On-chip Injection System for C. elegans

About

Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is widely used as model organism. Micro-chip device is used for individual analysis of C. elegans with precise manipulation. In our research, we are mainly studying on an on-chip injection into C. elegans.

Publications

  • J. Jung, M. Nakajima, M. Takeuchi, Q. Huang, T. Fukuda: "A microfluidic device with multi valves system to enable simultaneous several exposure tests on Caenorhabditis elegans", Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineerin, Vol. 24, 035012 (12pp), 2014.
  • J. Jung, M. Nakajima, H. Tajima, T. Fukuda: "Microfluidic device for the continuous culture and analysis of Caenorhabditis elegans in a toxic aqueous environment", Journal of Micromechatronics and Microengineering, Vol. 23, 85008 (8pp), 2013.