Treadmill for Microswimmers (VIDEO)

Washington University in St. Louis

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Washington University researchers created an acoustic microfluidic method that offers new opportunities to conduct experiments with swimming cells and microorganisms. This image shows acoustic trapping (left) and releasing a synchronous (top right) and asynchronous cilia waveform (bottom right).

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Courtesy of Meacham lab/Washington University

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