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Micro-magnetic Structures for Biological Applications

Howdyshell, Marci Lynn
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1408718613

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2014, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Physics.
Developments in single-molecule and single-cell experiments over the past century have provided researchers with many tools to probe the responses of cells to stresses such as physical force or to the injection of foreign genes. Often these techniques target the cell membrane, although many are now advancing to probe within the cell. As these techniques are improved upon and the investigations advance toward clinical applications, it has become more critical to achieve high-throughput outcomes which in turn lead to statistically significant results. The technologies developed in this thesis are targeted at transfecting large populations of cells with controlled doses of specific exogenic material without adversely affecting cell viability. Underlying this effort is a platform of lithographically patterned ferromagnetic thin films capable of remotely manipulating and localizing magnetic microbeads attached to biological entities. A novel feature of this approach, as demonstrated here with both DNA and cells, is the opportunity for multiplexed operations on targeted biological specimens. This thesis includes two main thrusts: (1) the advancement of the trapping platforms through experimental verification of mathematical models providing the energy landscapes associated with the traps and (2) implementation of the platform as a basis for rapid and effective high-throughput microchannel and nanochannel cell electroporation devices. The electroporation devices have, in our studies, not only been demonstrated to sustain cell viability with extremely low cell mortality rates, but are also found to be effective for various types of cells. The advances over current electroporation technologies that are achieved in these efforts demonstrate the potential for detection of mRNA expression in heterogeneous cell populations and probing intracellular responses to the introduction of foreign genes into cells.
R. Sooryakumar, Professor (Advisor)
124 p.
Physics
micro-magnetic traps; electroporation

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  • Howdyshell, M. L. (2014). Micro-magnetic Structures for Biological Applications [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1408718613

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Howdyshell, Marci. Micro-magnetic Structures for Biological Applications. 2014. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1408718613.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Howdyshell, Marci. "Micro-magnetic Structures for Biological Applications." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1408718613

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