Congratulations to Shadi Karimi for her publication in Lab on Chip Journal. More information about the paper can be found in:
You can find more information in:
Shadi Karimi, Josep Farré-Lladós, Enrique Mir, Ginés Escolar and Jasmina Casals-Terré; Hemostasis-On-a-Chip: Impedance Spectroscopy Meets Microfluidics for Hemostasis Evaluation Micromachines 2019, 10(8), 534; https://doi.org/10.3390/mi10080534
MicroTech Lab welcomes Mr. Genis Rabost who will be working on "The microfluidics circuits for embbeded sensors in bio-wearables" in MicroTech Lab and Onalabs SL. This is an exciting project that will be developed in the Mechanical Engineering Department. The Phd Thesis will focuses on taking advantage of microfabrication and microdevices to collect and distribute sweat to different sensors in a wearable. 20-8-19
Professionals from sectors related to mobility, entrepreneurs and public workers have proposed solutions to the challenges of urban mobility, within the framework of the 'challenge' of the EIT Urban Mobility, organized by the UPC and the City Council of Barcelona on the 20th and May 21. 'BeHive', an underground system for storing merchandise, imitating bee hives, and promoting reuse of packaging, has been the winning project.
The idea is from Eva Español, Alejandro Cavazos and Jasmina Casals, PI at MicroTech lab from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the UPC. The team will visit the global EcoMotion event, to be held in Tel-Aviv from June 10 to 13, along with those selected in the other two challenges that were made in Tel-Aviv on April 29 and 30, and in Munich, May 6 and 7.
The paper:" Enhanced fully cellulose based forward and reverse blood typing assay" has been accepted in Journal of Biomedical Materials Research .
This study presents an enhanced paper-based analytical device (PAD) for forward and reverse group blood typing. The proposed PAD uses a novel methodology, which provides highly reliable results on a fully cellulose based device. The PAD was printed on different cellulose substrates. These substrates were made of different cellulose fibers (sisal and eucalyptus), different grammages, refining steps, and wet additive content. Best parameters were chosen to achieve high reliability on both forward and reverse blood typing. The substrates were patterned with five hydrophilic channels and two hydrophobic areas. For reverse blood typing, the hemoagglutination reaction took place on the hydrophobic surface of the paper before being transferred to the paper web, where together with the forward blood typing tests were all washed with saline solution to read the results by elution. This device allows direct read-out of results; the stains show were agglutination happens. Different blood types were in full agreement between the reverse and forward method and in agreement with traditional methods. The time and simplicity of this methodology confirmed its utility.
MicroTech Lab welcomes Mr. Enric Perarnau who will be working on "Future urban mobility purpose service-design vehicles" in MicroTech Lab and SEAT in the First Industrial PhD Thesis that will be developed in the Mechanical Engineering Department. The Phd Thesis will focuses on taking advantage of microfabrication and microdevices to enhance novel vehicles for future urban mobility. 12-3-19
We have received the new materials printer from FUJI FILM
The printer allows the development of applications for the materials printer include:
- Material and fluid development and evaluation
- Prototype and sample generation
- Fluid and substrate interactions evaluation
- Product development
- Optimization and evaluation of digital patterns
- Deposition of biological fluids including cell patterning, DNA arrays, proteomics
A novel type of spiral micromixer with expansion and contraction parts is presented in order to enhance the mixing quality in the low Reynolds number regimes for point-of-care tests (POCT). More information can be found in:
https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/9/11/552
The work done under the title: " Novel applications of nonwood cellulose for blood typing assays" has been accepted in
The Journal of Biomedical material Research: Part B applied biomaterials.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30281907
The doctoral students of Pouya Mehdrel and Shadi Karimi win the Prize from Terrassa Town Hall to the Research done in Terrassa.
http://terrassadigital.cat/lajuntament-estimula-la-recerca-en-el-campus-universitari-terrassenc/