From your biological question to data
Have your first on-chip experiments not delivered the expected results?
Want to bring microfluidics into your projects but not sure where to start?
Our biology and microfluidics specialists work with you to design the device your question requires, then turn your images into usable results.
A first conversation, with no obligation.
You keep your cell model, your experiments and your imaging systems. We design the device and can analyse your images.
A device designed for your question, not the other way round
Compartmentalising axons, tracking migration along a gradient, getting two cell types to interact, keeping an organoid under perfusion: questions an off-the-shelf chip rarely covers. We start from your biology to design the experiment that answers them.
Biology and microfluidics, together
Our specialists in both disciplines work together: what your cells can withstand and what physics allows are taken into account from the outset.
Model-guided design
Flow, shear stress, gradients, oxygenation: each variant is evaluated before fabrication. Less trial and error, and a well-justified final choice.
All the way to quantified data
We can also analyse the images produced. You leave with usable results and tools your team can reuse.
A modular offer: choose what you need
Each module can be purchased on its own and ends with a deliverable. You decide on the next steps with all the facts in hand.
A few days to get clarity
Diagnostic audit
Are your on-chip experiments failing? We identify the cause (cell death, bubbles, evaporation, absorption into PDMS, shear stress, unstable gradient) and the corrections needed.
Requirements specification
Starting from a question? We translate it into specifications: cellular constraints, target readouts, success criteria.
A few weeks, depending on the manufacturer
Design
Device drawings, justified design choices and consultation with manufacturers.
First batch and set-up
Fabrication follow-up, the user protocol and support through to your first validated experiment. One design iteration is included.
Scaled to the volume of your images
Image analysis
A segmentation, tracking and quantification pipeline tailored to your images, with the results and commented scripts.
How it works
An initial conversation
You describe your question. We tell you whether it is feasible and how to get there.
A first module
Most often a diagnostic audit or a requirements specification: a few days and a written deliverable.
Next steps, at your own pace
Design, fabrication, set-up, analysis: each step is decided at the end of the previous one.
Tell us about your project
A few lines are enough. We will get back to you quickly to arrange a first conversation.