Lab-On-Chip for Molecular Diagnostic
Mentors A Project Description The Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) team in the Business Innovation Center (BIC) at the Photonics Center provides a case study in how ADI executes intrapreneurship with their Analog Garage model. Now known as NTDHC, the team is focused on developing the next generation of Biosensor platform-on-chip for diagnostics and therapeutics. To […]
Multi-Electrode Chip Prototype for Electrochemical Biosensing
Mentors Project Description StataDX is a medical diagnostics company focused on providing patient-centric technologies to enable earlier diagnosis of neurological conditions and support individualized therapeutic strategies for patients suffering from neurodegenerative diseases. Our digitally-enabled, handheld device bridges the gap between multiple-biomarker strategies—that are more optimistic with complex, multifactorial diseases/conditions—and their implementation as a part of […]
Optimizing a 2D Culture Device for Characterization of iPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes
Mentors Project Description Cardiomyocyte (CM) culture is a useful platform to model cardiac biology and disease. However, iPSC-derived CMs in 2D often have heterogeneous characteristics both within and between differentiations. This is, in part, due to the relatively immature state of these cells. Most notably, these cells lack uniform and aligned sarcomere structures. Using microfabrication […]
Raman Spectroscopic Diagnostics of Intervertebral Disk Degeneration
Mentors Project Description The intervertebral disk (IVD) is a specialized connective tissue situated in between adjacent vertebrae to function as a cushion-like shock absorber. The composition and structure of the IVD is optimized for its mechanical performance, consisting of an inner proteoglycan-rich nucleus pulposus (NP), which pressurizes in response to mechanical compressive loading, and an […]
Automating and Integrating Additive Manufacturing of Nanoengineered Materials
Mentors Project Description The Additive Assembly Lab at Boston University 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. Current projects in the group employ different additive manufacturing techniques to pattern various nano-engineered materials, such as highly heterogeneous […]