The goal of Mirela Alistar's work with personal biochips is to make healthcare more affordable, effective and personal by building devices that could potentially be used by patients to perform their own medical tests at home. Instead of lab technicians adding reagents, antigens and other solutions to biological samples in numerous time-consuming steps, the new programmable microfluidic biochips use electrical voltage to transport and combine droplets of fluid across an array of small electrodes, moving biological samples to combine with reagents and replicating the exact procedures that happen in the laboratory.

Living Matter Lab

 

Associated Researchers

Drecey Albin
Dreycey Albin
PhD Student • NSF GRFP FELLOW • BIOCHIPS, SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY, PHAGE THERAPY
Computer Science
Mirela Alistar
Mirela Alistar
Assistant Professor • Living Matter Lab • BIOCHIPS, PERSONAL MEDICINE, DIY BIO • COMPUTER SCIENCE
ATLAS Institute
Lukas Buecherl stands on a rock in front of mountain scenery.
Lukas Buecherl
PhD Student • IQBIO ROTATION, BIOCHIPS, COMPUTATIONAL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY
Electrical Computer and Energy Engineering
Hyelin Choi in front of a wall of flowers
Hyelin Choi
Undergraduate Student
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Megan Hupka
Megan Hupka
Undergraduate Student
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Eitan Kochavi in front of a brick wall.
Eitan Kochavi
Undergraduate Student
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology
Megan Lauzon
Megan Lauzon
Undergraduate Student
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Elisa Mayflower Niehaus
Elise Mayflower Niehaus
Undergraduate Student • DLA AWARD, BIOCHIPS, BACTERIOPHAGES
Chemical and Biological Engineering
Luis Mieses Gomez
Luis Mieses Gomez
PhD Student • BIOCHIPS, ALGORITHMS
Computer Science
Shenali Uragoda
Shenali Uragoda
Undergraduate Student • BSI AWARD, BIOCHIPS, BACTERIOPHAGES
Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology