Category Archives: Publications

Adhesion Patterns in the Microvasculature are Dependent on Bifurcation Angle

Authors: Giuseppina Lamberti, Fariborz Soroush, Ashley Smith, Mohammad F. Kiani, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Kapil Pant Source: sciencedirect.com Microvascular Research, Volume 99, May 2015, Pages 19-25 Synopsis: Particle adhesion in vivo is…

Expanding Imaging Capabilities for Microfluidics: Applicability of Darkfield Internal Reflection Illumination (DIRI) to Observations in Microfluidics

Authors: Yoshihiro Kawano, Chino Otsuka, James Sanzo, Christopher Higgins, Tatsuo Nirei, Tobias Schilling, Takuji Ishikawa Source: journals.plos.org Published: March 6, 2015 Synopsis: Microfluidics is used increasingly for engineering and biomedical…

Synthetic Tumor Networks for Screening Drug Delivery Systems

Authors: Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Ming-Che Shen, Joseph B. Nichols, Charles J. Garson, Ivy R. Mills, Majed M. Matar, Jason G. Fewell, Kapil Pant Source: Journal of Controlled Release Received August 28,…

Bioinspired Microfluidic Assay for In Vitro Modeling of Leukocyte–Endothelium Interactions

Authors: Giuseppina Lamberti, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Charles Garson, Ashley Smith, Kapil Pant, Bin Wang, and Mohammad F. Kiani Source: pubs.acs.org Anal. Chem. 2014, 86, 16, 8344–8351. Publication Date: July 28, 2014…

Generation of Shear Adhesion Map Using SynVivo Synthetic Microvascular Networks

Authors: Ashley M. Smith, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Kapil Pant Source: jove.com doi: 10.3791/51025 Published: May 25, 2014 Synopsis: Cell/particle adhesion assays are critical to understanding the biochemical interactions involved in disease…

Adhesive Interaction of Functionalized Particles and Endothelium in Idealized Microvascular Networks

Authors: Giuseppin Lamberti, Yuan Tang, B. Prabhakarpandian, Yi Wang, Kapil Pant, Mohammad F. Kiani, Bin Wang Source: sciencedirect.com Microvascular Research Volume 89, September 2013 Synopsis: Leukocytes play a key role…

Using Shape Effects to Target Antibody-Coated Nanoparticles to Lung and Brain Endothelium

Authors: Poornima Kolhar, Aaron C. Anselmo, Vivek Gupta, Kapil Pant, Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Erkki Ruoslahti, and Samir Mitragotri Source: pnas.org PNAS June 25, 2013 110 (26) 10753-10758 Synopsis: Vascular endothelium offers…

SyM-BBB: a Microfluidic Blood Brain Barrier Model

Authors: Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Ming-Che Shen, Joseph B. Nichols, Ivy R. Mills, Marta Sidoryk-Wegrzynowicz, Michael Aschnerbcd and Kapil Panta Source: pubs.rsc.org Submitted Oct 31, 2012. Accepted Dec 18, 2012. First published…

Microfluidic Devices for Modeling Cell–Cell and Particle–Cell Interactions in the Microvasculature

Authors: Balabhaskar Prabhakarpandian, Ming-Che Shen, Kapil Pant, Mohammad F. Kiani Source: sciencedirect.com Microvascular Research Volume 82, Issue 3, November 2011 Synopsis: Cell–fluid and cell–cell interactions are critical components of many…

Bifurcations: Focal Points of Particle Adhesion in Microvascular Networks

Authors: Prabhakarpandian, Wang, Rea‐Ramsey, Sundaram, Kiani, and Pant Source: onlinelibrary.wiley.com First published: March 19, 2011 Synopsis: Particle adhesion in vivo is dependent on the microcirculation environment, which features unique anatomical (bifurcations,…