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Transforming how we treat diseases with high precsision tissue solutions. We are developing advanced human cardiac drug screening models and tissue-based type 1 diabetes therapeutics. 👉 www.fluicell.com

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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 06/08/2026
New research from @ohsuknight.bsky.social in Biofabrication: a platform for mechanistic studies of microenvironment interactions in cancer development, constructed using Biopixlar single-cell bioprinting. The study demostrates the impact of cell density and spatial arrangement in early cancer.
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Engineering programmable tumor microenvironment interactions through single-cell bioprinting of spatially defined cell microarrays
Engineering programmable tumor microenvironment interactions through single-cell bioprinting of spatially defined cell microarrays, Helms, Haylie R, Bertassoni, Luiz E
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 06/08/2026
New research from @ohsuknight.bsky.social in Biofabrication: a platform for mechanistic studies of microenvironment interactions in cancer development, constructed using Biopixlar single-cell bioprinting. The study demostrates the impact of cell density and spatial arrangement in early cancer.
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Engineering programmable tumor microenvironment interactions through single-cell bioprinting of spatially defined cell microarrays
Engineering programmable tumor microenvironment interactions through single-cell bioprinting of spatially defined cell microarrays, Helms, Haylie R, Bertassoni, Luiz E
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 16/06/2026
What if you could recreate a patient's tumor cell by cell? In a just released preprint, Bertassoni and colleagues at @ohsuknight.bsky.social addresses this ultimate challenge in cancer research, opening up for completely new ways to study tumor development. 👉 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9...
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A Single-Cell Bioprinting Method to Reconstruct Native Cellular Microenvironments with Subcellular Resolution
Tissue development and function are determined by the spatial organization of individual cells and their interactions. Yet experimental platforms capable of reconstructing cellular organization with s...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 16/06/2026
What if you could recreate a patient's tumor cell by cell? In a just released preprint, Bertassoni and colleagues at @ohsuknight.bsky.social addresses this ultimate challenge in cancer research, opening up for completely new ways to study tumor development. 👉 www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-9...
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A Single-Cell Bioprinting Method to Reconstruct Native Cellular Microenvironments with Subcellular Resolution
Tissue development and function are determined by the spatial organization of individual cells and their interactions. Yet experimental platforms capable of reconstructing cellular organization with s...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 04/02/2026
Today on the World Cancer Day, we are highlighting the work of our partner Ambusol. Meet Ambusol's CEO Maximilian Telander and learn about their ambition to create new high precision therapeutics targeting gliblastoma. 👉 www.fluicell.com/news/changin...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 27/01/2026
The Cantu-syndrom H60Y mutation in the SUR2 subunit of ATP-sensitive potassium channels results in gain of function only when paired with Kir6.1. New Dynaflow publication in Journal of Biological Chemistry. 👉 www.jbc.org/article/S002... @asbmbjournals.bsky.social #science #patchclamp #ionchannels
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Cantu syndrome–associated SUR2[H60Y] mutation confers selective gain of function on Kir6.1 ATP-sensitive potassium channels
Gain-of-function (GOF) mutations in either Kir6.1 (encoded by KCNJ8) or SUR2 (encoded by ABCC9) are causally associated with Cantu syndrome (CS), characterized by coarse facial appearance, hypertricho...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 15/12/2025
Big congratulations to Raquel Conde Holtzmann on receiving Second Prize in the ESPCI Alumni Internship Awards for her work with us on developing high throughput microfluidic cardiac screening platforms. It was a joy having you on our team and we are excited to follow you on your future journey.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 04/12/2025
We installed a Biopixlar bioprinting system at @crick.ac.uk this week. Big thanks to amazing team at Making Lab for the smooth setup and warm welcome. Getting to see your facilities firsthand and hear about your research has been truly inspiring.
Two researchers using a Biopixlar bioprinting system. Both researchers are looking at a computer monitor showing a microscopic view of cells being dispensed on a surface, while one of them uses a gamepad to control the instrument.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 13/11/2025
How can tissue engineering and biofabrication technologies advance cancer research? In a new review, Bertassoni and coworker explore how early cancer models facilitate a transition from treating to intercepting disease.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 21/10/2025
In recognition of the breast cancer awareness month, we are highlighting research that pave the way for new breast cancer treatments. Here, Trkulja et al present a method for designing antibodies for undruggable targets such as KRAS, whihch is implicated in TNBC. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Rational antibody design for undruggable targets using kinetically controlled biomolecular probes
This newly developed biological probes/proteomics method yields functional antibodies targeting previously undruggable targets.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 25/09/2025
“Some of my proudest moments as a researcher have been when I have been able to solve problems by going back to my notes to figure out the cause.” 👋 Meet Anton Rydberg and find out how applying a scientific mindset has value in both research and training. 🔗 www.fluicell.com/people/anton...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 18/09/2025
🧪 Want to combine bioprinitng and single-cell spatial transcriptomics? In a new paper in STAR Protocols, researchers at @ohsuknight.bsky.social present at method for spatial transcriptomics adapted for in vitro systems in 2D. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Protocol for single-cell spatial transcriptomic profiling of cultured cells and engineered tissues without embedding or sectioning
Spatial transcriptomics is a powerful tool for investigating how cellular composition and spatial relationships influence cell behavior. Here, we pres…
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 16/09/2025
🔬 Last week we had the great pleasure of opening a new part of our lab at Fluicell focused on extended tissue and cell culture studies. This new space further enhances our ability to analyze tissue development, cell function and cell survivability over time.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 16/09/2025
🔬 Last week we had the great pleasure of opening a new part of our lab at Fluicell focused on extended tissue and cell culture studies. This new space further enhances our ability to analyze tissue development, cell function and cell survivability over time.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 05/09/2025
👋Join us in welcoming Rosa Lacordaire and Charlotte Cany from @espciparispsl.bsky.social who are doing a research internship with us. Supporting young researchers is an important part of Fluicell’s commitment to building the future of life science, and we’re excited to follow their progress.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 02/09/2025
We are excited to announce that we are partnering with Ambusol to create groundbreaking new ways to treat cancer. Leveraging our microfluidic technology, we are developing a novel type of device for high precision drug delivery directly to the tumor. 🔗 www.fluicell.com/news/fluicel...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 22/08/2025
🚀 We are excited to announce that we have received funding from Breakthrough T1D for a collaboration to develop type 1 diabetes tissue therapeutics. The collaboration combines our Nexocyte platfom with unique stem cell material to build designer islets for type 1 diabetes treatment.
A parent kissing a child. The child is looking slightly upwards and smiles. Text below the picture reads "Fluicell receives Breakthrough T1D project funding".
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 22/08/2025
🚀 We are excited to announce that we have received funding from Breakthrough T1D for a collaboration to develop type 1 diabetes tissue therapeutics. The collaboration combines our Nexocyte platfom with unique stem cell material to build designer islets for type 1 diabetes treatment.
A parent kissing a child. The child is looking slightly upwards and smiles. Text below the picture reads "Fluicell receives Breakthrough T1D project funding".
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 24/06/2025
🧪 Researchers at @uofcalifornia.bsky.social have discovered new ways to selectively target specific voltage-gated sodium channels, affecting neuronal excitability. Their results can enable more precise ways to treat epilepsy and other neurological conditions. 🔗 www.fluicell.com/news/selecti...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 24/06/2025
🧪 Researchers at @uofcalifornia.bsky.social have discovered new ways to selectively target specific voltage-gated sodium channels, affecting neuronal excitability. Their results can enable more precise ways to treat epilepsy and other neurological conditions. 🔗 www.fluicell.com/news/selecti...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 28/04/2025
🧪Are you attending #AACR25? Make sure to check out the poster "Bioprinting 3D spatially resolved tumor avatars to mimic the native tumor microenvironment" presented by Haylie Helms of @ohsuknight.bsky.social (abstract nr LB161). 🔗 aacrjournals.org/cancerres/ar... #CancerResearch #Bioprinting
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Abstract LB161: Bioprinting 3D spatially resolved tumor avatars to mimic the native tumor microenvironment
Abstract. Engineered tumor avatars provide opportunities to identify mechanisms of cancer initiation, progression, and treatment resistance. We previously reported the development of a single-cell bio...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 10/04/2025
A stunning example of biological complexity and the important relationship between tissue microstructure and function
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 21/03/2025
Last week, the BIRDIE project organized a workshop to discuss how to bring in vitro research models from bench to business. You can now watch a recorded version of the workshop, giving you the chance to learn more about organ-on-chip standardization, bioethics and in vitro model commercialization
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BIRDIE From bench to business workshop
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 14/03/2025
We are excited to announce that our technology for generating three dimensional biological tissues has been granted a patent in the EU. The technology is the foundation for our tissue-based products for regenerative medicine and drug development targeting type 1-diabetes and cardiac disease.
Microscope image of a bioprinted organoid. The image is partly covered by a white donut shape. Black text against a yellow background reads "Fluicell tissue technology patent granted in the EU".
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 25/02/2025
Can light be a tool for labeling living cells? In a new study from researchers at @harvard.edu and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Sarah Innes-Gold et al. present a method for light-activated cell labeling with high precision. Read more on our website. 🔗 www.fluicell.com/news/scienti...
Microscope image showing cell fluorescently labeled in a crosshatch pattern. Text in the image reads "Publication spotlight: Tools for intersectional optical and chemical tagging on cell surfaces"
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 21/02/2025
Owe Orwar and team have created a biohybrid random access memory based on patch-clamped GABA receptors placed in an open volume microfluidic device, generating laminar agonist patterns. The receptors read and store the chemical input signals as state distribution. #JournalClub #Biohybrid #Dynaflow
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A Biohybrid Dynamic Random Access Memory
We report that GABAA receptors in a patch-clamped biological cell form a short-term memory circuit when integrated with a scanning-probe microfluidic device. Laminar patterns of receptor activators (a...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 14/02/2025
Resolving GPCR-kinetics is key for understanding how external stimuli is converted to cellular response. Using FRET, Carsten Hoffmann and team study how CXC chemokine receptor 4 ligands affect activation, revealing distinct mechanisms that reflect pharmacological properties. #JournalClub
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Kinetic Analysis of the Early Signaling Steps of the Human Chemokine Receptor CXCR4
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are biologic switches that transduce extracellular stimuli into intracellular responses in the cell. Temporally resolving GPCR transduction pathways is key to under...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 14/02/2025
Resolving GPCR-kinetics is key for understanding how external stimuli is converted to cellular response. Using FRET, Carsten Hoffmann and team study how CXC chemokine receptor 4 ligands affect activation, revealing distinct mechanisms that reflect pharmacological properties. #JournalClub
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Kinetic Analysis of the Early Signaling Steps of the Human Chemokine Receptor CXCR4
G protein–coupled receptors (GPCRs) are biologic switches that transduce extracellular stimuli into intracellular responses in the cell. Temporally resolving GPCR transduction pathways is key to under...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 13/02/2025
Great to see the diversity of approaches when it comes to addressing biofabrication challenges such as tissue resolution, scalability and functional control! We need a breadth of new technologies to fully realize the potential of biofabrication within therapeutics and drug development.
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WHO @who.int · 11/02/2025
Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Marie Curie, Physicist and chemist.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 07/02/2025
McKerrall has used structure- and ligand-based design principles to discover a new series of Nav 1.7 inhibitors. Through compound optimization, the researchers were able to select a highly potent and metabolically stable, subtype selective Nav1.7 inhibitor for further studies in vivo #JournalClub
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Structure- and Ligand-Based Discovery of Chromane Arylsulfonamide Nav1.7 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
Using structure- and ligand-based design principles, a novel series of piperidyl chromane arylsulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors was discovered. Early optimization focused on improvement of potency through...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 10/02/2025
🧪 On March 12, the BIRDIE consortium is gathering experts in organoids, organ-on-chip technology and kidney disease to discuss how andvanced in vitro models can transform drug development and biomedical research. 👉 birdieproject.eu/2025/02/07/f... #OrganOnChip #Science #Bioprinting #KidneyDisease
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 07/02/2025
McKerrall has used structure- and ligand-based design principles to discover a new series of Nav 1.7 inhibitors. Through compound optimization, the researchers were able to select a highly potent and metabolically stable, subtype selective Nav1.7 inhibitor for further studies in vivo #JournalClub
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Structure- and Ligand-Based Discovery of Chromane Arylsulfonamide Nav1.7 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Chronic Pain
Using structure- and ligand-based design principles, a novel series of piperidyl chromane arylsulfonamide Nav1.7 inhibitors was discovered. Early optimization focused on improvement of potency through...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 31/01/2025
Surface interactions likely played a key role in the emergence of the first living cells. Köksal et al. show that phospholipids deposited on Hadean Earth material analogs spontaneously form compartments that encapsulate DNA/RNA and enable non-enzymatic strand replacement reactions. #JournalClub
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Spontaneous Formation of Prebiotic Compartment Colonies on Hadean Earth and Pre‐Noachian Mars**
Autonomous formation of primitive cell-like compartment populations is observed on thin sections of early Earth minerals and a Martian meteorite specimen. Multilamellar lipid reservoirs undergo a ser...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 31/01/2025
Surface interactions likely played a key role in the emergence of the first living cells. Köksal et al. show that phospholipids deposited on Hadean Earth material analogs spontaneously form compartments that encapsulate DNA/RNA and enable non-enzymatic strand replacement reactions. #JournalClub
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Spontaneous Formation of Prebiotic Compartment Colonies on Hadean Earth and Pre‐Noachian Mars**
Autonomous formation of primitive cell-like compartment populations is observed on thin sections of early Earth minerals and a Martian meteorite specimen. Multilamellar lipid reservoirs undergo a ser...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 30/01/2025
Amazing achievement setting a clear path forward for future cell-based treatments of cardiac diseases.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 29/01/2025
Cardiovascular diseases are responsible for one third of all global deaths but represent only five percent of newly approved drugs. Using our human tissue technology, we are creating next-generation research solutions to transform the way we treat heart disease. 👉 www.fluicell.com/pipeline/hea...
Donut-shaped microscopy image of cardiac tissue against a light-grey background. Text on top of the image reads "human tissue solutions for cardiac health"
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 24/01/2025
Controlling the environment inside cells is a major challenge. Olofsson et al. have created a pore formation method for microfluidic single-cell solution exchange that makes it possible to initiate enzymatic reactions and to generate intracellular oscillations and gradients. #JournalClub #PatchClamp
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Direct Access and Control of the Intracellular Solution Environment in Single Cells
Methods that can control and vary the solution environment around single cells are abundant. In contrast, methods that offer direct access to the intracellular proteome and genome in single cells with...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 24/01/2025
Controlling the environment inside cells is a major challenge. Olofsson et al. have created a pore formation method for microfluidic single-cell solution exchange that makes it possible to initiate enzymatic reactions and to generate intracellular oscillations and gradients. #JournalClub #PatchClamp
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Direct Access and Control of the Intracellular Solution Environment in Single Cells
Methods that can control and vary the solution environment around single cells are abundant. In contrast, methods that offer direct access to the intracellular proteome and genome in single cells with...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 17/01/2025
When feeding, mosquitoes need to distinguish between blood and nectar. Jové et al. show that mosquitoes use specialized neurons, tuned to specific blood components to steer feeding behavior. The findings provide valuable insight for understanding vector-born disease transmission. #JournalClub
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Sensory Discrimination of Blood and Floral Nectar by Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
Jové et al. characterize specialized blood-feeding sensory neurons in female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and demonstrate that they encode the distinction between blood and floral nectar. Polymodal integr...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 17/01/2025
When feeding, mosquitoes need to distinguish between blood and nectar. Jové et al. show that mosquitoes use specialized neurons, tuned to specific blood components to steer feeding behavior. The findings provide valuable insight for understanding vector-born disease transmission. #JournalClub
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Sensory Discrimination of Blood and Floral Nectar by Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes
Jové et al. characterize specialized blood-feeding sensory neurons in female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes and demonstrate that they encode the distinction between blood and floral nectar. Polymodal integr...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 10/01/2025
Ion channels are central in many diseases but are challenging as drug targets. Using TRPV1 as an example, Trkulja et al. present a method based on limited proteolysis to identify functionally important regions, providing a means to target proteins that have been considered undruggable. #JournalClub
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Probing Structure and Function of Ion Channels Using Limited Proteolysis and Microfluidics
Even though gain, loss, or modulation of ion channel function is implicated in many diseases, both rare and common, the development of new pharmaceuticals targeting this class has been disappointing, ...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 09/01/2025
Bioelectronic integration creates exciting opportunities for innovation across areas such as biosensing and cell therapy. Check out this comprehensive review by @jrivnay.bsky.social et al. to learn more about the many possible future applications that this technology enables.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 06/12/2024
Compartmentalization is a core feature of living cells. In this paper, Köksal et al. show how lipid nanotubes facilitate spontaneous formation of membrane compartments. Their results reveal mechanisms that could have contributed to the evolution of life on earth. 🧪 #JournalClub #Microfluidics
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Nanotube-Mediated Path to Protocell Formation
Cellular compartments are membrane-enclosed, spatially distinct microenvironments that confine and protect biochemical reactions in the biological cell. On the early Earth, the autonomous formation of...
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 03/01/2025
Monitoring ion signals on the cell exterior is a major challenge in biosensing. Burgstaller et al. have developed a biosensor combining biotinylated cell surface tags with recombinant fluorescent probes, providing a versatile approach to measure cell processes non-invasively. #JournalClub #BioPen
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Immobilization of Recombinant Fluorescent Biosensors Permits Imaging of Extracellular Ion Signals
Given the importance of ion gradients and fluxes in biology, monitoring ions locally at the exterior of the plasma membrane of intact cells in a noninvasive manner is highly desirable but challenging....
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 02/01/2025
As many more stem cell therapies enter the clinic, the development within the field will be exciting to follow. We see great opportunities for cell therapy in areas such as diabetes and heart disease, but also many challenges that need to be addressed before they can reach their real potential.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 20/12/2024
Fluicell’s tissue products are enabled by our microfluidic bioprinting technology that makes is possible to build tissues with single-cell resolution, without bioink. In this paper, Jeffies et al. show the compatibility of the technique across a wide range of cell types. #JournalClub #Bioprinting
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3D micro-organisation printing of mammalian cells to generate biological tissues - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - 3D micro-organisation printing of mammalian cells to generate biological tissues
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 17/12/2024
💜 Tissue microarchitecture! Such and incredible achievement and what a fantastic resource for future research.
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 16/12/2024
Amazing resource for all scientists out there who sit on groundbreaking research data but struggle to express it visually!
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Fluicell @fluicell.com · 16/12/2024
🌟 This past Friday we said goodbye to our interns Claire and Rachel from ESPCI, Paris, with a not so traditional Lucia celebration. 🙌 It has been an absolute privilege and a great joy to have you on our team and we wish you the best of luck on your journey ahead.
Group picture with two persons in front dressed as Lucia, but with lab coats instead of white gowns.A person playing celloTwo persons dressed as Lucia, but with lab coats instead of white gowns, laughing.
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