Fluorescent Imaging Prototype for Paper-based Diagnostics
Mentors Project Description Jana Care is a medical diagnostics company pushing to improve health outcomes for people living with chronic diseases around the world. Our unique approach leverages an affordable, connected ecosystem that can perform key blood tests and provide actionable lifestyle feedback to empower patients and healthcare providers. We develop new diagnostic tests, that […]
Nanoparticle Composite Inks for 4D Printing Shape Shifting Structures
Mentors Project Description The Additive Assembly Lab (AAL) focuses on understanding and harnessing the relationships between materials synthesis, assembly process, and multi-scale architecture in additive manufacturing (AM) to create new functional materials and devices. Development in AM techniques are rapidly growing where 4D printing multifunctional architectures provides numerous potential applications in diverse areas including deployable […]
Microfluidic Biosensor for Monitoring Cilia Formation on Renal Proximal Tubule Epithelium
Mentors Project Description The renal proximal tubule is a segment of the kidney’s nephron that actively carries out endocrine and regulatory functions, most notably filtration. The proximal tubule also serves as the primary site of local interstitial accumulation of drugs within the kidney. Nephrotoxicity induced by this accumulation, as well as kidney injury, typically account […]