BIOMEDICINE & MICROFLUIDICS
Precision Engineering for Life Sciences
The pharmaceutical and diagnostic industries face a massive "Scale Contradiction": they need to screen millions of compounds to find a single cure, yet biological experiments are slow, expensive, and difficult to reproduce. The "Petri dish" era is ending.
The Biomedicine & Microfluidics Division transforms biology into a high-throughput data science. We treat fluids and cells as programmable matter. By combining Droplet Microfluidics with AI Computer Vision, we process biological samples with the speed and precision of a computer chip, compressing years of R&D into weeks.
OUR MISSION: THE LAB ON A CHIP To miniaturize entire laboratory workflows onto a single substrate. We design systems that manipulate fluids at the picoliter scale, enabling massive parallelization, single-cell resolution, and a dramatic reduction in reagent costs.
CORE CAPABILITIES
We turn biological chaos into structured data:
1. High-Throughput Droplet Microfluidics The Digitalization of Biology.We generate and manipulate monodisperse droplets (pico-reactors) at rates of 10,000+ per second. Each droplet acts as an independent test tube.
The Advantage: Enables the screening of millions of single cells or chemical reactions in a single day—unachievable by robotic pipetting.
Applications: Single-cell sequencing, enzyme evolution, and antibody screening.
2. Organ-on-a-Chip & Tissue Engineering Better Models, Fewer Animals.We engineer micro-physiological systems that replicate the mechanics and chemistry of human tissues (lung, gut, blood-brain barrier) inside microfluidic channels.
The Advantage: Provides human-relevant toxicity data before clinical trials, reducing reliance on ethically complex and often inaccurate animal models.
Applications: Drug toxicity screening and personalized medicine testing.
3. Targeted Drug Delivery Vehicles Solving the "Toxicity Contradiction."A drug must be lethal to the disease but harmless to the patient. We design smart micro-carriers and self-propelled micromotors that navigate bodily fluids to release cargo only at the target site.
The Advantage: Maximizes therapeutic efficacy while minimizing systemic side effects.
Applications: Precision oncology and localized inflammation treatment.
4. Point-of-Care Diagnostic Devices Lab Results in Minutes, Not Days.We develop portable, self-contained microfluidic cartridges that detect biomarkers (DNA, proteins, viruses) from a single drop of blood using capillary forces—no pumps required.
The Advantage: Democratizes healthcare by bringing hospital-grade diagnostics to remote locations or patient homes.
OUR PROCESS: THE "BIO-DIGITAL" LOOP
We integrate fluid physics with algorithmic analysis:
Chip Architecture (CFD Simulation): We simulate fluid flow, mixing rates, and shear stress to optimize the chip geometry before fabrication.
Rapid Prototyping (Soft Lithography): We move from CAD design to physical PDMS/glass chips in under 24 hours.
High-Speed Validation: We capture millions of micro-events using high-speed cameras.
AI Analysis: Our computer vision algorithms automatically count, sort, and analyze cells/droplets in real-time, removing human bias.
HOW TO ENGAGE
Pharma & Biotech: Partner with us to build custom Single-Cell Screening Platforms to accelerate your antibody discovery pipeline.
MedTech Startups: Engage us to miniaturize your bulky benchtop protocol into a Disposable Microfluidic Cartridge.
Cosmetics & Consumer Goods: Commission Organ-on-Chip Toxicity Studies to validate product safety without animal testing.
