The Micro Instruments and Systems Laboratory is a multidisciplinary research group dedicated to the realization of specialized microinstrumentation and microsystem assemblies.
The MISL group is currently involved in several advanced projects that cover a broad range of disciplines, and pulls from a wide array of resources across the University of Maine campus. Team members use the unique advantages of microfabrication and MEMS technologies to solve critical measurement issues in their respective research programs. This kind of diversity and resource access often yields novel and robust solutions to complex problems.
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Saturday, April 9th
Fluidic MicroChannel Arrays
Recent advances in combinatorial chemistry and genetic engineering have created an intensive demand to analyze large numbers but small amount of compounds quickly. To provide a solution, MISL lab presents the first generation prototype of a modular, microfabricated separation and detection microsystem capable of parallel chemical separation and analysis of analytes. The two primary modules of the microsystem are: 1) a capillary electrophoresis (CE) module for sample separation, and 2) an electrochemiluminescence (ECL) module for optical detection. Additionally, the two modules are equipped with fluidic multi-interconnections to interface the modules to each other and/or the external world. Detail of the device will soon be published in Biomedical Microdevices.
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