Opportunities for microfluidic technologies in synthetic biology.
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.
Gulati
Shelly
S
Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Rouilly
Vincent
V
Niu
Xize
X
Chappell
James
J
Kitney
Richard I
RI
Edel
Joshua B
JB
Freemont
Paul S
PS
deMello
Andrew J
AJ
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
D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D012321:DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases