Date/Time
Date(s) - 1 Dec 2026
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Engineering microfluidics for single-cell functional analysis
December 1,2026
10 am – 11 am MST/AZ
No Charge
Sequencing may reveal what a cell has the potential to do, but function shows what it actually does. Microfluidic devices measuring secretion, binding, and interaction directly, at single-cell resolution, must meet exacting demands. Optical clarity, surface integrity and dimensional precision all determine what an assay can detect and how reliably each cell can be tracked.
In this webinar, Schott Minifab and Lightcast will show how engineered glass microfluidics form the foundation of Envisia — a platform that uses light to move, merge, and analyze individual cells in discrete droplets.
Learn how material selection and chip architecture determine the quality of single-cell functional data, how the optical and surface properties of glass support precise, light-controlled droplet manipulation, which biological questions become answerable when function is measured directly (rather than inferred from expression), and how close collaboration between a materials specialist and an instrument developer turns an engineering capability into a scientific one.
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