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Open Droplet Microfluidics for Testing Multi Drug Resistance in Bacteria
2021 21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers) (2021)
  • Santosh Pandey, Iowa State University
Abstract
New combinations of existing antibiotics are being investigated to combat bacterial resilience. This requires detection technologies with reasonable cost, accuracy, resolution, and throughput. Here, we present a multi -drug screening platform for bacterial cultures by combining droplet microfluidics, search algorithms, and imaging with a wide field of view. We remotely alter the chemical microenvironment around cells and test 12 combinations of resistant cell types and chemicals. Fluorescence intensity readouts allow us to infer bacterial resistance to specific antibiotics within 8 hours. The platform has potential to detect and identify parameters of bacterial resilience in cell cultures, biofilms, and microbial aggregates.
Keywords
  • bacteria,
  • imaging,
  • long term,
  • colony tracking,
  • CRSPR,
  • gene editing,
  • microfluidics,
  • ampicillin,
  • multi drug resistance
Publication Date
July, 2021
DOI
10.1109/Transducers50396.2021.9495667
Citation Information
S. Pandey, T. Kong, N. Backes and G. J. Phillips, "Open Droplet Microfluidics for Testing Multi-Drug Resistance and Antibiotic Resilience in Bacteria," 2021 21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers), 2021, pp. 988-991, doi: 10.1109/Transducers50396.2021.9495667.