Our latest publications
Curious about how our research is advancing the world of microfluidics?
We don’t just create cutting-edge instruments—we help shape the future of microfluidics. Discover our latest publications and conference contributions.
The MIC is composed of researchers during or after their PhD or various postdoc positions. They have diverse backgrounds in different fields: Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and others. At the MIC, they help us keep our finger on the pulse.
Their regular conference contributions and scientific publications keep them in constant touch with the scientific community. Find here a list of recent publications by our microfluidics specialists.
Articles and book chapters
Oliver Büker, Krister Stolt, Elsa Batista, Julia Sepulveda, Camila Betterelli Giuliano, Alan Morin, Diogo Nobre, Helena Navas: Investigations on the performance of a newly developed pressure-driven flow controller used in microfluidic applications. Measurement: Sensors, p. 101645 (2024).
Alberto Bianco, Alexander H. McMillan, Carlo Giansante and Giacomo Bergamini: NADH photoregeneration in a fully automated microfluidic setup. Energy & Fuels, vol. 38, no. 13 (2024).
Francesca Brugnoli, Marion Holy, Marco Niello, Julian Maier, Marcus Hanreich, Mario Menzel, Matthias Haberler, Niklas Zulus, Thomas Pickl, Christa Ivanova, Lisa D. Muiznieks, Benjamin Garlan and Harald Sitte: Development and validation of an automated microfluidic perfusion platform for parallelized screening of compounds in vitro. Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, vol. 133, no. 5 (2023).
Varvara Gribova, Jesus Manuel Antunez Dominguez, Alan Morin, Julia Sepulveda Diaz, Philippe Lavalle, Nihal Engin Vrana: A miniaturized genotoxicity evaluation system for fast biomaterial-related risk assessment. Anal. Methods, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 1584-1593 (2023).
Audrey Nsamela, Zuyao Xiao, Benjamin Garlan, and Juliane Simmchen: A platform for stop‐flow gradient generation to investigate chemotaxis. Angew. Chemie Int. Ed., vol. 61, no. 21 (2022).
Subia Bano, Ujjwal Ranjan Dahiya, Sarita Mishra, Jessica Ayache, Guilhem Velve Casquillas, David Caballero, Rui L. Reis, Subhas C. Kundu: Breast tumor-on-chip models: From disease modeling to personalized drug screening. Journal of Controlled Release, vol 331, pp. 103-120 (2021).
Priyanka Sharan, Audrey Nsamela, Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez, and Juliane Simmchen: Microfluidics for Microswimmers: Engineering Novel Swimmers and Constructing Swimming Lanes on the Microscale, a Tutorial Review. Small, vol. 17, no. 26, p. 2007403 (2021).
Sehrish Iftikhar, Aurélie Vigne, Julia Elisa Sepulveda-Diaz: Droplet-based microfluidics platform for antifungal analysis against filamentous fungi. Nature Scientific Reports, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 1-13 (2021).
Camila Betterelli Giuliano, Nemanja Cvjetan, Jessica Ayache, Peter Walde: Multivesicular Vesicles: Preparation and Applications. ChemSystemsChem, vol. 3, no. 2, e2000049 (2020).
Alessandra Dellaquila, Chau Le Bao, Didier Letourneur, Teresa Simon-Yarza: In Vitro Strategies to Vascularize 3D Physiologically Relevant Models. Advanced Science, vol. 8, no. 19, p. 2198-3844 (2021).
Alexander H. McMillan, Juan Mora-Macías, Joan Teyssandier, Raymond Thür, Emmanuel Roy, Ignacio Ochoa, Steven De Feyter, Ivo F. J. Vankelecom, Maarten B. J. Roeffaers, Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez: Self‐sealing thermoplastic fluoroelastomer enables rapid fabrication of modular microreactors. Nano Select, vol. 2, no 7, p. 1385-1402 (2021).
Alessandra Dellaquila, Emma K. Thomée, Alexander H. McMillan, Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez: Chapter 4 – Lung-on-a-chip platforms for modeling disease pathogenesis. In: Julia Hoeng, David Bovard, Manuel C. Peitsch (editors): Organ-on-a-chip. Academic Press, Elsevier, London, p. 133-180 (2020). ISBN 9780128172025.
Alexander H. McMillan, Emma K. Thomée, Alessandra Dellaquila, Hussam Nassman, Tatiana Segura, Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez: Rapid Fabrication of Membrane-Integrated Thermoplastic Elastomer Microfluidic Device, Micromachines vol. 11, no. 8: 731 (2020).
Conference Posters
Yuwei Liu, Anatole Geffrault, Mukesh Kumar Sivakumar, Sughosh Deshpande, Lisa Muiznieks: Hydrodynamic flow focusing with feedback control for characterizing low-speed performance across variable viscosity liquids, NanoBioTech Montreux Conference, 19-22 Oct 2025.
Mukesh Kumar Sivakumar, Zhangfan Li, Anatole Geffrault, T-Y Dora Tang, Martin Hanczyc: High precision flow control: bringing new possibilities to compartmentalization of complex chemical systems, NanoBioTech Montreux Conference, 19-22 Oct 2025.
Léna Rasse, Yuwei Liu, Mukesh Kumar Sivakumar, Sughosh Despande, Alan Morin, Anatole Geffrault, Justine Lereculey-Beaumanoir, Lisa D. Muiznieks, Adrien Plecis, Olivier Fournier, Julia Sepulveda: Microfluidic tools for droplet generation and perfusion cell culture, EuroTox Congress, Athens, 14-17 Sept 2025
Mukesh Kumar Sivakumar, Anatole Geffrault, Martin Hanczyc: Interfacial instability driven self-division of aqueous droplets. Droplets, Liège, 1-3 July 2025
Justine Lereculey-Beaumanoir, Eve-Line Bancel, Olivier Fournier, Alan Morin, Théo Gavoille, Camila Betterelli Giuliano, Anatole Geffrault, Lisa Muiznieks, Julia Sepulveda: Automated cell perfusion for 3D cell culture and tissue engineering. European organ-on-chip (EUROOCS) conference, Brussels, 9-13 June 2025.
Christa Ivanova, Olivier Fournier, Alan Morin, Théo Gavoille, Camila Betterelli Giuliano, Eve-Line Bancel, Anatole Geffrault, Julia Sepulveda: Automated cell perfusion for 3D cell culture and tissue engineering. 3D Cell culture 2025: Functional precision medicine, Freiburg, 8-10 April 2025.
Camila Betterelli Giuliano, Marlene Kopf, Lisa Muiznieks: Monitoring environmental parameters in microfluidics cell culture. Microphysiological systems: from organoids to organs-on-chip Workshop. Cargèse, Corsica, France, 11-15 April 2022.
Robert Baber, Pelin Sahlén, Aurélie Vigne: Development of a versatile and low-cost droplet microfluidic platform for single-nuclei ATAC-sequencing. NanoBioTech Conference, Montreux, Switzerland, 15-17 November 2021.
Camila Betterelli Giuliano, Jessica Ayache, Lisa Muiznieks: Production and Stability of Microfluidic Double Emulsions for Oral Drug Delivery. NanoBioTech Conference, Montreux, Switzerland, 15-17 November 2021.
Jesus M. Antunez Dominguez, Aurélie Vigne, Caroline Beck Adiels: A microfluidic platform for the study of bacterial biofilms. NanoBiotech Conference, Montreux, Switzerland, 15-17 November 2021.
Camila Betterelli Giuliano, Jessica Ayache, Lisa Muiznieks: Production and Stability of Microfluidic Double Emulsions for Oral Drug Delivery. Micro-Nano-Fluidics Meeting, Toulouse, France, 23-24 September 2021.
Jesus M. Antunez Dominguez, Aurélie Vigne, Caroline Beck Adiels: A microfluidic platform for the study of bacterial biofilms. Micro-Nano-Fluidics Meeting, Toulouse, France, 23-24 September 2021.
Robert Baber, Pelin Sahlén, Aurélie Vigne: Droplet microfluidic platform for multi-wise chromatin interaction analysis at single-complex resolution. Groupement de recherche Microfluidique, Toulouse, France, 23-24 September 2021.
Jesus M. Antunez Dominguez, Aurélie Vigne, Caroline Beck Adiels: Soil-on-chip systems. Italian Soft Days 2020, online, 21-25 September 2020.
Conference Presentations & Seminars
Camila Betterelli Giuliano: How can microfluidics bring flow chemistry to the next level? Flow Chemistry Europe. Malaga, Spain, 2-4 April 2025
Camila Betterelli Giuliano: How can microfluidics bring your research to the next level? Forum Labo. Paris, 25-27 March 2025
Lisa Muiznieks: Microfluidic-based models: organ-on-chip, human-on-chip and (micro)bioreactors. Master’s degree in Innovations in Biotechnology Applied to Regenerative Medicine (lecture and laboratory training), Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, 10-11 November 2025
Anatole Geffrault: Microfluidics, from research to innovation. DarChemDN Autumn school, Bernried, Germany, 13-17 October 2025
Eve-Line Bancel, Léna Rasse, Océane Jan, Olivier Fournier: The use of microfluidics for bioremediation. EDAPHOS & BIOSYSMO Summer School 2025, Université Marie et Louis Pasteur, Montbéliard, France, 25-26 August 2025
Olivier Fournier, Théo Gavoille, Lisa D. Muiznieks: A user’s guide to barrier model perfusion: An automated microfluidic platform for ease of multi-functional control. European organ on chip conference (EUROoCS), Milan, 3-5 July, 2024.
Juan Sandubete-López, Patrick Finn, José L. Risco-Martín, Alexander H. McMillan: Image-to-Hydraulic Resistance: Pre-trained artificial neural network model to overcome Hagen-Poiseuille equations limitations, MicroTAS 2023, Katowice, Poland, 15-19 October 2023.
Francesca Romana Brugnoli, Benjamin Garlan, Marion Holy, Marco Niello, Harald Sitte. Microfluidics for the pharmacological characterization of comoundson neurotransmitters transporters. Gordon Research Conference, Membrane Transport Proteins, Barcelona, Spain, 12-17 June 2022.
Jesus M. Antunez Dominguez, Aurélie Vigne, Caroline Beck Adiels: Seminar on Active Matter simulations and presentation talk, University of Gothenburg Ämnets Dag, Gothenburg, Sweden, 2 November 2021
Robert Baber, Mahsan Banijamali, Hosein Toosi, Pontus Höjer, Afshin Ahmadian, Pelin Sahlén, Aurélie Vigne: Development of a versatile and low-cost droplet microfluidic platform for single-nuclei ATAC-sequencing, MicroTAS 2021, Palm Springs, CA, USA, 10-14 October 2021.
Audrey Nsamela, Benjamin Garlan, Juliane Simmchen: Active selection of using gradients and sheath flow: development of a versatile platform for sperm sorting, MicroTAS 2021, Palm Springs, CA, USA, 10-14 October 2021.
Audrey Nsamela, Benjamin Garlan, Julia Sepulveda, Juliane Simmchen: Development of a microfluidic sperm sorting platform using gradients and sheath flow. GDR microfluidique, Toulouse, France, 23-24 September 2021.
Lisa Muiznieks, Jessica Ayache, Emma Thomée, Noémi Thomazo: An elastic protein membrane for perfusable microfluidic cell barrier modelling in a polydimethylsiloxane-free flexible chip. MicroTAS 2020, 24 th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, online, 4-9 October 2020, https://youtu.be/FAoH3QyBAXo
Lisa Muiznieks, Jessica Ayache: An elastic protein membrane for PDMS-free cellular barrier models. European Organ on Chip Conference 2020 (EUROoCS), online, 6-8 July 2020.
Lisa Muiznieks, Jessica Ayache, Noémi Thomazo: Design of protein membranes for suspended cell culture in lung on chip devices. International Cell Culture Under Flow Meeting, Munich, Germany, 17-18 February 2020.
Lisa Muiznieks, Noémi Thomazo, Jessica Ayache, Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez, Guilhem Velvé Casquillas: Biomechanically tuned lung-on-chip: tuning intrinsic stiffness of the air-liquid interface and on-chip orientation of membrane strain. MicroTAS Conference 2019, Basel, Switzerland, 27-31 October 2019 (published abstract).
Lisa Muiznieks, Jessica Ayache, Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez, Guilhem Velvé Casquillas: Biomechanically tuning 3D cell culture environments for lung-on-chip devices. Microfluidic training course at microfluidics19, Sète, France, 13-18 October 2019.
Lisa Muiznieks, Jessica Ayache, Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez, Guilhem Velvé Casquillas: Biomechanically tuning 3D cell culture environments for lung-on-chip devices. MSCA Society & Enterprise Individual Fellowships – workshop, Brussels, Belgium, 4-5 July 2019.
Lisa Muiznieks, Jessica Ayache, Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez, Guilhem Velvé Casquillas: Biomechanically tuning 3D cell culture environments for lung-on-chip devices. European Organ on Chip Conference 2019 (EUROoCS), Graz, Austria, 2-3 July 2019.
Lisa Muiznieks, Jessica Ayache, Sasha Cai Lesher-Perez, Guilhem Velvé Casquillas: Modulating mechanical properties of the membrane for lung-on-chip devices. Organ on Chip Conference, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 18-19 June 2019.