Tumor progression, including metastasis, is significantly influenced by factors in the tumor
microenvironment (TME) such as mechanical force, shear stress, chemotaxis, and hypoxia …

Thanks to its simplicity, versatility, and secondary reactivity, dopamine self-polymerized
coatings (pDA) have been widely used in surface modification of biomaterials, but the …

Food production in green crops is severely limited by low activity and poor specificity of D-
ribulose-1, 5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) in natural photosynthesis …

Proteomics provides an understanding of biological systems by enabling the detailed study
of protein expression profiles, which is crucial for early disease diagnosis. Microfluidic …

Engyodontium album proteinase K (proK) is widely used for degrading proteinaceous
impurities during the isolation of nucleic acids from biological samples, or in proteomics and …

With recent advances in LC–MS systems, current MS-based proteomics has an increasing
need for automated, high-throughput sample preparation with neglectable sample loss. In …

Artificial photosynthesis (APS) is an effective way to convert solar energy into chemical
energy by simulating the natural photosynthesis system. Currently, APS plays an important …

One of the major challenges we face as humankind is supplying a growing world population
with sufficient and healthy foods. Although from a worldwide perspective sufficient food is …

Polydopamine (PDA) is a bioinspired material with tremendous potential for applications
involving surface modifications. By simply immersing the substrate in the dopamine …

Herein, a microfluidic device (MD) containing immobilized trypsin for rapid and efficient
proteolysis was described. Trypsin was immobilized via non-specific protein adsorption onto …