Microfluidic devices allow fluids to be manipulated on a scale ranging between one micrometre and one millimetre. The application of microfluidics in the biomedical field covers many different aspects, including sensing, cell manipulation and micropumping. These devices also serve as tissue/organ culture platforms. The concept of organ-on-a-chip allows such complex systems to be reproduced in a smaller and simpler platform, holding massive potential for the study of intercellular communications as well as an alternative to animal models. Micropumps find applications as drug delivery systems, as well as being a fundamental component of microfluidic devices. These are but a few examples of the potential these technologies hold in the biomedical field.
The Collection Microfluidic technologies for biomedical applications welcomes submissions on the design, development and application of microfluidic technologies in the context of biomedicine. Major advancements or new applications of existing technologies will also be considered.
Meet the Guest Editor
Hon Fai Chan, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Hon Fai Chan, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the School of Biomedical Sciences and Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). He received his Bachelor degree from the University of Hong Kong (2010), before pursuing his PhD degree at Duke University, USA, with the support of the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships for Overseas Studies. From 2015 to 2017, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology before joining CUHK in 2018. Professor Chan’s research mainly focuses on the advancing biofabrication approach and biomaterial design for stem cell tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, as well as understanding how microenvironmental cues influence stem cell proliferation and differentiation. He has published over 60 research articles in journals such as PNAS, Nature communications, Advanced Materials, Advanced Science, Biomaterials, and Biofabrication.
Submission guidelines
This Collection welcomes submission of original Research Articles and Software articles. Review articles will be considered at the Editor’s discretion. Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have read our submission guidelines. Articles for this Collection should be submitted via our submission system, Snapp. During the submission process you will be asked whether you are submitting to a Collection, please select [“Microfluidic technologies for biomedical applications”] from the dropdown menu.
Articles will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process and are subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. Articles will be added to the Collection as they are published.
The Guest Editors have no competing interests with the submissions which they handle through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Guest Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.
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The Collection is now open for submissions! The submission deadline is September 18th 2024.
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