NIH Gives Fluidigm and Berkeley Lab $1M to Develop Microfluidic Chip

Fluidigm and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have received $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop a microfluidic chip to collect in situ X-ray diffraction data.

 

The chip will enable researchers to screen protein crystals at a synchrotron without first having to remove them from the chip.

 

The grant is for two years. According to a statement, the chip would allow researchers to identify the best crystals for diffraction experiment using actual X-ray data rather than relying on quantitative measures.

 

Source from GenomeWeb Daily News