Getting drugs past the neuroprotective blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been a perplexing problem and formidable challenge for researchers and pharmaceutical companies alike. Hesperos’s creation of a microfluidic model capable of mimicking in vivo characteristics of the … Read More
The challenge: Build microfluidic devices that can keep cells alive in a setting that mimics specific organs or tissues, and incorporate biosensors to measure the cells’ physiology. The goal: Mimic diseases and test drug responses that … Read More
For the second year in a row, SLAS Technology has chosen the article “TEER Measurement Techniques for In Vitro Barrier Model Systems”, co-authored by Dr. Hickman and Dr. Shuler, for the 2018 SLAS Technology Authors Choice Award. This award reflecting … Read More
Hesperos President Dr. Mike Shuler has won the 2018 Biotechnology and Bioengineering Gaden Award! The Gaden Award is named in honor of Elmer L. Gaden, Jr., the founding editor of Biotechnology & Bioengineering, and is given … Read More
Congratulations to Dr. Shuler for winning the 2018 BMES SMBE Shu Chien Acheivement Award! The BioMedical Engineering Society (BMES) Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering (CMBE) Shu Chien Achievement Award was established in 2014 through an endowment by … Read More
Hesperos president Michael Shuler first coined the term “animal-on-a-chip” (and now “human-on-a-chip”) back in 1990. Starting as part of his research to define the multidisciplinary field, human-on-a-chip systems are quickly becoming an industry destined drastically reduce … Read More
Congratulations to Dr. James J. Hickman and Dr. Michael L. Shuler on being recognized for their publication in the JALA paper entitled “TEER Measurement Techniques for In Vitro Barrier Model Systems”. They are to be honored … Read More