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Microfluidic device for the formation of optically excitable, three-dimensional, compartmentalized motor units
- Sebastien G. M. Uzel1,
- View ORCID ProfileRandall J. Platt2,3,
- Vidya Subramanian4,
- Taylor M. Pearl2,
- View ORCID ProfileChristopher J. Rowlands2,
- Vincent Chan1,
- Laurie A. Boyer4,
- Peter T. C. So1,2,5 and
- Roger D. Kamm1,2,5,*
- 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- 2Department of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- 3Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
- 4Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
- 5BioSystems and Micromechanics (BioSyM) IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore, Singapore.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: rdkamm{at}mit.edu
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Science Advances 03 Aug 2016:
Vol. 2, no. 8, e1501429
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501429
Vol. 2, no. 8, e1501429
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1501429
Sebastien G. M. Uzel
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Randall J. Platt
2Department of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
3Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
Vidya Subramanian
4Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Taylor M. Pearl
2Department of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Christopher J. Rowlands
2Department of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Vincent Chan
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Laurie A. Boyer
4Department of Biology, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Peter T. C. So
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
2Department of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
5BioSystems and Micromechanics (BioSyM) IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore, Singapore.
Roger D. Kamm
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
2Department of Biological Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
5BioSystems and Micromechanics (BioSyM) IRG, Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, Singapore, Singapore.