title: Opportunities for microfluidic technologies in synthetic biology.
abstract: We introduce microfluidics technologies as a key foundational technology for synthetic biology experimentation. Recent advances in the field of microfluidics are reviewed and the potential of such a technological platform to support the rapid development of synthetic biology solutions is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Shelly
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gulati
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rouilly
authors.forename: Xize
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chappell
authors.forename: Richard I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Kitney
authors.forename: Joshua B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Edel
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Freemont
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: deMello
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases / Q000737:chemistry; D004867:Equipment Design; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005818:Genetic Engineering / Q000379:methods; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D046210:Microfluidic Analytical Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D044085:Microfluidics / Q000379:methods*; D008904:Miniaturization / Q000379:methods; D008954:Models, Biological; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D049490:Systems Biology / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases