Abstract: The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a process chip (800) and a dynamic light scattering assembly. The process chip (800) may be removably positioned in relation to the dynamic light scattering assembly. The process chip (800) includes a fluid chamber (802). The dynamic light scattering assembly includes a body (900), a first optical fiber (1010), and a second optical fiber (1020). The body (900) may be positioned proximate to an exterior surface of the process chip (800). A first port of the body is to direct light emitted by the first optical fiber (1010) through optically transmissive material of the process chip (800) and into the fluid chamber (802). The second optical fiber (1020) is oriented obliquely relative to the first optical fiber (1010). The second optical fiber (1020) is to receive light scattered by particles in fluid in the fluid chamber (802) in response to the first optical fiber (1010) emitting light into the fluid chamber (802).

Abstract: The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.

Abstract: Microfluidic apparatuses including concentrators and buffer exchange regions that concentrate and exchange buffer. Also described are methods of passing a solution through a feed channel, filtering small molecules out of the feed channel by tangential flow filtration into a permeate channel adjacent to the first feed channel while maintaining a constant sheer rate relative to the membrane separating the feed channel from the permeate channel and exchanging buffer into the solution and concentrating the solution in a second region of the apparatus.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are described herein for processing polynucleotides in a sealed path environment. The apparatuses include optical sensors to monitor operations and to track material usage for good manufacturing practice.

Abstract: A system includes an optical sensor and a processor. The optical sensor has a field of view positioned to include a first fluid channel defined by a body. The processor receives a first image including a region of interest of the first fluid channel. The processor further receives a second image including the region of interest of the first fluid channel. The second image is captured after the first image. The processor further generates a comparison of the second image to the first image, generates a binary image using the comparison, and uses the binary image to determine whether a fluid is present in the region of interest of the first fluid channel. If the processor determines that the fluid is present in the region of interest of the first fluid channel, the processor ceases communication of the fluid through the first fluid channel.

Abstract: A system includes a chip-receiving component, a first fluid processing assembly, a second fluid processing assembly, and a fluid communication pathway. The chip-receiving component is to receive a process chip having microfluidic passageways. The first fluid processing assembly is to communicate fluids to microfluidic passageways of a process chip received by the chip-receiving component. The second fluid processing assembly includes a sample support feature to support sample containers. The second fluid processing assembly also includes a plurality of sampling heads to selectively communicate fluids from sample containers supported by the sample support feature. The fluid communication pathway includes a plurality of conduits to provide fluid communication between the first fluid processing assembly and the plurality of sampling heads.

Abstract: Provided herein is a method of making, comprising transporting reagents to a reactor in a microfluidic path device, wherein the reagents include a synthetic gene of interest, a polymerase, a buffer, a first primer having a first region specific to the synthetic gene of interest, and a second primer, wherein the second primer comprises a poly-T sequence of ?150 base pairs (bp) or a poly-A sequence of ?150 bp and a second region specific to the synthetic gene of interest; controlling a temperature of the first reactor to perform a polymerase chain reaction within the microfluidic path device to amplify the synthetic gene of interest using the first primer and the second primer to form a synthetic product including the poly-A sequence of ?150 bp; and transporting the synthetic product out of the first reactor, wherein the synthetic product comprises a synthetic DNA template for in vitro transcription.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are described herein for processing polynucleotides in a sealed path environment. The apparatuses include optical sensors to monitor operations and to track material usage for good manufacturing practice.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are described herein for processing polynucleotides in a sealed path environment. The apparatuses include optical sensors to monitor operations and to track material usage for good manufacturing practice.

Abstract: Apparatuses and methods are described herein for processing polynucleotides in a sealed path environment. The apparatuses include optical sensors to monitor operations and to track material usage for good manufacturing practice.

Abstract: The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.

Abstract: The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.

Abstract: The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a process chip and a dynamic light scattering assembly. The process chip includes a fluid chamber including and an optically transmissive material adjacent to the fluid chamber. The process chip is to be removably positioned in relation to the dynamic light scattering assembly. The dynamic light scattering assembly is to direct the light through the optically transmissive material and into the fluid chamber. The dynamic light scattering assembly is further to receive light scattered by particles in fluid in the fluid chamber in response to the first optical fiber emitting light into the fluid chamber and thereby capture light scattering data. A processor determines viscosity of fluid in the fluid chamber based on the captured light scattering data. The processor also determines one or both of size or size distribution of particles in the fluid based the captured light scattering data.

Abstract: The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.

Abstract: The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.

Abstract: The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.

Abstract: The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.

Abstract: The application relates to microfluidic apparatus and methods of use thereof. Provided in one example is a microfluidic device comprising: a first fluidic input and a second fluidic input; and a fluidic intersection channel to receive fluid from the first fluidic input and the second fluidic input, wherein the fluidic intersection channel opens into a first mixing chamber on an upper region of a first side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the first mixing chamber has a length, a width, and a depth, wherein the depth is greater than about 1.5 times a depth of the fluidic intersection channel; an outlet channel on an upper region of a second side of the first mixing chamber, wherein the outlet channel has a depth that is less than the depth of the first mixing chamber, and wherein an opening of the outlet channel is offset along a width of the second side of the first mixing chamber relative to the fluidic intersection.