develop commercial cell capture prototype

Smith’s Captura Diagnostics wins $25,000 Grants For Growth award to develop commercial cell capture prototype

Thege awarded poster award at the 2013 Gordon Research Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics

Thege awarded poster award at the 2013 Gordon Research Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics

28 Jul 2013: SES Summer Meeting: Electrokinetic response in systems with fluid-permeable and charged layers

Godla participated in the BME Summer Immersion Program at Weill Cornell Medical College

Godla participated in the BME Summer Immersion Program at Weill Cornell Medical College

Biomedical Microdevices, 2013: Enrichment of prostate cancer cells from blood cells with a hybrid dielectrophoresis and Immunocapture microfluidic system

Lannin attended 2013 Gordon Research Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics

Lannin attended 2013 Gordon Research Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics

Fredrik Thege wins poster award at Microfluidics GRC

Fredrik Thege wins poster award at Microfluidics GRC

9 Jun 2013: Gordon Research Conference on Microfluidics: Machine Learning Outperforms Manual Counting for Classifying Circulating Tumor Cells from Cancer Patients

9 Jun 2013: Gordon Research Conference on Microfluidics: Machine Learning Outperforms Manual Counting for Classifying Circulating Tumor Cells from Cancer Patients

9 Jun 2013: Gordon Research Conference on Microfluidics: Multiplexed Microfluidic Immunocapture of Circulating Pancreas Cells for the Early Detection of Pancreatic Carcinogenesis

9 Jun 2013: Gordon Research Conference on Microfluidics: Multiplexed Microfluidic Immunocapture of Circulating Pancreas Cells for the Early Detection of Pancreatic Carcinogenesis

9 Jun 2013: Gordon Research Conference on Microfluidics: Capture and interrogation of circulating tumors cells by use of geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture (GEDI) microfluidic devices

Tim Lannin and Fredrik Thege to present their work at Microfluidics Gordon Research Conference in Barga, Italy

Tim Lannin and Fredrik Thege to present their work at Microfluidics Gordon Research Conference in Barga, Italy

Thege – preparing for the Gordon Research Conference

Thege – preparing for the Gordon Research Conference

Thege attended the Fourth Annual PS-OC Network Investigators’ Meeting

Thege attended the Fourth Annual PS-OC Network Investigators’ Meeting

Thege attended the First Annual TME-NYC symposium

Thege attended the First Annual TME-NYC symposium

Thege awarded the HHMI Med-into-Grad scholarship

Thege awarded the HHMI Med-into-Grad scholarship

Presentation: Functional analysis of CTCs in GEDI devices

Presentation: Functional analysis of CTCs in GEDI devices

6 Jun 2013: Select Biosciences 2013 Nano and Microfluidics conference: Functional and Genetic Analysis of CTCs captured with GEDI Microdevices

Huang passed PhD candidacy exam, submitted two papers

Huang passed PhD candidacy exam, submitted two papers

31 May 2013: ASCO: TAXYNERGY (NCT01718353): A randomized phase II trial examining an early switch from first-line docetaxel to cabazitaxel, or cabazitaxel to docetaxel, in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)

31 May 2013: ASCO: TAXYNERGY (NCT01718353): A randomized phase II trial examining an early switch from first-line docetaxel to cabazitaxel, or cabazitaxel to docetaxel, in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)

Godla attended 4th Annual Physical Sciences in Oncology Meeting

Godla attended 4th Annual Physical Sciences in Oncology Meeting

Godla awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Godla awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Smith passes Admission to Candidacy exam

Smith passes Admission to Candidacy exam

Mike Bono passes A exam – admission to candidacy

Mike Bono passes A exam – admission to candidacy

6 Apr 2013: AACR: Development of a HER2-based GEDI microfluidic device for the molecular characterization of CTCs from metastatic breast cancer patients

6 Apr 2013: AACR: Development of a HER2-based GEDI microfluidic device for the molecular characterization of CTCs from metastatic breast cancer patients

6 Apr 2013: AACR: Using CTCs to interrogate mechanisms of taxane resistance in the prospective TAXYNERGY clinical trial in prostate cancer

6 Apr 2013: AACR: Using CTCs to interrogate mechanisms of taxane resistance in the prospective TAXYNERGY clinical trial in prostate cancer

Marie Godla wins National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Marie Godla wins National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

28 Mar 2013: ACS: Quantitative in situ measurement of algal lipid content via dielectric spectroscopy

28 Mar 2013: ACS: Quantitative in situ measurement of algal lipid content via dielectric spectroscopy

Smith reports on cell capture and growth research in Tissue Engineering

Smith reports on cell capture and growth research in Tissue Engineering

New paper: Zhu presents on microfluidic enrichment of mouse epidermal stem cells

New paper: Zhu presents on microfluidic enrichment of mouse epidermal stem cells

17 Mar 2013: Pittcon: Functional Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells Captured With GEDI Microdevices

17 Mar 2013: Pittcon: Functional Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells Captured With GEDI Microdevices

10 Feb 2013: Gordon Research Conference on Fibronectin, Integrins, & Related Molecules: Capture and Interrogation of Circulating Tumor Cells in Tissue-Engineered Geometrically Enhanced Differential Immunocapture Microfluidic Devices

10 Feb 2013: Gordon Research Conference on Fibronectin, Integrins, & Related Molecules: Capture and Interrogation of Circulating Tumor Cells in Tissue-Engineered Geometrically Enhanced Differential Immunocapture Microfluidic Devices

New paper: Barbati reports on culture of rat hippocampal neurons

New paper: Barbati reports on culture of rat hippocampal neurons

Electrokinetics with Soft and Charged Interfaces

Electrokinetics with Soft and Charged Interfaces

Microfluidic transport in microdevices for rare cell capture

Microfluidic transport in microdevices for rare cell capture

Charlie Huang completes admission to candidacy exam

Charlie Huang completes admission to candidacy exam

CTC genetic heterogeneity, a window into the metastatic process

CTC genetic heterogeneity, a window into the metastatic process

Smith presented cell capture simulation advances at APS-DFD 2012

Smith presented cell capture simulation advances at APS-DFD 2012

Cancer Cell Lines & CTCs: Benchmarking versus Application

Cancer Cell Lines & CTCs: Benchmarking versus Application

How to Sort Circulating Tumor Cells Part IV: Electrokinetic Separation

How to Sort Circulating Tumor Cells Part IV: Electrokinetic Separation

How to Sort Circulating Tumor Cells Part III: Microscopic Characterization

How to Sort Circulating Tumor Cells Part III: Microscopic Characterization

How to Sort Circulating Tumor Cells Part II: Immunocapture

How to Sort Circulating Tumor Cells Part II: Immunocapture

How to Sort Circulating Tumor Cells Part I: Size

How to Sort Circulating Tumor Cells Part I: Size

Engineering Microfluidic Devices for Neural Culture

Engineering Microfluidic Devices for Neural Culture

Why Study Circulating Tumor Cells?

Why Study Circulating Tumor Cells?

Biomedical Microdevices, 2012: Immunocapture of Prostate Cancer Cells with Anti-PSMA Antibodies in Microdevices

PLos One, 2012: Functional Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells with a Prostate-Cancer-Specific Microfluidic Device

Soft Matter, 2012: Soft Diffuse Interfaces in Electrokinetics-Theory and experiment for transport in charged diffuse layers

Barbati reports on transport in charged diffuse layers

Barbati reports on transport in charged diffuse layers

Erica Pratt passes PhD candidacy exam

Erica Pratt passes PhD candidacy exam

Breast cancer progression prediction – New possibilities for the GEDI chip

Breast cancer progression prediction – New possibilities for the GEDI chip

Fredrik Thege chosen as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Med-into-Grad Scholar for 2012-2013

Fredrik Thege chosen as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Med-into-Grad Scholar for 2012-2013

ACS Graduate Student Symposium on Characterization of Algal Lipids

ACS Graduate Student Symposium on Characterization of Algal Lipids

Toward Better Healing After Heart Attack

Toward Better Healing After Heart Attack

Presentation: Dielectrophoresis-Enhanced Immunocapture of Prostate Cancer Cells

Presentation: Dielectrophoresis-Enhanced Immunocapture of Prostate Cancer Cells

Scientific American reports on blood tests for cancer

Scientific American reports on blood tests for cancer

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News: Demystifying circulating tumor cells

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News: Demystifying circulating tumor cells

Gordon Research Conference – Bioanalytical Sensors

Gordon Research Conference – Bioanalytical Sensors

Frontiers in Cancer Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, 2012: Isolation and characterization of circulating tumor cells in prostate cancer

Electrophoresis, 2012: Microfluidic transport in Microdevices for Rare Cell Capture

Electrophoresis, 2012: Microfluidic transport in Microdevices for Rare Cell Capture

Medical Device Daily: Cornell team develops GEDI to fight prostate cancer

Medical Device Daily: Cornell team develops GEDI to fight prostate cancer

Professor Kirby interviewed by WHCU’s Morning News Watch

Professor Kirby interviewed by WHCU’s Morning News Watch

The Force is with us: GEDI chip sorts prostate cancer cells

The Force is with us: GEDI chip sorts prostate cancer cells

86th ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium

86th ACS Colloids and Surface Science Symposium

Rouillard reports on mechanical regulation of fibroblasts

Rouillard reports on mechanical regulation of fibroblasts

Presentan en Nueva York avances para personalizar tratamientos contra cáncer

Presentan en Nueva York avances para personalizar tratamientos contra cáncer

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

Cornell CMM Young Investigators Award

Cornell CMM Young Investigators Award

Functional Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells

Functional Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells

New publication: Functional Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells with a Prostate-Cancer-Specific Microfluidic Device

New publication: Functional Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells with a Prostate-Cancer-Specific Microfluidic Device

243rd ACS National Meeting

243rd ACS National Meeting

Lannin wins NSF fellowship

Lannin wins NSF fellowship

Pratt wins Center for Microenvironment and Metastasis Young Investigator Award

Pratt wins Center for Microenvironment and Metastasis Young Investigator Award

Alex Barbati passes PhD candidacy exam

Alex Barbati passes PhD candidacy exam

Interstitial flow and tumor cell migration

Interstitial flow and tumor cell migration

New Publication: Immunocapture of prostate cancer cells by use of anti-PSMA antibodies in microdevices

New Publication: Immunocapture of prostate cancer cells by use of anti-PSMA antibodies in microdevices

New grant to study pancreatic cancer

New grant to study pancreatic cancer

New publication: Micro-total analysis system for virus detection: microfluidic pre-concentration coupled to liposome-based detection

New publication: Micro-total analysis system for virus detection: microfluidic pre-concentration coupled to liposome-based detection

Smith wins Poster Merit Award at 2010 GRC on Microfluidics

Smith wins Poster Merit Award at 2010 GRC on Microfluidics

Polacheck reports on cancer cell migration in PNAS

Polacheck reports on cancer cell migration in PNAS

Barbati to chair international Gordon Research Seminar on Microfluidics

Barbati to chair international Gordon Research Seminar on Microfluidics

Announcing the 2011 Microfluidics GRC

Announcing the 2011 Microfluidics GRC

New publication: Integrated microfluidic preconcentrator and immunobiosensor

New publication: Integrated microfluidic preconcentrator and immunobiosensor

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2011: Integrated microfluidic preconcentrator and immunobiosensor

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2011: Integrated microfluidic preconcentrator and immunobiosensor

New publication: Ambient pressure effects on the electrokinetic potential of Zeonor–water interfaces

New publication: Ambient pressure effects on the electrokinetic potential of Zeonor–water interfaces

Kirbylab receives grant for genetic analysis of circulating tumor cells

Kirbylab receives grant for genetic analysis of circulating tumor cells

Multi-institutional team chosen to probe cytoskeletal architecture in CTCs

Multi-institutional team chosen to probe cytoskeletal architecture in CTCs

New publication: Automated Dielectrophoretic Characterization of Mycobacterium smegmatis

New publication: Automated Dielectrophoretic Characterization of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Pratt and Huang report on rare cell capture in microfluidic devices

Pratt and Huang report on rare cell capture in microfluidic devices

Kondapalli defends Ph.D. thesis

Kondapalli defends Ph.D. thesis

New publication: Stiffness of photocrosslinked RGD-alginate gels regulates adipose progenitor cell behavior

New publication: Stiffness of photocrosslinked RGD-alginate gels regulates adipose progenitor cell behavior

Rouillard reports on high-viability photocrosslinked alginate

Rouillard reports on high-viability photocrosslinked alginate

Tissue Engineering C, 2011: Methods for photocrosslinking alginate hydrogel scaffolds with high cell viability

Tandon defends thesis: TRANSIENT ELECTROKINETIC PHENOMENA IN HYDROPHOBIC MICROFLUIDIC SUBSTRATES

Tandon defends thesis: TRANSIENT ELECTROKINETIC PHENOMENA IN HYDROPHOBIC MICROFLUIDIC SUBSTRATES

Kirby to present at CTC Meeting in San Francisco

Kirby to present at CTC Meeting in San Francisco

Kirby to present at Lorentz CTC workshop

Kirby to present at Lorentz CTC workshop

Smith wins Best Poster Award at the 2010 ASME-IMECE

Smith wins Best Poster Award at the 2010 ASME-IMECE

Hawkins reports on electrothermal flow in dielectrophoresis devices

Hawkins reports on electrothermal flow in dielectrophoresis devices

New publication: Electrothermal flow effects in insulating (electrodeless) dielectrophoresis systems

New publication: Electrothermal flow effects in insulating (electrodeless) dielectrophoresis systems

New publication: Methods for Photocrosslinking Alginate Hydrogel Scaffolds with High Cell Viability

New publication: Methods for Photocrosslinking Alginate Hydrogel Scaffolds with High Cell Viability

Hawkins defends Ph.D. thesis enttled CHARACTERIZATION AND DESIGN OF INSULATOR-BASED DIELECTROPHORESIS DEVICES FOR CONTINUOUS-FLOW PARTICLE ENRICHMENT AND AUTOMATED ELECTRODE-BASED DIELECTROPHORETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS

Hawkins defends Ph.D. thesis enttled CHARACTERIZATION AND DESIGN OF INSULATOR-BASED DIELECTROPHORESIS DEVICES FOR CONTINUOUS-FLOW PARTICLE ENRICHMENT AND AUTOMATED ELECTRODE-BASED DIELECTROPHORETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS

New publication: Rare cell capture in microfluidic devices

New publication: Rare cell capture in microfluidic devices

Kirbylab to present on circulating tumor cell capture and DEP at BMES 2010

Kirbylab to present on circulating tumor cell capture and DEP at BMES 2010

Kirbylab to present five abstracts at MicroTAS ’10 in Groningen

Kirbylab to present five abstracts at MicroTAS ’10 in Groningen

Smith chosen for ASME-IMECE 2010 student poster session

Smith chosen for ASME-IMECE 2010 student poster session

Electrophoresis,2010: Electrothermal flow effects in insulating (electrodeless) dielectrophoresis systems

Nelson reports MALDI-MS on EWOD devices

Nelson reports MALDI-MS on EWOD devices

Micro- and Nanofluidics Textbook now available

Micro- and Nanofluidics Textbook now available

New publication: Control of the Electromechanical Properties of Alginate Hydrogels via Ionic and Covalent Cross-Linking and Microparticle Doping

New publication: Control of the Electromechanical Properties of Alginate Hydrogels via Ionic and Covalent Cross-Linking and Microparticle Doping

Kirbylab to present on electrothermal flow and particle transport at AIChE

Kirbylab to present on electrothermal flow and particle transport at AIChE

Kirby to speak at Bioanalytical Sensor Gordon Research Conference

Kirby to speak at Bioanalytical Sensor Gordon Research Conference

Smith presents particle collision dynamics simulations at the 10th NY Complex Matter Workshop

Smith presents particle collision dynamics simulations at the 10th NY Complex Matter Workshop

Control of the Electromechanical Properties of Alginate Hydrogels via Ionic and Covalent Cross-Linking and Microparticle Doping

Santana appointed GK-12 fellow

Santana appointed GK-12 fellow

Bono wins NDSEG fellowship

Bono wins NDSEG fellowship

Bono, Huang, Santana, and Smith receive NSF awards

Bono, Huang, Santana, and Smith receive NSF awards

Vishal Tandon and Walter Peck bring microfluidics into the classroom

Vishal Tandon and Walter Peck bring microfluidics into the classroom

Gleghorn reports on circulating tumor cell capture in GEDI microdevices

Gleghorn reports on circulating tumor cell capture in GEDI microdevices

Lab on a Chip, 2010: Capture of circulating tumor cells from whole blood of prostate cancer patients using geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture (GEDI) and a prostate-specific antibody

Lab on a Chip, 2010: Capture of circulating tumor cells from whole blood of prostate cancer patients using geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture (GEDI) and a prostate-specific antibody

Kirby to speak at Berkeley Nanosci. and Nanoeng. Institute 4 Dec 2009

Kirby to speak at Berkeley Nanosci. and Nanoeng. Institute 4 Dec 2009

New publication: Capture of circulating tumor cells from whole blood of prostate cancer patients using geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture (GEDI) and a prostate-specific antibody

New publication: Capture of circulating tumor cells from whole blood of prostate cancer patients using geometrically enhanced differential immunocapture (GEDI) and a prostate-specific antibody

Kirby to speak at Stanford Mechanical Engineering Dept 3 Dec 2009

Kirby to speak at Stanford Mechanical Engineering Dept 3 Dec 2009

New publication: Dielectrophoresis for cell and particle manipulations

New publication: Dielectrophoresis for cell and particle manipulations

Cornell wins $13M NIH Cancer center

Cornell wins $13M NIH Cancer center

Christiansen and Berglund win undergraduate research awards

Christiansen and Berglund win undergraduate research awards

Five abstracts to be presented at uTAS in Jeju, Korea

Five abstracts to be presented at uTAS in Jeju, Korea

Hawkins to present at BMES

Hawkins to present at BMES

Kirby to speak at Univ. Texas

Kirby to speak at Univ. Texas

New publication: Transient ζ-potential measurements in hydrophobic, TOPAS microfluidic substrates

New publication: Transient ζ-potential measurements in hydrophobic, TOPAS microfluidic substrates

Kondapalli reports on measurements of protein folding in microdevices

Kondapalli reports on measurements of protein folding in microdevices

Microfluidics Gordon Conference scheduled for Il Ciocco, July 2009

Microfluidics Gordon Conference scheduled for Il Ciocco, July 2009

Materials Today, 2009: Nanofluidics

Book review: Nanofluidics: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Joshua Edel and Andrew J. deMello

Book review: Nanofluidics: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Joshua Edel and Andrew J. deMello

Tandon appointed 2009 GK-12 Fellow in Biomedical Engineering

Tandon appointed 2009 GK-12 Fellow in Biomedical Engineering

Pratt, Huang, and Barbati win NSF awards

Pratt, Huang, and Barbati win NSF awards

Hawkins to speak at CFDS seminar 19 May

Hawkins to speak at CFDS seminar 19 May

Christiansen wins undergraduate research funding

Christiansen wins undergraduate research funding

Tandon to speak at CFDS seminar 14 April

Tandon to speak at CFDS seminar 14 April

Electrophoresis, 2009: Transient zeta-potential measurements in hydrophobic, TOPAS microfluidic substrates

Windt wins Knight Fellowship

Windt wins Knight Fellowship

Cornell team wins Prostate Cancer Foundation creativity award

Cornell team wins Prostate Cancer Foundation creativity award

Vishal Tandon completes admission to PhD candidacy

Vishal Tandon completes admission to PhD candidacy

Kirbylab website gets one millionth hit

Kirbylab website gets one millionth hit

Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 2009: Refolding of beta-galactosidase: microfluidic device for reagent metering and mixing and quantification of refolding yield

New publication: Refolding of β-galactosidase: microfluidic device for reagent metering and mixing and quantification of refolding yield

New publication: Refolding of β-galactosidase: microfluidic device for reagent metering and mixing and quantification of refolding yield

Yang receives undergraduate research funding

Yang receives undergraduate research funding

Methods In Bioengineering: Biomicrofabrication and Biomicrofluidics, 2009: Dielectrophoresis for Cell and Particle Manipulations

Kirby to speak at Carnegie-Mellon

Kirby to speak at Carnegie-Mellon

Sowmya Kondapalli passes PhD candidacy exam: Development of microfluidic devices for biopharmaceutical production and biotoxin detection

Sowmya Kondapalli passes PhD candidacy exam: Development of microfluidic devices for biopharmaceutical production and biotoxin detection

Kirby to present at NBTC annual symposium

Kirby to present at NBTC annual symposium

Pratt, Hawkins, Tandon, and Barbati to present at BMES retreat

Pratt, Hawkins, Tandon, and Barbati to present at BMES retreat

Kirby wins Tucker Excellence in Teaching Award

Kirby wins Tucker Excellence in Teaching Award

Kirby selected for 2008 NAE Frontiers in Engineering Symposium

Kirby selected for 2008 NAE Frontiers in Engineering Symposium

Kirby to speak at joint ISB/ISCH meeting

Kirby to speak at joint ISB/ISCH meeting

Rouillard wins American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Rouillard wins American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship

Cornell team uses microfluidic technology to study prostate cancer

Cornell team uses microfluidic technology to study prostate cancer

Yang and Lee win summer research funding

Yang and Lee win summer research funding

Nelson, Rouillard, and Polacheck win NSF awards

Nelson, Rouillard, and Polacheck win NSF awards

Kirby to speak at Drexel, Temple

Kirby to speak at Drexel, Temple

Kirbylab undergrads win research funding

Kirbylab undergrads win research funding

New publication: Zeta potential and electroosmotic mobility in microfluidic devices fabricated from hydrophobic polymers: 2. Slip and interfacial water structure

New publication: Zeta potential and electroosmotic mobility in microfluidic devices fabricated from hydrophobic polymers: 2. Slip and interfacial water structure

New publication: Zeta potential and electroosmotic mobility in microfluidic devices fabricated from hydrophobic polymers: 1. The origins of charge

New publication: Zeta potential and electroosmotic mobility in microfluidic devices fabricated from hydrophobic polymers: 1. The origins of charge

Kirby to speak at University of Rochester

Kirby to speak at University of Rochester

Ben Hawkins completes admission to PhD candidacy

Ben Hawkins completes admission to PhD candidacy

Kirbylab receives grant to study electrokinetics of hydrophobic interfaces

Kirbylab receives grant to study electrokinetics of hydrophobic interfaces

Cornell researchers establish collaborative research agreement with EPA

Cornell researchers establish collaborative research agreement with EPA

Kirby to speak at Univ of Illinois

Kirby to speak at Univ of Illinois

Electrophoresis, 2008: Zeta potential and electroosmotic mobility in microfluidic devices fabricated from hydrophobic polymers: 2. Slip and interfacial water structure

Electrophoresis, 2008: Zeta potential and electroosmotic mobility in microfluidic devices fabricated from hydrophobic polymers: 1. The origins of charge

New publication: Microfluidic devices for terahertz spectroscopy of biomolecules

New publication: Microfluidic devices for terahertz spectroscopy of biomolecules

Optics Express, 2008: Microfluidic devices for terahertz spectroscopy of biomolecules

Kirbylab web page gets 500,000th hit

Kirbylab web page gets 500,000th hit

OHSU and Cornell to develop microdevices to study axonal development

OHSU and Cornell to develop microdevices to study axonal development

Kirby receives Presidential award in White House ceremony

Kirby receives Presidential award in White House ceremony

Kirby to speak at PepTalk 2008

Kirby to speak at PepTalk 2008

Kondapalli, Tandon, and Hawkins to present at AIChE

Kondapalli, Tandon, and Hawkins to present at AIChE

Windt, Lee, and Polacheck win undergraduate research funding

Windt, Lee, and Polacheck win undergraduate research funding

Bhagavatula wins award at Cornell Engineering Research Showcase

Bhagavatula wins award at Cornell Engineering Research Showcase

Hawkins to present electrokinetic transport work at ECS

Hawkins to present electrokinetic transport work at ECS

Kirby Lab to present five abstracts at MicroTAS

Kirby Lab to present five abstracts at MicroTAS

New publication: Continuous-Flow Particle Separation by 3D Insulative Dielectrophoresis Using Coherently Shaped, dc-Biased, ac Electric Fields

New publication: Continuous-Flow Particle Separation by 3D Insulative Dielectrophoresis Using Coherently Shaped, dc-Biased, ac Electric Fields

Analytical Chemistry, 2007: Continuous-Flow Particle Separation by 3D Insulative Dielectrophoresis Using Coherently Shaped, DC-Biased, AC Electric Fields

Tissue scaffold transport and cell screening to be presented at BMES

Tissue scaffold transport and cell screening to be presented at BMES

Kirbylab to microfluidically address photonic bandgap fibers

Kirbylab to microfluidically address photonic bandgap fibers

Cornell team to engineer novel cartilage tissue scaffolds

Cornell team to engineer novel cartilage tissue scaffolds

Tandon, Kondapalli, Rouillard, and Hawkins to present at NYCMW

Tandon, Kondapalli, Rouillard, and Hawkins to present at NYCMW

Kirbylab to investigate nanofluidics at hydrophobic interfaces

Kirbylab to investigate nanofluidics at hydrophobic interfaces

Bhagavatula wins Intel funding to study interfacial electrokinetics

Bhagavatula wins Intel funding to study interfacial electrokinetics

Kirby to speak at University of Toronto

Kirby to speak at University of Toronto

Kirby to speak at Lafayette Bioengineering and Biomedicine Symposium

Kirby to speak at Lafayette Bioengineering and Biomedicine Symposium

Hawkins wins NSF fellowship to develop dielectrophoretic cell screens

Hawkins wins NSF fellowship to develop dielectrophoretic cell screens

Kirby speaks in Biological and Environmental seminar series

Kirby speaks in Biological and Environmental seminar series

Kirby speaks at Textiles and Apparel seminar series

Kirby speaks at Textiles and Apparel seminar series

Rouillard receives UG research funding for chondrocyte mechanotransduction

Rouillard receives UG research funding for chondrocyte mechanotransduction

Zeke Smith successfully defends MS Thesis

Zeke Smith successfully defends MS Thesis

Zeke Smith successfully defends MS Thesis

Zeke Smith successfully defends MS Thesis

DEP sorting of particles to be presented at NY Complex Matter Workshop

DEP sorting of particles to be presented at NY Complex Matter Workshop

Analytical Chemistry reports on nanofluidics

Analytical Chemistry reports on nanofluidics

Dielectrophoretic sorting of particles to be presented at AIChE

Dielectrophoretic sorting of particles to be presented at AIChE

Bhagavatula, Rouillard, and Sharma receive undergraduate research funding

Bhagavatula, Rouillard, and Sharma receive undergraduate research funding

Smith receives best poster award at Cornell NanoScale Facility Annual Meeting

Smith receives best poster award at Cornell NanoScale Facility Annual Meeting

Physical Review Letters, 2006: Low-Light-Level Optical Interactions with Rubidium Vapor in a Photonic Band-Gap Fiber

New publication: Low-Light-Level Optical Interactions with Rubidium Vapor in a Photonic Band-Gap Fiber

New publication: Low-Light-Level Optical Interactions with Rubidium Vapor in a Photonic Band-Gap Fiber

Kirby presents at NY Complex Matter Workshop

Kirby presents at NY Complex Matter Workshop

Cornell receives top ranks in nanotechnology

Cornell receives top ranks in nanotechnology

Ghosh presents photonic bandgap fiber work at CLEO/QELS

Ghosh presents photonic bandgap fiber work at CLEO/QELS

Ghosh presents coherent nonlinear interaction work at APS DAMOP

Ghosh presents coherent nonlinear interaction work at APS DAMOP

Syed, Hawkins, and Nelson receive NSF Honorable Mentions

Syed, Hawkins, and Nelson receive NSF Honorable Mentions

Kirby speaks at Sandia National Labs

Kirby speaks at Sandia National Labs

Nelson receives Intel undergraduate research funding

Nelson receives Intel undergraduate research funding

Kirby speaks at Penn

Kirby speaks at Penn

Analytical Chemistry reports on fouling in microfluidic devices

Analytical Chemistry reports on fouling in microfluidic devices

Kirby speaks at Nanobiotechnology Center

Kirby speaks at Nanobiotechnology Center

Electrophoresis, 2005: The zeta potential of cyclo-olefin polymer microchannels and its effects on insulative (electrodeless) dielectrophoresis particle trapping devices

Electrophoresis, 2005: The zeta potential of cyclo-olefin polymer microchannels and its effects on insulative (electrodeless) dielectrophoresis particle trapping devices

Kirby speaks at TU Denmark

Kirby speaks at TU Denmark

Kirby speaks at Cornell Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series

Kirby speaks at Cornell Fluid Dynamics Seminar Series

Nelson receives Lockheed Martin Undergraduate Research Funding

Nelson receives Lockheed Martin Undergraduate Research Funding

Analytical Chemistry, 2005: Microchip HPLC of peptides and proteins

Micro/Nanofluidics Lab enters into agreement with Sandia National Labs

Micro/Nanofluidics Lab enters into agreement with Sandia National Labs

Nelson receives LIFE Undergraduate Research Award

Nelson receives LIFE Undergraduate Research Award

Kirby Wins J.D. Watson Young Investigator Award

Kirby Wins J.D. Watson Young Investigator Award

Kirby presents at APS meeting

Kirby presents at APS meeting

Kirby presents at AIChE conference

Kirby presents at AIChE conference

Reichmuth, Song present at MicroTAS meeting

Reichmuth, Song present at MicroTAS meeting

Analytical Chemistry, 2004: On-Chip High-Pressure Picoliter Injector for Pressure-Driven Flow through Porous Media

Analytical Chemistry, 2004: Electrophoretic Concentration of Proteins at Laser-Patterned Nanoporous Membranes in Microchips

Analytical Chemistry, 2004: Microchip Dialysis of Proteins Using in Situ Photopatterned Nanoporous Polymer Membranes

Electrophoresis, 2004: Zeta potential of microfluidic substrates: 1. Theory, experimental techniques, and effects on separations

Electrophoresis, 2004: Zeta potential of microfluidic substrates: 2. Data for polymers

Kirby, Shepodd, Reichmuth Win R&D 100 Award

Kirby, Shepodd, Reichmuth Win R&D 100 Award

Sensors and Actuators B, 2003: Increasing the Performance of High-Pressure, High-Efficiency Electrokinetic Micropumps Using Zwitterionic Solute Additives

Lab on a Chip, 2003: Programmable Modification of Cell Adhesion and Zeta Potential in Silica Microchips

Applied Optics, 2002: Linear excitation schemes for IR PLIF imaging of CO and CO2

Applied Optics, 2001: CO2 imaging with saturated planar laser-induced vibrational fluorescence

Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2000: Imaging of CO and CO2 using infrared planar laser-induced fluorescence

Applied Physics B, 1999: Planar laser-induced fluorescence imaging of carbon monoxide using vibrational (infrared) transitions

Applied Optics, 1998: Measurements and modeling of acetone laser-induced fluorescence with implications for temperature-imaging diagnostics

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 1997: Effects of heater surface orientation on the critical heat flux–I. An experimental evaluation of models for subcooled pool boiling