Droplet-based microfluidics for artificial cell generation: a brief review

Controllable generation and encapsulation of alginate fibers using droplet-based microfluidics

(2016) Chiara Martino et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Microfluidic Formation of Membrane-Free Aqueous Coacervate Droplets in Water

(2015) Dirk van Swaay et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

The Origin of Life-Out of the Blue

(2015) John D. Sutherland   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Microfluidic generation of PEG-b-PLA polymersomes containing alginate-based core hydrogel

(2015) Chiara Martino et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Polymersomes and their applications in cancer delivery and therapy

(2015) Lijuan Guan et al.   Nanomedicine

Integration of biological parts toward the synthesis of a minimal cell

(2014) Filippo Caschera et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CHEMICAL BIOLOGY

Integrating microfluidic generation, handling and analysis of biomimetic giant unilamellar vesicles

(2014) D. J. Paterson et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Fatty acid membrane assembly on coacervate microdroplets as a step towards a hybrid protocell model

(2014) T-Y. Dora Tang et al.   Nature Chemistry

Integrating artificial with natural cells to translate chemical messages that direct E. coli behaviour

(2014) Roberta Lentini et al.   Nature Communications

Vesicle-based artificial cells as chemical microreactors with spatially segregated reaction pathways

(2014) Yuval Elani et al.   Nature Communications

Cascade Reactions in Multicompartmentalized Polymersomes

(2013) Ruud J. R. W. Peters et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Layer-by-layer cell membrane assembly

(2013) Sandro Matosevic et al.   Nature Chemistry

Ultrathin Shell Double Emulsion Templated Giant Unilamellar Lipid Vesicles with Controlled Microdomain Formation

(2013) Laura R. Arriaga et al.   Small

Darwinian evolution in a translation-coupled RNA replication system within a cell-like compartment

(2013) Norikazu Ichihashi et al.   Nature Communications

Design of Vesicles Using Capillary Microfluidic Devices: From Magnetic to Multifunctional Vesicles

(2012) Anjali Seth et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Expression of membrane-associated proteins within single emulsion cell facsimiles

(2012) Mayuree Chanasakulniyom et al.   ANALYST

Protein Expression, Aggregation, and Triggered Release from Polymersomes as Artificial Cell-like Structures

(2012) Chiara Martino et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cytoskeletal Protein Expression and its Association within the Hydrophobic Membrane of Artificial Cell Models

(2012) Chiara Martino et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Towards an artificial cell

(2012) Daniel A. Hammer et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Microfluidic methods for forming liposomes

(2012) Dirk van Swaay et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Polymersomes Containing a Hydrogel Network for High Stability and Controlled Release

(2012) Shin-Hyun Kim et al.   Small

Droplet microfluidics for the study of artificial cells

(2011) Masahiro Takinoue et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Intracellular Protein Determination Using Droplet-Based Immunoassays

(2011) Chiara Martino et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Designs for life: protocell models in the laboratory

(2011) Alicja J. Dzieciol et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Enzyme synthesis and activity assay in microfluidic droplets on a chip

(2011) Nan Wu et al.   ENGINEERING IN LIFE SCIENCES

Engineering Polymersome Protocells

(2011) Neha P. Kamat et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Stepwise Synthesis of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles on a Microfluidic Assembly Line

(2011) Sandro Matosevic et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multiple Polymersomes for Programmed Release of Multiple Components

(2011) Shin-Hyun Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Encapsulation of Active Cytoskeletal Protein Networks in Cell-Sized Liposomes

(2011) Feng-Ching Tsai et al.   LANGMUIR

Minimal cell mimicry

(2011) Pier Luigi Luisi et al.   Nature Chemistry

Self-reproduction of supramolecular giant vesicles combined with the amplification of encapsulated DNA

(2011) Kensuke Kurihara et al.   Nature Chemistry

Assembly of MreB Filaments on Liposome Membranes: A Synthetic Biology Approach

(2011) Yusuke T. Maeda et al.   ACS Synthetic Biology

A Generalized System for Photoresponsive Membrane Rupture in Polymersomes

(2010) Neha P. Kamat et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Microdroplets in Microfluidics: An Evolving Platform for Discoveries in Chemistry and Biology

(2010) Ashleigh B. Theberge et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Building artificial cells and protocell models: Experimental approaches with lipid vesicles

(2010) Peter Walde   BIOESSAYS

Giant Vesicles: Preparations and Applications

(2010) Peter Walde et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Microfluidic lab-on-a-chip platforms: requirements, characteristics and applications

(2010) Daniel Mark et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Update on designing and building minimal cells

(2010) Michael C Jewett et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Hydrophilic PDMS microchannels for high-throughput formation of oil-in-water microdroplets and water-in-oil-in-water double emulsions

(2010) Wolfgang-Andreas C. Bauer et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Tunable Leuko-polymersomes That Adhere Specifically to Inflammatory Markers

(2010) Gregory P. Robbins et al.   LANGMUIR

Fabrication of Polymersomes using Double-Emulsion Templates in Glass-Coated Stamped Microfluidic Devices

(2010) Julian Thiele et al.   Small

Detection and Analysis of Low-Abundance Cell-Surface Biomarkers Using Enzymatic Amplification in Microfluidic Droplets

(2009) Haakan N. Joensson et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Reconstitution of an Actin Cortex Inside a Liposome

(2009) Léa-Laetitia Pontani et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Opportunities for microfluidic technologies in synthetic biology

(2009) S. Gulati et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Self-assembly approaches for the construction of cell architecture mimics

(2009) A. M. Brizard et al.   Soft Matter

Continuous-Flow Polymerase Chain Reaction of Single-Copy DNA in Microfluidic Microdroplets

(2008) Yolanda Schaerli et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Reconstitution and Anchoring of Cytoskeleton inside Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

(2008) Dennis Merkle et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

An Integrated Device for Monitoring Time-Dependent in vitro Expression From Single Genes in Picolitre Droplets

(2008) Fabienne Courtois et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Controlled double emulsification utilizing 3D PDMS microchannels

(2008) Fu-Che Chang et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

Microfluidic Fabrication of Monodisperse Biocompatible and Biodegradable Polymersomes with Controlled Permeability

(2008) Ho Cheung Shum et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Droplet microfluidics

(2008) Shia-Yen Teh et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Microdroplets: A sea of applications?

(2008) Ansgar Huebner et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Double Emulsion Templated Monodisperse Phospholipid Vesicles

(2008) Ho Cheung Shum et al.   LANGMUIR

Unilamellar vesicle formation and encapsulation by microfluidic jetting

(2008) J. C. Stachowiak et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Artificial cells: building bioinspired systems using small-scale biology

(2007) Ying Zhang et al.   TRENDS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY