Jente Lu

PhD Student
Department of Pathology, UC Irvine

Research Interests:

• Microfluidic Device & BioMEMS
• Stem Cell Sorting
• Spinal Cord Injury Therapy
• Gene Therapy
• Bioreactor Development

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Education:

• M.S., Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
• B.S., Chemical Engineering & minor in Life Science, NTHU, Taiwan

Journal Papers:

• Huang, P.C., Lu, J.T., Seon, H.Y., Lee, A.P., Flanagan, L.A., Kim, H.Y., Putnam, A.J., Jeon, N.L. Engineering microscale cellular niches for three-dimensional multicellular co-cultures. Lab Chip, DOI:10.1039/B818401A.
• Wang, L., Lu, J.T., Marchenko, S.A., Monuki, E.S., Flanagan, L.A., Lee A.P., Dual frequency dielectrophoresis with interdigitated sidewall electrodes for microfluidic flow-through separation of beads and cells. Electrophoresis, 2009, 30, 1–10.
• Flanagan, L.A.*, Lu, J.T.*,Wang, L.S, Marchenko, S.A., Jeon N.L., Lee A.P., Monuki, E.S., Unique dielectric properties distinguish stem cells and their differentiated progeny. Stem Cells Mar 1 2008: 656 - 665. *These two authors contributed equally to this work.
• Tsai, C. T., Chan, Z. R., Lu, J. T., Yang, D. G., Lo, W. H., Hu, Y. C., Factors influencing the production and storage of baculovirus for gene delivery: An alternative perspective from the transducing titer assay. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2007. 40(5): p. 1345-1351.
• Lu, J.T., Chung, Y. C., Chan, Z. R., Hu, Y. C., A novel oscillating bioreactor BelloCell: implications for insect cell culture and recombinant protein production. Biotechnol Lett, 2005. 27(15): p. 1059-65.
• Hu, Y.C., Lu, J.T., Chung, Y.C., High-density cultivation of insect cells and production of recombinant baculovirus using a novel oscillating bioreactor. Cytotechnology, 2003. 42(3): p. 145-153.
• Hu, Y.C., Tsai, C. T., Chung, Y. C., Lu, J. T., Hsu, J. T. A., Generation of chimeric baculovirus with histidine-tags displayed on the envelope and its purification using immobilized metal affinity chromatography. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 2003. 33(4): p. 445-452.

Conference Papers:

• Lu, J.T., Huang, P.C., Lull, G.., Jeon N.L., Monuki. E.S., Flanagan L.A., Lee, A.P. A novel microfluidic device combining dielectrophoresis-based cell patterning and 3D biomaterials for simulating central nervous system lesion sites. 2008, The 12th International Conference on µTAS, San Diego, CA, USA.
• Huang, P.C., Seon, H.Y., Lu, J.T., Putnam, A., Jeon, N.L. Engineering 3D microstructures for cell co-culture studies. 2008, The 12th International Conference on µTAS, San Diego, CA, USA.
• Huang, P.C., Seon, H.Y., Lu, J.T., Putnam, A., Jeon, N.L. Engineering 3D microstructures for cell co-culture studies., The 2008 BMES Annual Fall Meeting, St. Louis, MO, USA.
• Lu, J.T., Lee, A.P., Flanagan, L.A. Dielectrophoresis as a tool for sorting stem cells and their differentiated progeny. The 2008 BMES Annual Fall Meeting, St. Louis, MO, USA.
• Huang, P.C., Seon, H.Y., Lu, J.T., Putnam, A., Jeon, N.L. Engineering 3D microstructures for cell co-culture studies. 2008, UC Systemwide 9th Annual Bioengineering Symposium, Riverside, Ca, USA.
• Lu, J.L., Lee, A.P., Flanagan, L.A. Dielectrophoresis as a tool for sorting stem cells and their differentiated progeny. 2008. The Henry Samueli School of Engineering's Seventh Annual Industry Research Symposium "California: Prosperity Through Technology", Irvine, CA, USA. (The 2008 Fariborz Maseeh Best Research Poster)
• Huang, P.C., Seon, H.Y., Lu, J.T., Putnam, A., Jeon, N.L. Engineering 3D microstructures for cell co-culture studies. 2008 The Henry Samueli School of Engineering's Seventh Annual Industry Research Symposium "California: Prosperity Through Technology", Irvine, CA, USA.
• Lu, J.T., Wang, L.S., Marchenko, S.A., Jeon N.L., Lee, A.P., Monuki. E.S., Flanagan L.A. Unique dielectric properties distinguish stem cells and their differentiated progeny. 2008 Roman Reed Research Meeting and Meet the Scientist Forum, Irvine, CA, USA
• Flanagan, L.A.*, Lu, J.T.*, Wang, L.S., Marchenko, S.A., Jeon N.L., Lee A.P., Monuki1 E.S., Unique dielectric properties distinguish stem cells and their differentiated progeny. 2008. SBE's First International Conference on Stem Cell Engineering, San Diego, CA, USA.
• Lu, J.T., Flanagan L.A., Wang, L.S., Marchenko, S.A., Jeon N.L., Lee, A.P., Monuki. E.S., A novel microfluidic system for sorting stem cells and their differentiated progeny. 2007. Roman Reed Research Meeting and Meet the Scientist Forum, Irvine, CA, USA.
• Chiang, Y.W., Wang, K.C. Lu, J.T., Lai, C.W., Chung, Y.C. Hu, Y.C. Baculovirus as a tool for eucaryotic protein expression in mammalian cells. 2005. AIChE Annual Meeting. Cincinnati, OH, USA.
• Lu, J.T., Chun, Y.C, Hu, Y.C. High-density cultivation of insect cells and production of recombinant baculovirus using a novel oscillating bioreactor. 2003. Oral Presentation at the 8th Conference on Biochemical Engineering, Kaohsuing.

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