Synthesis of a Cyberphysical Hybrid Microfluidic Platform for Single-Cell Analysis
Abstract
Single-cell genomics is used to advance our understanding of diseases such as cancer.
Microfluidic solutions have recently been developed to classify cell types or perform
single-cell biochemical analysis on pre-isolated types of cells. However, new techniques
are needed to efficiently classify cells and conduct biochemical experiments on multiple
cell types concurrently. Nondeterministic cell-type identification, system integration,
and design automation are major challenges in this context. To overcome these challenges,
we present a hybrid microfluidic platform that enables complete single-cell analysis
on a heterogeneous pool of cells. We combine this architecture with an associated
design-automation and optimization framework, referred to as Co-Synthesis (CoSyn).
The proposed framework employs real-time resource allocation to coordinate the progression
of concurrent cell analysis. Besides this framework, a probabilistic model based on
a discrete-time Markov chain (DTMC) is also deployed to investigate protocol settings
where experimental conditions, such as sonication time, vary probabilistically among
cell types. Simulation results show that CoSyn efficiently utilizes platform resources
and outperforms baseline techniques.
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Ibrahim, M; Chakrabarty, K; & Schlichtmann, U (2017). Synthesis of a Cyberphysical Hybrid Microfluidic Platform for Single-Cell Analysis.
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