George Wadsworth Training Visit

In the past couple of weeks I’ve tried a few more molecules to flesh out the experimental verification of the separations model.  This is a quick update of the results.  In the following figure, the blue line is the predicted sieving curve, the green line sieving given a no membrane/free diffusion situation, and the blue…

Last time this project was discussed at NRG, Henry was the project lead (we miss you, Henry). He was observing bladder epithelial cell (BdEC) invasion and migration in co-culture with T24 bladder cancer cells. Here are links to his previous posts. https://trace-bmps.org/bdec-t24-co-culture-wound-healing/ https://trace-bmps.org/bdec-t24-co-culture-invasion-assay-preliminary/ We have transitioned away from the invasion assay and moved towards transwell…

I went to Kidney Week in Philly, Nov 13-15. American Society of Nephrology. I spent most of my time in the Bioengineering talks and posters. Here are some highlights. I put the Abstracts pdf on the cloud. Recellularization of Vascular and Tubular Compartments of Rat Kidney Scaffolds with Embryonic Stem Cells   Basically, they perfused…

When I first starting testing the microcon filters I noticed that if they were allowed to sit overnight (exposed to air) after having been already tested with water the next day if they were tested again the permeability of the membrane decreased significantly. The membranes come pre-wet with trace amounts of glycerin; spinning with water…