Lifespan-on-a-chip : microfluidic chambers for performing lifelong observation of C. elegans

This article describes the fabrication of a microfluidic device for the liquid culture of many individual nematode worms (Caenorhabditis elegans) in separate chambers. Each chamber houses a single worm from the fourth larval stage until death, and enables examination of a population of individual worms for their entire adult lifespans. Adjacent to the chambers, the device includes microfluidic worm clamps, which enable periodic, temporary immobilization of each worm. The device made it possible to track changes in body size and locomotion in individual worms throughout their lifespans. This ability to perform longitudinal measurements within the device enabled the identification of age-related phenotypic changes that correlate with lifespan in C. elegans.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Lab on a chip - 10(2010), 5 vom: 07. März, Seite 589-97

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hulme, S Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Shevkoplyas, Sergey S [VerfasserIn]
McGuigan, Alison P [VerfasserIn]
Apfeld, Javier [VerfasserIn]
Fontana, Walter [VerfasserIn]
Whitesides, George M [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Date Completed 09.04.2010

Date Revised 20.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1039/b919265d

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM195157966