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SUMMARY:Developing the microdroplet platform for microalgal biotechnology 
 - Roshni Best
DTSTART:20120427T120000Z
DTEND:20120427T123000Z
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CONTACT:Suzy Stoodley
DESCRIPTION:Microdroplets are typically 20-100 micron water droplets carri
 ed through a microfluidic device in an oil stream. We can encapsulate and 
 isolate a single microalgal cell in a microdroplet\, and monitor its growt
 h within the droplet over several days. This provides a new platform for s
 tudying the behaviour and interactions of algae at an individual-cell leve
 l. Microdroplet technology can be used either to confirm information previ
 ously established using traditional techniques\, or to tackle some of the 
 questions that so far cannot be answered in bulk culture.\n\nIn my talk\, 
 I will discuss in-droplet growth results for Chlamydomonas reinhardtii\, a
 nd ways in which I am improving the established experimental set-up to all
 ow more efficient data collection. I will also describe new applications o
 f the microdroplet platform - studying cell interactions during algal-bact
 erial symbiosis and Fluorescence Activated Droplet Sorting. 
LOCATION:Department of Plant Sciences\, Large Lecture Theatre
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