Cell-free biology is the activation of biological processes without the use of intact living cells.
It has been used for more than 50 years across the life sciences as a foundational research …

Cell-free gene expression (CFE) emerged as an alternative approach to living cells for
specific applications in protein synthesis and labelling for structural biology and proteomics …

Droplet microfluidics generates and manipulates discrete droplets through immiscible
multiphase flows inside microchannels. Due to its remarkable advantages, droplet …

Novel and improved biocatalysts are increasingly sourced from libraries via experimental
screening. The success of such campaigns is crucially dependent on the number of …

Droplet based microfluidics is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field of research combining
soft matter physics, biochemistry and microsystems engineering. Its applications range from …

A large German research consortium mainly within the Max Planck Society (“MaxSynBio”)
was formed to investigate living systems from a fundamental perspective. The research …

Droplet microfluidics allows the isolation of single cells and reagents in monodisperse
picoliter liquid capsules and manipulations at a throughput of thousands of droplets per …

Microdroplets in microfluidics offer a great number of opportunities in chemical and
biological research. They provide a compartment in which species or reactions can be …

Ultrahigh-throughput screening, in which members of enzyme libraries compartmentalized
in water-in-oil emulsion droplets are assayed, has emerged as a powerful format for directed …

We describe a highly efficient microfluidic fluorescence-activated droplet sorter (FADS)
combining many of the advantages of microtitre-plate screening and traditional fluorescence …