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Thomas Laurell

Thomas Laurell

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Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
18062
World Ranking
5266
National Ranking
60

Overview

Thomas Laurell is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and focuses their research within the fields of Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily contributes to the subfields of Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Cancer Research.

Their research extensively covers topics related to Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications, Extracellular Vesicles in Disease, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Electrostatics and Colloid Interactions, and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation.

Thomas Laurell has published frequently in several scientific venues. The most common publication venues include Physical Review Applied (6 publications), Analytical Chemistry (5 publications), Nature Biotechnology (2 publications), Scientific Reports (2 publications), and Micromachines (2 publications).

Among recent papers, the scientist has contributed to the following works:

  • Modeling neural tube development by differentiation of human embryonic stem cells in a microfluidic WNT gradient, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Advancement and obstacles in microfluidics-based isolation of extracellular vesicles, 2022, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Two-Step Acoustophoresis Separation of Live Tumor Cells from Whole Blood, 2021, Analytical Chemistry
  • Gradient acoustic focusing of sub-micron particles for separation of bacteria from blood lysate, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Multinodal Acoustic Trapping Enables High Capacity and High Throughput Enrichment of Extracellular Vesicles and Microparticles in miRNA and MS Proteomics Studies, 2021, Analytical Chemistry

Frequent collaborators in Laurell's work include Andreas Lenshof, Thierry Baasch, Wei Qiu, Marc Isaksson, and Agnete Kirkeby. These co-authors have contributed significantly alongside Laurell in various research projects and publications.

Best Publications

  • Chip integrated strategies for acoustic separation and manipulation of cells and particles

    Thomas Laurell;Filip Petersson;Andreas Nilsson

  • Free flow acoustophoresis: Microfluidic-based mode of particle and cell separation

    Filip Petersson;Lena Åberg;‡ and Ann-Margret Swärd-Nilsson;Thomas Laurell

  • Review of cell and particle trapping in microfluidic systems

    Johan Nilsson;Mikael Evander;Björn Hammarström;Thomas Laurell

  • Continuous separation of cells and particles in microfluidic systems

    Andreas Lenshof;Thomas Laurell

  • Acoustic control of suspended particles in micro fluidic chips

    Andreas Nilsson;Filip Petersson;Henrik Jönsson;Thomas Laurell

  • Continuous separation of lipid particles from erythrocytes by means of laminar flow and acoustic standing wave forces.

    Filip Petersson;Andreas Nilsson;Cecilia Holm;Henrik Jönsson

  • Separation of lipids from blood utilizing ultrasonic standing waves in microfluidic channels

    Filip Petersson;Andreas Nilsson;Cecilia Holm;Henrik Jönsson

  • Microfluidic Enzyme Immunoassay Using Silicon Microchip with Immobilized Antibodies and Chemiluminescence Detection

    Julia Yakovleva;Richard Davidsson;Anna Lobanova;Martin Bengtsson

  • Microfluidic, Label-Free Enrichment of Prostate Cancer Cells in Blood Based on Acoustophoresis

    Per Augustsson;Cecilia Magnusson;Maria Nordin;Hans Lilja

  • Noninvasive acoustic cell trapping in a microfluidic perfusion system for online bioassays.

    Mikael Evander;Linda Johansson;Tobias Lilliehorn;Jure Piskur

  • Integrated Microanalytical Technology Enabling Rapid and Automated Protein Identification

    Simon Ekström;Patrik Önnerfjord;Johan Nilsson;Martin Bengtsson

  • Carrier medium exchange through ultrasonic particle switching in microfluidic channels.

    Filip Petersson;Andreas Nilsson;Henrik Jönsson;Thomas Laurell

  • Acoustic whole blood plasmapheresis chip for prostate specific antigen microarray diagnostics.

    Andreas Lenshof;Asilah Ahmad-Tajudin;Kerstin Järås;Ann-Margret Swärd-Nilsson

  • Seed particle-enabled acoustic trapping of bacteria and nanoparticles in continuous flow systems.

    Björn Hammarström;Thomas Laurell;Thomas Laurell;Johan Nilsson

  • Porous silicon as the carrier matrix in microstructured enzyme reactors yielding high enzyme activities

    J Drott;K Lindström;L Rosengren;T Laurell

  • Modeling neural tube development by differentiation of human embryonic stem cells in a microfluidic WNT gradient.

    Pedro Rifes;Marc Isaksson;Gaurav Singh Rathore;Patrick Aldrin-Kirk

  • Design and development of a silicon microfabricated flow-through dispenser for on-line picolitre sample handling

    T Laurell;L Wallman;J Nilsson

  • Homogeneous sample preparation for automated high throughput analysis with matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionisation time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry

    Patrik Önnerfjord;Simon Ekström;Jonas Bergquist;Johan Nilsson

  • Enhanced enzyme activity in silicon integrated enzyme reactors utilizing porous silicon as the coupling matrix

    Thomas Laurell;Johan Drott;Lars Rosengren;Kjell Lindström

  • Continuous flow microfluidic separation and processing of rare cells and bioparticles found in blood - A review.

    Maria Antfolk;Maria Antfolk;Maria Antfolk;Thomas Laurell

  • Acoustofluidic, label-free separation and simultaneous concentration of rare tumor cells from white blood cells.

    Maria Antfolk;Cecilia Magnusson;Per Augustsson;Hans Lilja

  • Picoliter sample preparation in MALDI-TOF MS using a micromachined silicon flow-through dispenser

    Patrik Önnerfjord;Johan Nilsson;Lars Wallman;Thomas Laurell

Frequent Co-Authors

György Marko-Varga
György Marko-Varga Lund University
Jan Nilsson
Jan Nilsson Lund University
Hans Lilja
Hans Lilja Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Henrik Bruus
Henrik Bruus Technical University of Denmark
Lo Gorton
Lo Gorton Lund University
Stefan Johansson
Stefan Johansson University of Bergen
Jenny Emnéus
Jenny Emnéus Technical University of Denmark
Staffan Nilsson
Staffan Nilsson University of Gothenburg
David Erlinge
David Erlinge Lund University
Carl A. K. Borrebaeck
Carl A. K. Borrebaeck Lund University

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