![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081107045750im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Automated Microfluidic Device Reduces Time to Screen Small Organisms for Genetic Studies
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June 23, 2008
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Genetic studies on small organisms such as worms and flies can now be done more quickly using a new microfluidic device developed by engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The new "lab-on-a-chip" can automatically position, image, determine the phenotype of and sort small animals, such as the worm Caenorhabditis elegans, that is commonly used for biological studies.
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Source Georgia Institute of Technology Research News
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