Adam Abate, PhD
Professor
Bioengineering
School of Pharmacy

415-476-9819

Dr. Adam Abate is a physicist who brings a unique research program to the campus. His research employs microfluidics for high-throughput biological applications. He has developed microfluidic methods to create emulsions that consist of droplets of very precise and consistent sizes and to manipulate the processing and contents of individual droplets in different ways.

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The droplets are used to create micro-compartments, which can be loaded with single cells and other active materials, such as drugs, nutrients, and assay reagents. By chaining together different microdevice components, the droplets can be used as tiny "test tubes" for performing chemical and biological reactions. This allows multiple, independent reactions to take place at the rate of thousands per second, while using minuscule amounts of total reagent. Adam is using this approach for directed evolution, genetic sequencing, and cell sorting.

Awards

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  • New Innovator Award, NIH, 2014-2019
  • CAREER Award, NSF, 2013-2018
  • US-Japan Young Scientist Exchange Program, NSF, NIMS, 2013-2014
  • Stanley A. Marks Scholar, Harvard University, 2000-2002

Interests

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  • bioengineering
  • directed evolution
  • emulsification
  • microfluidics
  • drug encapsulation
  • sequencing
  • microparticle synthesis
  • droplet-based microfluidics
  • soft-condensed matter physics
  • high-throughput screening
  • granular physics

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Videos

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (176)

Top publication keywords:
Microfluidic Analytical TechniquesMetabolic EngineeringBiological AssaySequence Analysis, DNASingle-Cell AnalysisMicrofluidicsEmulsionsDNA Barcoding, TaxonomicNucleic AcidsLab-On-A-Chip DevicesDimethylpolysiloxanesHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysFlow CytometryPolymerase Chain Reaction

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