Microfluidics: streamlining discovery in worm biology: A recent paper in Nature Methods from the group of Adela Ben-Yakar at the UT-Austin describes how the combination of microfluidic technology with sophisticated methods in optics can produce new capabilities for worm biologists.

"Nanosurgery is forever hitting the headlines as research groups around the world explore the myriad applications for this precise technique. Couple this to the development of lasers with ever shorter pulse durations, and it's little wonder that nanosurgery is creating quite a buzz in laboratories the world over." Dr. Ben-Yakar's research was highlighted in Biophotonics magazine.