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Extreme miniaturization of biological and chemical reactions in pico- to nanoliter microdroplets is emerging as an experimental paradigm that enables more experiments to be carried out with much lower sample consumption, paving the way for high-throughput experiments. This review provides the protein scientist with an experimental framework for (a) formation of polydisperse droplets by emulsification or, alternatively, of monodisperse droplets using microfluidic devices; (b) construction of experimental rigs and microfluidic chips for this purpose; and (c) handling and analysis of droplets.
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This work was supported by the EU Marie-Curie network ProSA and the BBSRC. S.R.A.D. and M.F. are EU Marie-Curie fellows. F.H. holds an ERC Starting Investigator Grant.
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Devenish, S.R.A., Kaltenbach, M., Fischlechner, M., Hollfelder, F. (2013). Droplets as Reaction Compartments for Protein Nanotechnology. In: Gerrard, J. (eds) Protein Nanotechnology. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 996. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-354-1_16
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