New technologies
3D printed microfluidics
The facility possess a 3D bioprinter. Using the capability of this device we can propose you fast prototyping of microfluidic devices.
Using special silicone ink we can print microchannels directly or print master molds for PDMS molding with resolution down to 60 μm.
Please find more information about our printer here
Technology combination
We implement a modern microfabrication approach combining photolithography and 3D-Printing which results in structures containing very different dimensions. As an example in the image you can see a cell culture multiwell plate printed with silicone on a master mold containing microstructures. Thus, in the resulting device the cell culture wells are connected with each other via microchannels of only 5 μm in width. This device is used to study axon growth by different research groups at our campus. A similar aproach is presented in the paper by Kajtez et al. were you can find more information.