Principal Investigator Anthony Sinskey
The most interdisciplinary and important project right now focuses on the development of micro-bioreactors for rapid high throughput screening technologies for microbial and mammalian cells. These novel systems are equipped with on-line measurements for optical density (OD), dissolved oxygen (DO) and pH. Cultures of bacteria, yeast and eukaryotic cells have potential applications in the pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries, and the microbioreactor platforms may enable the discovery and production of valuable therapeutics and other commercial products. This project involves a collaboration of chemical engineers, electrical engineers, surface chemists and microfabricators.