magnetic beads – TechConnect Briefs

Microfluidic Valve-Controllable Magnetic Bead Receptacle: A Novel Platform for DNA Sequencing

Esfandyarpour H., Davis R.W., Stanford Genome Technology Center, US

In this paper, a novel and effective microfluidic platform for DNA Sequencing, particularly for sequencing-by-synthesis methods such as Pyrosequencing, based on valve-controllable PDMS channel system contains micrometer magnetic beads . Additionally, the proposed picoliter micofluidic [...]

Surface modification and characterization of a cyclic olefin copolymer for magnetic bead-based stop-flow microfluidic ELISA

Herrmann M., Veres T., Tabrizian M., McGill University, CA

This abstract describes a microfluidic platform for simple, highly effective and parallel Enzyme Linked Immuno-Sorbent Assay (ELISA). The method is based on the use of magnetic micro-beads in order to increase the capture rate of [...]

A Molecular Motor that Links the Biological and Silicon Worlds

Robinson T., Blundell A., Dutta C.F., Firman K., University of Portsmouth, UK

The EcoR124I restriction endonuclease is also a biological molecular motor. It is able to attach to DNA at a specific location and then translocate the rest of the DNA molecule through the bound complex. Therefore, [...]