Development of in ovo microfabrication technique on the albumen part of chick embryo

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K14200
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
• Research Institution: Kyushu Institute of Technology
• Principal Investigator: KAWAHARA Tomohiro 九州工業大学, 大学院生命体工学研究科, 准教授 (20575162)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 大塚 弘文 熊本高等専門学校, 制御情報システム工学科, 教授 (10223869)
• Research Collaborator: HUANG Wenjing 東京大学, 大学院工学系研究科, 研究員
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 生体シミュレータ / ニワトリ胚 / マイクロツール

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have proposed a novel platform which consists of a cubic artificial eggshell containing a chick embryo for effective simulation in microsurgical training. The cubic eggshell with PDMS membrane allows the total amount of oxygen to pass into the egg for the chick embryo culturing.

In this project, we newly developed a fabrication technique to make microobjects on the albumen part of living chick embryo by using a microheating tool.

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