Microfluidic soil-on-chip systems in the study of microbial communities

Jesús Manuel Antúnez Domínguez, PhD candidate for ActiveMatter (Elvesys/ Gothenburg University), presents microfluidic soil-on-chip systems in the study of microbial communities. This webinar was held in April 2020.

“The behaviour and interactions of microbial communities existing in the soil environment are still not understood to this day, mainly because analysis techniques cannot be applied directly in the medium without disrupting its conditions. Microfluidics is the key to develop models that can recreate the complexity of the soil system while also being suited for analysis, allowing the study of many potential applications of such organisms.”