{"56423":{"#nid":"56423","#data":{"type":"news","title":"An On-chip Operation - Hang Lu\\\u0027s Research Highlighted in RSC.org","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0022An On-chip Operation\u0022\u003C\/strong\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ERSC.org - US scientists have speeded up worm microsurgery to improve our understanding of animal behaviour.  Hang Lu and Kwanghun Chung from the Georgia Institute of Technology designed a high throughput microfluidic system that can handle and operate on a worm known as Caenorhabditis elegans.  Lu and Chung\u0027s device has two sets of worm-loading channels that operate at the same time. Worms enter and exit at one set, while imaging and laser ablation are performed at the other.  . . Lu and Chung say they will use this type of system for many applications in development and behavioural neuroscience in model organisms. \u0027The challenge is to make these microfluidic chips and the off-chip components even easier to use such that the technology can be popularised and make an impact in biological and medical research,\u0027 Lu comments. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.rsc.org\/Publishing\/ChemTech\/Volume\/2009\/10\/onchip_operation.asp\u0027\u003EFull article\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0027http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/lu\u0027\u003EHang Lu lab\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"An On-chip Operation - Hang Lu\u0027s Research Highlighted in Rcs.org","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"An On-chip Operation - Hang Lu\u0027s Research Highlighted in RSC.or"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2009-09-03 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:06","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-09-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"56424":{"id":"56424","type":"image","title":"The worm in the right loading channel is ablated w","body":null,"created":"1449175629","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:47:09","changed":"1475894501","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:41","alt":"The worm in the right loading channel is ablated w","file":{"fid":"190468","name":"tqo48888.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tqo48888_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tqo48888_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":26740,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tqo48888_0.jpg?itok=KU67bxl2"}}},"media_ids":["56424"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"898","name":"Hang Lu"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"9543","name":"Kwanghun Chung"},{"id":"9544","name":"microfluidic systems"},{"id":"9545","name":"worm microsurgery"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EColly Mitchell\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EParker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=cmitchell6\u0022\u003EContact Colly Mitchell\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-5982\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}