E. coli growing in microfluidic traps can exhibit "streaming", where smaller cells are swept out of the trap past stationary larger cells. BioCircuits researchers have developed a mathematical model that explains the origins and ramifications of this behavior.

The BioCircuits Institute is one of the main sponsors of the annual winter q-bio meetings on the Hawaiian Islands. The 1st winter q-bio meeting will be held on February 18-21, 2013 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village in Waikiki. This meeting will bring together scientists and engineers who are interested in all areas of q-bio. This year the focus of the meeting will be Synthetic Biology, about half of the stellar list of invited speakers are experts in this area. Each year, the meeting will rotate on the Hawaiian Islands with a different thematic focus within q-bio.

More information is available on the meeting website. The registration is open!