Open-source, community-driven microfluidics with Metafluidics

Jun 7, 2017 1 min read 👏

Publishing date: 2017-06-07

Published on: Nature Biotechnology

summary: Metafluidics, an open-source, community-driven repository that hosts digital design files, assembly specifications, and open-source software to enable users to build, configure, and operate a microfluidic device. The authors use Metafluidics to share designs and fabrication instructions for both a microfluidic ring-mixer device and a 32-channel tabletop microfluidic controller. This device and controller are applied to build genetic circuits using standard DNA assembly methods including ligation, Gateway, Gibson, and Golden Gate. Metafluidics is intended to enable a broad community of engineers, DIY enthusiasts, and other nontraditional participants with limited fabrication skills to contribute to microfluidic research.

authors: David S Kong, Todd A Thorsen, Jonathan Babb, Scott T Wick, Jeremy J Gam, Ron Weiss & Peter A Carr

link to paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt.3873

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