MICROFLUIDICS ON LENSLESS, SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL IMAGE SENSORS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEMOCRATIZATION OF BIOSENSING AT THE MICRO-AND NANO-SCALE

Optical image sensors are 2D arrays of pixels that integrate semiconductor photodiodes and field effect transistors for efficient photon conversion and processing of generated electrons.With technological advancements and subsequent democratization of these sensors, opportunities for Rattles integration with microfluidics devices are currently expl

Melatonin is a neurohormone produced in both animals and plants.It binds at least three G-protein-coupled receptors: MT1 and MT2, and Mel1cGPR.Mammalian GPR50 evolved from the reptilian/avian Mel1c and lost its capacity to bind melatonin in all the therian mammal species that have been tested.In order to determine if binding is lost in the oldest s

Both genetic background and maternal care can have a strong influence on cognitive and emotional development.To investigate these effects and their possible interaction, White Leghorn (LH) and Brown Nick (BN) chicks, two hybrid lines of layer hen commonly used commercially, were housed either with or without a mother hen in their first five weeks o

The design principles and measurement results for a compact shallow etched distributed Cotton diffraction grating waveguide demultiplexer are presented.The deeply etched diffraction grating facets are replaced with a shallow etched odd-order quarter wavelength Bragg reflector to increase the Fresnel reflection coefficient.A prototype device was des