Based on the development of automatic devices and rapid assay methods, various high-
throughput screening (HTS) strategies have been established for improving the performance …

Droplet microfluidics is a relatively new and rapidly evolving field of science focused on
studying the hydrodynamics and properties of biphasic flows at the microscale, and on the …

Darwinian evolution involves the inheritance and selection of variations in reproducing
entities. Selection can be based on, among others, interactions with the environment …

Highlights•Microbial interactions and system function are two ways to study
communities.•Natural microbial communities are difficult to define and to study.•Synthetic …

In the last decades, the basic techniques of microfluidics for the study of cells such as cell
culture, cell separation, and cell lysis, have been well developed. Based on cell handling …

Droplet microfluidics has rapidly emerged as one of the key technologies opening up new
experimental possibilities in microbiology. The ability to generate, manipulate and monitor …

Bacterial growth presents many beautiful phenomena that pose new theoretical challenges
to statistical physicists, and are also amenable to laboratory experimentation. This review …

Conspectus Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are an increasing concern both in everyday life and
specialized environments such as healthcare. As the rate of antibiotic-resistant infections …

Miniaturization has been the key driver for many remarkable technological developments in
recent decades. Miniaturization has now also extended into biology, thereby setting the …

Microfluidic platforms have been employed as an effective tool for drug screening and
exhibit the advantages of lower reagent consumption, higher throughput and a higher …