Magnetic Cell Separation
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2021) | Viewed by 419
Joint Special Issue: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/magnetochemistry/special_issues/magnetic_cell_separation
Special Issue Editor
Interests: microfluidics; contactless cell manipulation using different force fields; electromagnetic field interactions with biological systems
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Dear Colleagues,
Magnetic cell separation has become a key methodology for the isolation of target cell populations from biological suspensions, covering a wide spectrum of applications from diagnosis and therapy in biomedicine to environmental applications or fundamental research in biology. There now exists a great variety of commercially available separation instruments and reagents, which has permitted the rapid spread of the technology. However, there is still an increasing demand for new tools and protocols to improve the selectivity, yield, and sensitivity of the separation process while reducing its cost and providing a faster response. Moreover, the development of the technology is also driven by the need to develop robust solutions for the isolation of rare cells from complex mixtures (circulating tumor cells or hematopoietic stem cells in blood, pathogenic micro-organisms, bacteria belonging to the "rare biosphere", etc.). The answer to these challenges relies on interdisciplinary research combining fields such as microfluidics, magnetism, biology, chemistry, and materials science (engineered nanoparticles, permanent magnetic materials, magnetic polymer nanocomposites, etc.).
This Special Issue aims to create a forum of discussion to share advances and address current challenges in magnetic cell separation. The topics listed below are meant as a guideline for possible contributions:
- Cell separation devices:
a) Batch-type magnetic separators;
b) Optimized magnetic field sources for cell separation;
c) Microfluidic separation platforms based on magnetism. - Cell targeting and sorting strategies:
a) Cell labeling strategies;
b) Label-free separation methods based on magnetism;
c) Multifunctional nanoparticles for magnetic cell separation and detection. - Applications:
a) Translation into clinical and industrial practice;
b) Rare cell isolation;
c) Single cell isolation;
d) Environmental applications;
c) Other applications.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Magnetochemistry.
Dr. Marie Frenea-Robin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- magnetophoresis
- continuous flow separation
- rare cell isolation
- magnetic labeling
- micro-magnetofluidics
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