Mesenchymal stem cells from tumor microenvironment favour breast cancer stem cell proliferation, cancerogenic and metastatic potential, via ionotropic purinergic signalling
- A. Maffey
- C. Storini
- et al.
- 2017
- Scientific Reports
Bio
Dr. Robert D. Lovchik joined IBM Research – Zurich as a research engineer in 2007. His current work focuses on the microfluidic probe technology and the development of a microfluidic platform for cellular studies.
Robert studied biotechnology at the University of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Waedenswil (Switzerland) and received his engineer's degree in 2000. He has worked as a teaching assistant in bioprocess technology and environmental technology. He obtained his MSc in Micro- and Nanotechnology from the UAS Vorarlberg (Austria) and his PhD (Doctor of Science) from ETH Zurich in 2014 under the academic supervision of Prof. Viola Vogel. His doctoral thesis was about the Brain Chip project (studying cellular signaling using microfluidics) and the Microfluidic Probe (microscale tissue analysis using the microfluidic probe).
Publications
Centimeter-Scale Surface Interactions Using Hydrodynamic Flow Confinements
- David P. Taylor
- Ismael Zeaf
- et al.
- 2016
- Langmuir
Rapid subtractive patterning of live cell layers with a microfluidic probe
- Aditya Kashyap
- Julien F. Cors
- et al.
- 2016
- Journal of Visualized Experiments
Lab-on-a-chip devices: How to close and plug the lab?
- Yuksel Temiz
- Robert D. Lovchik
- et al.
- 2015
- Microelectronic Engineering
Nested hydrodynamic flow confinement and liquid recirculation: Microscale probing and patterning of biological surfaces
- Julien Autebert
- Julien F. Cors
- et al.
- 2014
- MicroTAS 2014
The floating microfluidic probe: Distance control between probe and sample using hydrodynamic levitation
- Martina Hitzbleck
- Govind V. Kaigala
- et al.
- 2014
- Applied Physics Letters
Hierarchical hydrodynamic flow confinement: Efficient use and retrieval of chemicals for microscale chemistry on surfaces
- Julien Autebert
- Aditya Kashyap
- et al.
- 2014
- Langmuir
A compact and versatile microfluidic probe for local processing of tissue sections and biological specimens
- Julien F. Cors
- Robert D. Lovchik
- et al.
- 2014
- Review of Scientific Instruments
Nanoshuttles propelled by motor proteins sequentially assemble molecular cargo in a microfluidic device
- Dirk Steuerwald
- Susanna M. Früh
- et al.
- 2014
- Lab on a Chip
Compact microfluidic probe system with self-aligned mounted heads for direct use on inverted microscopes
- J.F. Cors
- R.D. Lovchik
- et al.
- 2013
- MicroTAS 2013
Patents
- GB
- 2499933
- SG
- 11201404863S
- GB
- 2519705
- CN
- ZL201380050650.0
- CN
- ZL201380027002.3
- JP
- 6016217
- JP
- 6004446
- JP
- 5999669
- AU
- 2013282831
- MX
- 341399
Projects
Chemical Computing
Developing solutions to execute computing tasks in complex chemical systems used as information-processing units.
Flow-chemistry Reactors for Catalysis
Design and Fabrication of silicon microfluidics for combinatorial screening of catalytic reaction pathways for accelerated material discovery and chemical conversion.
Top collaborators
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Armin Knoll
Research Staff Member, Physics of Nanoscale Systems
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Emanuel Lörtscher
Senior Research Scientist
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Heiko Wolf
Research Staff Member
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Katja-Sophia Csizi
Postdoctoral Researcher