Anna Fornell

In droplet microfluidics nL-pL small droplets are generated, and the idea is that each droplet can be viewed as a small container for biological experiments. The advantages of using droplets are that less reagents are required for each experiment and thousands of droplets can be generated per minute. In my research I am especially interested in using acoustic forces (acoustophoresis) to manipulate microparticles and cells encapsulated inside droplets. This can be used for example to enrich particles inside droplets, align particles in droplets or change the medium inside droplets. All of these droplet unit operations are important to be able to minaturise biological assays on chip.