Publications – Precision Bio System Lab

Journal Articles

W.M. Stoy, B. Yang, A. Kighta, N.C.Wright, P.Y. Borden, G.B. Stanley, C.R. Forest (2021). Compensation of physiological motion enables high-yield whole-cell recording in vivo. 348(109008). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2020.109008.

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Y.J. Liew, A. Pala, C.J. Whitmire, W.A. Stoy, C.R. Forest, G.B. Stanley (2021). Inferring thalamocortical monosynaptic connectivity in vivo. J Neurophysiol 125: 2408–2431. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00591.2020.

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Wright, N.C., Borden, P.Y., Liew, Y.J., Bolus, M.F., Stoy, W.M., Forest, C.R., Stanley, G.B. (2021). Rapid Cortical Adaptation and the Role of Thalamic Synchrony during Wakefulness. Journal of Neuroscience 23 June 2021, 41 (25) 5421-5439; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3018-20.2021

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Perszyk, R.E., Yip, M.C., McConnell, O.L., Wang, E.T., Jenkins, A., Traynelis, S.F., & Forest, C.R. (2021). Automated Intracellular Pharmacological Electrophysiology for Ligand-Gated Ionotropic Receptor and Pharmacology Screening. Molecular Pharmacology, 100(1), 73 LP – 82. https://doi.org/10.1124/molpharm.120.000195

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Landry, C. R., Yip, M. C., Kolb, I., Stoy, W. M., Gonzalez, M. M. and Forest, C. R. (2021). Method for Rapid Enzymatic Cleaning for Reuse of Patch Clamp Pipettes: Increasing Throughput by Eliminating Manual Pipette Replacement between Patch Clamp Attempts. Bio-protocol 11(14): e4085. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.4085.

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Gonzalez, M. M., Lewallen, C. F., Yip, M. C., & Forest, C. R. (2021). Machine Learning-Based Pipette Positional Correction for Automatic Patch Clamp In Vitro. ENeuro, 8 (August), 1–8. doi: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0051-21.2021

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M.C. Yip, M.M. Gonzalez, C.R. Valenta, M.J.M. Rowan, C.R. Forest. Deep learning-based real-time detection of neurons in brain slices for in vitro physiology. Sci Rep 11, 6065 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85695-4

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Timothy J. Lee, Mighten C. Yip, Aditi Kumar, Colby F. Lewallen, Daniel J. Bumbarger, R. Clay Reid and Craig R. Forest, Capillary-Based and Stokes-Based Trapping of Serial Sections for Scalable 3D-EM Connectomics, eNeuro 24 February 2020, 7 (2) ENEURO.0328-19.2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0328-19.2019

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Colby F. Lewallen, Qin Wan, Arvydas Maminishkis, William Stoy, Ilya Kolb, Nathan Hotaling, Kapil Bharti, and Craig R. Forest, High-yield, automated intracellular electrophysiology in retinal pigment epithelia, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Volume 328, 2019, 108442, ISSN 0165-0270, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2019.108442.

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G.L. Holst, W. Stoy, B. Yang, I. Kolb, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, L. Li, U. Knoblich, H. Zeng, B. Haider, E.S. Boyden, C.R. Forest, Autonomous patch clamp robot for functional characterization of neurons in vivo: development and application to mouse visual cortex, J. Neurophysiology 121:2341- 2357, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1152/jn.00738.2018

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Kolb, I., Landry, C. R., Yip, M. C., Lewallen, C. F., Stoy, W. A., Lee, J., Felouzis, A., Yang, B., Boyden, E. S., Rozell, C. J., & Forest, C. R. (2019). PatcherBot: a single-cell electrophysiology robot for adherent cells and brain slices. Journal of neural engineering, 16(4), 046003. https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/ab1834

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I.K. Cho, B. Yang, C.R. Forest, L. Qian, A.W.S. Chan, Amelioration of Huntington’s disease phenotype in astrocytes derived from iPSC-derived neural progenitor cells of Huntington’s disease monkeys, PLOS One 14(3): e0214156. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214156

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T.J. Lee, A. Kumar, A.H. Balwani, D. Brittain, S. Kinn, C.A. Tovey, E.L. Dyer, N.M. da Costa, R.C. Reid, C.R. Forest*, D.J. Bumbarger* (*co-corresponding authors). Large-scale neuroanatomy using LASSO: Loop-based Automated Serial Sectioning Operation, PLOS One 13(10): e0206172. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206172 (2018)

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T.J. Lee, C.F. Lewallen, D.J. Bumbarger, P.J. Yunker, R.C. Reid, C.R. Forest. Transport and trapping of nanosheets via hydrodynamic forces and curvature-induced capillary quadrupolar interactions, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2018). DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.07.068

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M.T. Morgan, B. Yang, S. Harankhedkar, A. Nabatilan, D. Bourassa, A.M. McCallum, F. Sun. R. Wu, C.R. Forest, C.J. Fahrni, Stabilization of aliphatic phosphines by auxiliary phosphine sulfides offers zeptomolar affinity and unprecedented selectivity for probing biological Cu(I), Angew. Chem. 10.1002/ange.201804072

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J. Lee, I. Kolb, C.R. Forest, C.J. Rozell, Cell membrane tracking in living brain tissue using differential interference contrast microscopy, IEEE Transactions on image processing, 2018 Apr; 27(4):1847-1861. doi: 10.1109/TIP.2017.2787625.

I. Kolb, G.T. Franzesi, M. Wang, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, C.R. Forest, E.S. Boyden, A.C. Singer, Evidence for long-timescale patterns of synaptic inputs in CA1 of awake behaving mice, Journal of Neuroscience 26 December 2017, 1519-17; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1519-17.2017

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S.B Kodandaramaiah, F. Flores, G. Holst , A. Singer , X. Han , E. Brown , E. Boyden, C.R. Forest, Multi-neuron intracellular recording in vivo via interacting autopatching robots, eLife 2018;7:e24656 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.24656

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B. Krishnaswamy, Y. Jian, C.M. Austin, J.E. Perdomo, S.C. Patel, B.K. Hammer, C.R. Forest, R. Sivakumar, ADMA: Amplitude-Division Multiple Access for Bacterial Communication Networks, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Molecular, Biological, and Multi-Scale Communications, DOI: 10.1109/TMBMC.2018.2791448

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H.-J. Suk, I. vanWelie, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, B. Allen, C.R. Forest, E.S. Boyden, Closed-loop, real-time imaging enables fully automated cell-targeted patch-clamp neural recording in vivo, Neuron, V. 95(5), 30 August 2017, Pages 1037-1047.e11 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2017.08.011 PMCID: PMC5586501

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C. Austin , D. Caro , S. Sankar , W. Penniman , J. Perdomo , L. Hu , S. Patel , X. Gu , S. Watve, B. Hammer, C.R. Forest, Porous monolith microfluidics for bacterial cell-to-cell communication assays, Biomicrofluidics 11, 044110 (2017); doi: http:///dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4995597

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W.A. Stoy, I. Kolb, G.L. Holst, Y. Liew, A. Pala, B. Yang, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, E.S. Boyden, G.B. Stanley, C.R. Forest, Robotic navigation to sub-cortical neural tissue for single cell electrophysiology in vivo, J. Neurophysiology, 7 June 2017, doi: 10.1152/jn.00117.2017

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L. Li, B. Ouellette, W. Stoy, E. Garren, T.L. Daigle, C.R. Forest, C. Koch, H. Zeng, A robot for high yield electrophysiology and morphology of single neurons in vivo, Nature Communications, 15604 (2017), doi:10.1038/ncomms15604

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P.Y. Borden, A.D. Ortiz, C. Waiblinger, A.J. Sederberg, A.E. Morrissette, C.R. Forest, D. Jaeger, G.B. Stanley, Genetically expressed voltage sensor ArcLight for imaging large scale cortical activity in the anesthetized and awake Mouse, Neurophotonics, 4(3), 031212 (2017), doi: 10.1117/1.NPh.4.3.031212
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M.A. Stockslager*, C.M. Capocasale* (*co-first authors), G.L. Holst, M.D. Simon, Y. Li, D.J. McGruder, E.B. Rousseau, W.A. Stoy, T. Sulchek, C.R. Forest, Optical method for automated measurement of glass micropipette tip geometry, Precision Engineering, Vol 46, p. 88-95, October 2016.

S.B. Kodandaramaiah, G.B. Holst, I.R. Wickersham, A.C. Singer, G.T. Franzesi, M. McKinnon, C.R. Forest, E.S. Boyden, Assembly and operation of an autopatcher: a robot for automated intracellular neural recording in vivo, Nature Protocols, 11, 634-654 (2016). doi:10.1038/nprot.2016.007

M.A. Stockslager, B.C. Samuels, R.R. Allingham, Z.A. Klesmith, S.A. Schwaner, C.R. Forest, C.R. Ethier, System for rapid, precise modulation of intraocular Pressure, toward minimally-invasive in vivo measurement of intracranial pressure, PLoS One, 2016 Jan 15;11(1):e0147020. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.014702

I. Kolb, W.A. Stoy, E. Rousseau, O.A. Moody, A. Jenkins, C.R. Forest, Cleaning patch-clamp pipettes for immediate reuse, Scientific Reports 6: 35001, 2016. doi:10.1038/srep35001 (over 10 articles in popular press, example below in D.21, Altmetric score in 97th percentile of 133,000 articles of similar age in all journals)

Q. Wu*, I. Kolb* (*co-first authors), B.M. Callahan, Z. Su, W. Stoy, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, R. Neve, H. Zeng, E.S. Boyden, C.R. Forest#, A.A. Chubykin# (#co-corresponding authors), Integration of autopatching with automated pipette and cell detection in vitro, J. Neurophysiology (in press). doi: 10.1152/jn.00386.2016

Y. Ouyang, J. Li, C. Phaneuf, P. Riehl, C. Forest, M. Begley, D. Haverstick, J. Landers, Multilevel fluidic flow control in a rotationally-driven polyester film microdevice created using laser print and cut, Lab on a Chip, Vol. 16, p. 377-387, Jan 2016.

C.R. Phaneuf, N. Pak, D. C. Saunders, G.L. Holst, J. Birjiniuk, N. Nagpal, S. Culpepper, E. Popler, A.L. Shane, R.C. Jerris, C.R. Forest, Thermally multiplexed polymerase chain reaction, Biomicrofludics, Vol. 9, 044117 (2015). (Selected as one of the Editor’s Picks, 2015)

O. Bizen, C.M. Austin, I. Akyildiz, C.R. Forest, Efficient sampling of bacterial signal transduction for detection of pulse-amplitude modulated molecular signals, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems, Vol. 9(4), p. 505-517, August 2015.

M.V. Baratta, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, P.E. Monahan, P.-A. Lin, K. Kim, A. Yang, C.R. Forest, E.S. Boyden, K.A. Goosens, Stress enables reinforcement-elicited serotonergic consolidation of fear memory, Biological Psychiatry, 2015 Jul 2, doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.06.025

R.R. Harrison, I. Kolb, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, A.A. Chubykin, A. Yang, M.F. Bear, E.S. Boyden, C.R. Forest, Microchip amplifier for in vitro, in vivo, and automated whole-cell patch-clamp recording, J. Neurophysiology

C.R. Forest, R.A. Moore, B.B. Fasse, A.S. Jariwala, B.B. Fasse, J. Linsey, W. Newstetter, P. Ngo, C. Quintero, The Invention Studio: a university maker space and culture, Advances in Engineering Education, Vol. 4(2) (Fall 2014).

E.A. Tyburski, S.E. Gillespie, W.A. Stoy, R.G. Mannino, A.J. Weiss, A.F. Siu, R.H. Bulloch, K. Thota, A. Cardenas, W. Session, H.J. Khoury, S. O’Connor, S.T. Bunting, J. Boudreaux, C.R. Forest, M. Gaddh, T. Leong, T. Leong, L.A. Lyon, W.A. Lam, Disposable platform provides visual and color-based point-of-care anemia self-testing, The Journal of Clinical Investigation, August 2014.

A.S. Chuong, M.L. Miri, L.C. Acker, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, M.A. Henninger, M. Ogawa, R.C. Bandler, N.C. Klapoetke, X. Gu, B.D. Allen, C.R. Forest, B.Y. Chow, X. Han, J.A. Cardin, E.S. Boyden, Noninvasive optical inhibition with a red-shifted microbial rhodopsin, Nature Neuroscience. Vol 17, p. 1123-1129, July 2014.

M. Li, N.A. Hotaling, D.N. Ku, C.R. Forest, Microfluidic thrombosis under multiple shear rates and platelet therapy doses, PLOS ONE (Also, B.b.56)

C.M. Austin, W. Stoy, P. Su, M.C. Harber, J.P. Bardill, B.K. Hammer, C.R. Forest, Modeling and validation of autoinducer-mediated bacterial gene expression in microfluidic environments, Biomicrofluidics, Vol. 8, 034116 (2014).

B. Krishnaswamy, C.M. Henegar, J.P. Bardill, D. Russakow, G.L. Holst, B.K. Hammer, C.R. Forest, R. Sivakumar, Time-elapse communication for bacterial communication on a microfluidic chip, Time Elapse Communication for Super-Slow Networks, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Transactions on Networking (Also, B.b.54)

S.B. Kodandaramaiah, E.B. Boyden, C.R. Forest, in vivo robotics: Towards the automation of neuroscience and other intact-system biological fields, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (in press doi: 10.1111/nyas.12171).

D.C. Saunders, G.L. Holst, C.R. Phaneuf, N. Pak, M. Marchese, N. Sondej, M. McKinnon, C.R. Forest, Rapid, quantitative, reverse transcription PCR in a polymer microfluidic chip, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Vol. 44, p. 222-228, June 2013.

N. Hotaling, B.B. Fasse, F. Bost, C. Hermann, C.R. Forest, A quantitative analysis of the effects of a multi-disciplinary engineering capstone design course, Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 101(4), p. 630-656, October 2012.
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I.F Akyildiz, F. Fekri, C.R Forest, B. Hammer, R. Sivakumar, MONACO: Fundamentals of Molecular Nano-Communication Networks (Invited Paper), IEEE Wireless Communications, Special Issue on Wireless Communications at the Nano-Scale, Vol. 19(5), p. 12-18, October 2012.
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C.R. Phaneuf, K. Oh, N. Pak, D.C. Saunders, C. Conrardy, J. Landers, S. Tong, C.R. Forest, Sensitive, microliter PCR with consensus degenerate primers for Epstein Barr virus, Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 14(6), p. 1-11, Oct 2012.
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S. Kodandaramaiah, G. Franzesi, B. Chow, E. Boyden, C.R. Forest, Automated whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology of neurons in vivo, Nature Methods. Vol 9, p. 585–587, May 2012.
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N. Pak, C. Saunders, C.R. Phaneuf, C.R. Forest, Plug-and-play infrared laser-mediated PCR in a microfluidic chip, Biomedical Microdevices. Vol. 14(2), p. 427-433, April 2012.
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M. Li, D. Ku, C.R. Forest, Microfluidic system for simultaneous optical measurement of platelet aggregation at multiple shear rates in whole blood, Lab on a Chip, Vol 12, p. 1355-1362, February 2012.
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N. Pak, M. Dergance, M. Emerick, E. Gagnon, C.R. Forest, An Instrument For Controlled, Automated, Continuous Production of Micrometer Scale Fused Silica Pipettes, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 133(6), 061006, June 2011.
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C.R. Phaneuf, N. Pak, C.R. Forest, Modeling radiative heating of liquids in microchip reaction chambers, Sensors and Actuators: A. Physical, Vol. 167(2), p. 531-536, February 2011.
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H.H. Wang, F.J. Isaacs, P.A. Carr, Z.Z. Sun, G. Xu, C.R. Forest, G.M. Church, Programming cells by multiplex genome engineering and accelerated evolution, Nature, Vol. 460, p. 894-898, July 2009.
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C.R. Forest, M.A. Saez, I.W. Hunter, Microforging Technique for Rapid, Low-cost Fabrication of Lens Array Molds, Applied Optics, Vol 46(36), p. 8668-8673, December 2007 (featured on cover)
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C.R. Forest, B. Woodruff, D. Buckley, W.G. Thilly, and I.W. Hunter, Assembly and Constraint Technology for Large Arrays of Capillaries, Precision Engineering, Vol 33(3), p. 275-283, July 2007.
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M. Akilian, C.R. Forest, A.H. Slocum, D.L. Trumper, and M.L. Schattenburg, Thin Optic Constraint, Precision Engineering, Vol 31(2), p. 130-138, April 2007.
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C.R. Forest, M. Spenko, Y. Sun, A.H. Slocum, R.K. Heilmann and M.L. Schattenburg, Repeatable and accurate assembly of x-ray foil optics, Precision Engineering, Vol 30(1), p. 63-70, January 2006.

C.R. Forest, C.R. Canizares, D.R. Neal, M. McGuirk, and M.L. Schattenburg, Metrology of thin transparent optics using Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensing, Optical Engineering, Vol. 43(3), p. 742-753, March 2004.
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Y. Sun, R.K. Heilmann, C.G. Chen, C.R. Forest and M.L. Schattenburg, Precision microcomb design and fabrication for x-ray optics assembly, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, Vol. 21(6), p. 2970-2974, November/December 2003.
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Conference Publications

M.M. Gonzalez, M.C. Yip, C.F. Lewallen, M.J. Rowan, C.R. Forest, Machine learning-based pipette correction for automated patch clamp in vitro, SfN Global Connectome, Virtual Conference, Jan 11-13, 2021.

E. Anderson, C.F. Lewallen, B. Cola, R. Saxena, R. Sivakumar, K. Ramachandran, J. Harris, O. Omojokun, R.P. Vito, D.E. Moeller, C.R. Forest, Startup company self-employment and entrepreneurial confidence through Capstone Design, Proceedings of the Capstone Design Conference 2020, Dallas, TX, Jun 1-3, 2020.

C.F. Lewallen, Q. Wan, A. Maminishkis, K. Bharti, C.R. Forest, At-line functional characterization of iPSC-derived retinal pigment epithelium, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Baltimore, MD, May 3-7 2020.

M.C. Yip, C.F. Lewallen, C.R. Landry, I. Kolb, W.A. Stoy, C.R. Forest, Patch-walking: Coordinated multi-pipette patch clamping to efficiently discover synaptic connections, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Chicago, IL, October 19-23 2019.

C.F. Lewallen, Q. Wan, A. Maminishkis, W. Stoy, I. Kolb, N. Hotaling, K. Bharti, C.R. Forest, Towards automated intracellular electrophysiology of retinal pigment epithelium, The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), Vancouver, BC, Apr 28 – May 2, 2019.

C. Landry, I. Kolb, W. Stoy, M. Yip, C. Lewallen, C. Forest, Pipette cleaning enables hundreds of automated patch attempts with a single pipette, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Sand Diego, CA, Nov. 3-7, 2018.

I. Kolb, G.T. Franzesi, M. Wang, S. Kodandaramaiah, C.R. Forest, E. Boyden, A. Singer, Repeated membrane potential patterns in the hippocampus of awake mice are related to spiking, Proceedings of the Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting 2017, Salt Lake City, UT, Feb 23-26, 2017.

L. Li, B. Oulette, W. Stoy, E. Garren, T. Daigle, C.Forest, H. Zeng, An automated platform for single-cell electrophysiology and perturbation in vivo, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2016), San Diego, CA, Nov 12-16, 2016.

I. Kolb, W.A. Stoy, E. Rousseau, O.A. Moody, A. Jenkins, C.R. Forest, Cleaning patch-clamp pipettes enables their reuse, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2016), San Diego, CA, Nov 12-16, 2016.

Y. Liew, C.J. Whitmore, W.A. Stoy, A. Pala, A. Sederberg, A.D. Ortiz, P.Y. Borden, B. Yang, C.M. Capocasale, T. Lee, C.R. Forest, G.B. Stanley, Experimental and analytical approaches for multi-site electrophysiology in the topographically aligned thalamocortical circuit, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2016), San Diego, CA, Nov 12-16, 2016.

H.-J. Suk, I. vanWelie, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, B. Allen, C.R. Forest, E.S. Boyden, Fully automated, closed-loop, two-photon image-guided patch clamp neural recording in vivo, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2016), San Diego, CA, Nov 12-16, 2016.

B. Yang, T. Morgan, C.J. Fahrni, C.R. Forest. High affinity copper I chelator suppresses long-term potentiation in mouse hippocampal neurons. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2016), San Diego, CA, Nov 12-16, 2016.

W. Stoy, Y. Liew, B.Yang, C.J. Whitmire, A. Pala, C.M. Capocasale, T. Lee, A.D. Ortiz, P.Y. Borden, G.B. Stanley, C.R. Forest, Low access resistance subcortical whole cell recordings in vivo, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2016), San Diego, CA, Nov 12-16, 2016.

T. Lee, C.M. Capocasale, P.Y. Borden, W. Stoy, C.J. Whitmire, Y. Liew, A. Pala, A.D. Ortiz, B.Yang, G.B. Stanley, C.R. Forest, Rapid cortical barrel mapping using automated multi-whisker stimulation and intrinsic optical signal imaging, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2016), San Diego, CA, Nov 12-16, 2016.

P. Zachary Ali, M. Cooke, M.L. Culpepper, C.R. Forest, B. Hartmann, M. Kohn, V. Wilczynski, The value of campus collaboration for higher education makerspaces. International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces (ISAM), Boston, MA Nov 13-16, 2016.

J. Linsey, C. Forest, R. Nagel, W. Newstetter, K.G. Talley, S. Smith, Understanding the impact in university makerspaces. International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces (ISAM), Boston, MA Nov 13-16, 2016.

G.L. Holst, W. Stoy, I. Kolb, U. Knoblich, C.R. Forest, Precision pipette manipulation for automated, serial, neural recordings in vivo, Proceedings of the 31th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering. Portland, OR, Oct 23-28, 2016.

C.M. Austin, D.M .Caro, S. Sankar, L. Hu, S. Watve, B.K. Hammer C.R. Forest, Dynamic molecular communication between bacterial colonies in microfluidic environments, Proceedings of the Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS), Dublin, Ireland, Oct 9-13, 2016.

Y. Jian, B. Krishnaswamy, C.M. Austin, A.O. Bicen, J.E. Perdomo, S.C. Patel, I.F. Akyildiz, C.R. Forest, R. Sivakumar, NanoNS3: Simulating Bacterial Molecular Communication Based Nanonetworks in Network Simulator 3, 3rd ACM International Conference on Nanoscale Computing and Communication, New York, NY, September 28-30, 2016.

J. Linsey, C.R. Forest et al., MAKER: How to Make a University Maker Space, 123rd Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), New Orleans, LA, June 26-29, 2016.

R. Morocz, B. Levy, R. Nagel, W. Newstetter, C.R. Forest, J. Linsey, Relating Student Participation in University Maker Spaces to their Engineering Design Self-Efficacy, 123rd Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), New Orleans, LA, June 26-29, 2016.

J. Weinmann, H.H. Farzaneh, U. Lindemann, C.R. Forest, Survey and analysis of five leading university maker spaces, 123rd Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), New Orleans, LA, June 26-29, 2016.

I. Kolb*, G. Holst*, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, W. Stoy, E.S. Boyden, C.R. Forest. Linear Micro-Actuation System for Patch-Clamp Recording. Proceedings of the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering. Boston, MA. *Contributed equally (accepted)

C. Capocasale, M.A. Stockslager, M.D. Simon, Y. Li, D.J. McGruder, G.L. Holst, C.R. Forest, Measurement of sub-micrometer features in borosilicate glass micropipettes, Proceedings of the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering. Austin, TX, Nov 1-6, 2015. (accepted) (winner of ASPE Student Scholarship for paper)

H.-J. Suk, I. Van Welie, C. Forest, E. Boyden, Automated two-phoon guided patch-clamp electrophysiology in vivo, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2015), Chicago, IL, Oct 17-21, 2015.

G.T. Franzesi, A.C. Singer, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, E. Wu, B. Arkhurst, C.R. Forest, C. Borgers, N.J. Kopell, E.S. Boyden, Oscillatory modulation of action potential firing in hippocampal neurons of awake mice via periodic shunting inhibition, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2015), Chicago, IL, Oct 17-21, 2015.

G. Holst, W. Stoy, I. Kolb, L. Li, U. Knoblich, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, S. Sorenson, G. Harminder, T. Jarsky, J. Waters, A. Singer, B. Yang, G.T. Franzesi, E. Boyden, H. Zeng, C. Forest, Progress towards high throughput, in vivo celltype identification using coupled electrophysiological and morphological properties, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2015), Chicago, IL, Oct 17-21, 2015.

B. Levy, R. Morocz, R. Nagel, W. Newstetter, K. Talley, C. Forest, J. Linsey, University Maker Spaces: Discovery, Optimization and Measurement of Impacts, 122nd Annual Conference & Exposition of the American Society for Engineering Education, Seattle, WA, Jun 14-17, 2015.

F.J. Flores*, S.B. Kodandaramaiah*, I.R. Wickersham, G. Holst, G. Talei-Franzesi, A.S. Singer, N. Kopell, C. Borgers, C. Forest, Emery N. Brown, Edward S. Boyden, Effects of general anesthetics on somatosensory cortical neurons, Proceedings of the 22nd Annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS 2015), San Francisco, CA, Mar 28-31, 2015. (submitted)

A. Singer, G.T. Franzesi, S. Kodandaramaiah, F. Flores, C. Forest, N. Kopell, E. Boyden, Interaction of Slow Network Integration and Fast Neural Integration Towards Spike Generation, Proceedings of the Computational and Systems Neuroscience (Cosyne) Meeting 2015, Salt Lake City, UT, Mar 5-8, 2015.

I. Kolb, W.A. Stoy, E. Rousseau , O.A. Moody, A. Jenkins, C.R. Forest. Cleaning patch clamp pipettes enables their reuse. 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society (2016). Los Angeles, CA, Feb 27-Mar 2, 2015.

W. Stoy, B. Yang, T. Capocasale, Y. Liew, C. Whitmire, G. Stanley, C. Forest, Methods for high yield sub-cortical patch clamping in vivo, 60th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society (2016). Los Angeles, CA, Feb 27-Mar 2, 2015.

G.T. Franzesi, A. Singer, I. Kolb, S. Sharma, S. Kodandaramaiah, M. Tsitsiklis, I. Wickersham, G. Holst, D. Bozic, S. Batir, C. Forest, C. Borgers, N. Kopell, E.S. Boyden, Automated exploration of intracellular mechanisms of in vivo neural computation, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2014), Washington DC, Nov 15-19, 2014.

A.A. Chubykin, I. Kolb, B.M. Callahan, C.R. Forest, E.S. Boyden, M.F. Bear, Automated image-guided whole-cell patch clamp technology for mapping functional neuronal circuitry, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2014), Washington DC, Nov 15-19, 2014.

S.B. Kodandaramaiah, F.J. Flores, G. Talei Franzesi, A.C. Singer, G. Holst, I.R. Wickersham, C. Borgers, N.J. Kopell, C.R. Forest, E.N. Brown, E.S. Boyden, Automated multiple-cell patch clamp assessment of multineuron subthreshold dynamics in waking and anesthetized states, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2014), Washington DC, Nov 15-19, 2014.

G. Holst, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, I. Kolb, W. Stoy, I. Wickersham, A. Singer, L. Li, E.S. Boyden, H. Zeng, C.R. Forest, Highthroughput fully automated patch clamp robot for in-vivo electrophysiology and morphology, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2014), Washington DC, Nov 15-19, 2014.

A.C. Singer, G. Talei Franzesi, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, M. Tsitsiklis, S. Sharma, D. Bozic, S. Batir, I.R. Wickersham, G.B. Holst, C.R. Forest, C. Borgers, N.J. Kopell, E.S. Boyden, Time course of subthreshold activity preceding spike generation in awake behaving mouse hippocampus, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2014), Washington DC, Nov 15-19, 2014.

C.M. Austin, W. Stoy, P. Su, M.C. Harber, J.P. Bardill, B.K. Hammer, C.R. Forest, Modeling the effects of a microfluidic environment on GFP expression in reporter bacteria, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2014, San Antonio, TX, Oct 22-25, 2014.
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S.B. Kodandaramaiah, F. Flores, G. Holst, I. Wickersham, E. Brown, C.R. Forest, E.B. Boyden, The Multipatcher: A Robot for High Density Measurement of Intracellular Recordings in vivo, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2014, San Antonio, TX, Oct 22-25, 2014. (accepted)

W. Stoy, G. Holst, N. Pak, C.R. Forest, Mobile tools for automated scoring and analysis at Capstone Expos, Proceedings of the Capstone Design Conference 2014, Columbus, OH, May 30-Jun 1, 2014.

C.R. Forest, A. Jariwala, J. Linsey, R.A. Moore, C. Quintero, The Invention Studio: student-led fabrication space and culture, Proceedings of the Capstone Design Conference 2014, Columbus, OH, May 30-Jun 1, 2014.

C.R. Forest, The Invention Studio: a university maker space and culture, Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), San Jose, CA, Mar 21-22, 2014. (submitted)

L. Li, B. Oullette, A. Cheng, B. Tasic, T. Nguyen, S. Sorensen, E. Boyden, C. Forest, H. Zeng. An automatic approach to manipulate genetic contents of single neurons in vivo, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2013), San Diego, CA,Nov 9-13, 2013. (submitted)

G.L. Holst, S. Kodandaramaiah, C.R. Phaneuf, W. Stoy, I. Kolb, I. Wickersham, N. Killian, E. Buffalo, E. S. Boyden, C. Forest, Miniaturized actuation system for automated, in-vivo, patch clamp recording, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2013), San Diego, CA,Nov 9-13, 2013. (submitted)

S.B. Kodandaramaiah, F.J. Flores, I.R. Wickersham, G.L. Holst, E.N. Brown, C.R. Forest, E.S. Boyden, The Multipatcher: A robot for high-density measurement of intracellular dynamics in vivo, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2013), San Diego, CA,Nov 9-13, 2013. (submitted)

J. Go, A. Fan, C. Lu, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, G.L. Holst, W. Stoy, I. Kolb, E.S. Boyden, C.R. Forest, Fully-automated, in-vivo, single cell electrophysiology, Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering, Saint Paul, MN, Oct 20-25, 2013. (submitted)

M. Li, N.A. Hotaling, C.R. Forest, Combined effects of shear rates and platelet therapy dosage on thrombosis in a microfluidic system, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2013 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, September 25-28, 2013.
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I. Kolb, G. Holst, B. Goldstein, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, E.S. Boyden, E. Culurciello, C.R. Forest, Automated, in-vivo, whole-cell electrophysiology using an integrated patch-clamp amplifier, Proceedings of the 22ndAnnual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS 2013), Paris, France, July 13-18, 2013. (accepted)

B. Krishnaswamy, C.M. Henegar, J.P. Bardill, D. Russakow, G.L. Holst, B.K. Hammer, C.R. Forest, R. Sivakumar, When Bacteria Talk: Time Elapse Communication for Super-Slow Networks, Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2013
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M. Li, N. Sondej, C.R. Forest, Experimental measurement of spectral transmission of platelet thrombus in comparison to whole blood, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 24-27, 2012.

C. Forest, M. Li, N. Sondej, Experimental Measurement of Spectral Transmission of Platelet Thrombus in Comparison to Whole Blood, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA October 24-27, 2012.
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S.B. Kodandaramaiah, A.S. Chuong, M. Ogawa , N. Klapoetke , M. Baratta, L.C. Acker , P.E. Monahan , F. Yoshida , E.S. Boyden , and C.R. Forest, Integration of automated patch clamp electrophysiology system with optogenetics for cell type identification in vivo, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 24-27, 2012.

L. Acker, M. Baratta, E.S. Boyden, A. Chuong, C. Forest, N. Klapoetke, S. Kodandaramaiah, P. Monahan, M. Ogawa, F. Yoshida, Integration of Automated Patch Clamp Electrophysiology System with Optogenetics for Cell Type Identification in vivo, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA October 24-27, 2012.

G. L. Holst, D. C. Saunders, N. Pak, C. R. Phaneuf, and C. R. Forest, Open-Loop, Rapid, Laser PCR System Using Transient Thermal Analysis, Optimization, and Environmental Control, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA October 24-27, 2012.
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C.R. Phaneuf, K. Oh, N. Pak, D.C. Saunders, C. Conrardy, J. Landers, S. Tong, and C.R. Forest, Sensitive, Microliter PCR with Degenerate Primers for Respiratory Virus Detection and Discovery, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 24-27, 2012.

C. R. Phaneuf, K. Oh, N. Pak, D. C. Saunders, C. Conrardy, J. Landers, S. Tong, and C. R. Forest, Sensitive, Microliter PCR with Degenerate Primers for Respiratory Virus Detection and Discovery, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA October 24-27, 2012.
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G.L. Holst, D.C. Saunders, C.R. Phaneuf, N. Pak, C.R. Forest, Sensitive, Open-loop, rapid, laser PCR system using transient thermal analysis, optimization, and environmental control, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 24-27, 2012.

N. Pak, C.R. Phaneuf, D.C. Saunders, C.R. Forest, Simultaneous Amplification of Multiple DNA Targets with Optimized Annealing Temperatures, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 24-27, 2012.

C. Forest, N. Pak, C. Phaneuf, D. Saunders, Simultaneous Amplification of Multiple DNA Targets with Optimized Annealing Temperatures, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA October 24-27, 2012.
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L. Bost, B. Fasse, C. Forest, C. Hermann, N. Hotaling, The Case for Multi-Disciplinary Capstone Design: A Quantitative Analysis of Impact on Job Placement and Product Quality, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA October 24-27, 2012.
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B.B. Fasse, N. Hotaling, L.F. Bost, C.D. Hermann, C.R. Forest, The case for multi-disciplinary capstone design: A quantitative analysis of the impact on job placement and product quality. Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 24-27, 2012.

A.R. Jones, D.F. Miranda, Y.S. Choo, J.A. Guerra, J. Chapman, Y.M. Choi, C.R. Forest, Umbrella valve design for intravenous fluid delivery system, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 24-27, 2012.

J. Chapman, Y.M. Choi, Y.S. Choo, C. Forest, J. Guerra, A. Jones, D. Miranda,Umbrella Valve Design for Intravenous Fluid Delivery System, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2012 Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA October 24-27, 2012.
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N. Pak, G.L. Holst, C.R. Phaneuf, C. Saunders, C.R. Forest, Control Schemes for Microfludic Viral DNA/RNA Amplification, Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering, San Diego, CA, October 21-26, 2012.
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D.N. Ku, M. Li, K. Hefelfinger, S. Gurnani, O. Martinez, N. Turturro, P. Gandhi, C.R. Forest, A new microfluidic point-of-care test for multi-shear platelet thrombosis, 58th annual meeting of the Scientific & Standardization Committee (SSC) of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH), Liverpool, UK, June 27-30, 2012.
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C.R. Forest, M.M. Morrison, N. Hotaling, B.B. Fasse, C. Hermann, F. Bost, A quantitative analysis of the effects of a multi-disciplinary engineering capstone design course, Proceedings of the Capstone Design Conference 2012, Champaign-Urbana, IL, May 30-June 1, 2012.

C.R. Forest, M.L. Furst, R. Vito, An extracurricular undergraduate invention television show and competition at Georgia Tech, Proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), San Francisco, CA, March 22-24, 2012.

S. Kodandaramaiah, M. Krijnen, J. Go, S. Malik, N. Sondej, J.P. Khatait, R.G.K.M. Aarts, E. Boyden, D.M. Brouwer, C.R. Forest, Characterization of translation of fused silica micropipettes in non-rectilinear trajectories, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering, V. 52, p. 253-256, Denver, CO, November 13-18, 2011.
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C.R. Phaneuf, N. Pak, C.R. Forest, Modeling and design of a microscale multiplexed temperature control system, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering, V. 52, p. 181-184, Denver, CO, November 13-18, 2011.
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S.B. Kodandaramaiah, E.S. Boyden, C.R. Forest, Automated patch clamping of neurons in the mammalian brain in vivo, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neurocience (Neuroscience 2011), Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2011.

M.V. Baratta, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, P.E. Monahan, K. Kim, A. Yang, C.R. Forest, K.A. Goosens, E.S. Boyden, Effects of stress on aversive learning require temporally precise serotonergic signaling, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neurocience (Neuroscience 2011), Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2011.
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J. Scholvin, A.N. Zorzos, G. Talei Franzesi, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, B.D. Allen, J. Kinney, C. Moore-Kochlacs, A.C. Singer, S. Wasserman, C. Wentz, M. Yamaguchi, C.R. Forest, N. Kopell, C.G. Fonstad, E.S. Boyden, High channel-count silicon neural recording probes for 3d characterization of optogenetically modulated neural dynamics, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neurocience (Neuroscience 2011), Washington, DC, November 12-16, 2011.
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M. Li, D.N. Ku, J. Ackerman, C.R. Forest, Microfluidic system for multichannel optical measurement of shear induced platelet thrombosis in unfractionated blood, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Chemical and Biochemical Analysis Systems (µTAS), p. 541-543, Seattle, Washington, USA, October 2-6, 2011.
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C.R. Phaneuf, N. Pak, C. Saunders, C.R. Forest, Rapid, independently controlled polymerase chain reaction via multiplexed laser radiation, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS), p.1689-1692, Seattle, WA, October 2-6, 2011.

N. Pak, M. Dergance, M. Emerick, E. Gagnon, and C.R. Forest, An instrument for controlled, automated, continuous pulling of sub-micrometer fused silica pipettes, Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering 2010, V. 50, p. 133-135, Atlanta, GA, October 31-November 4, 2010.
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S. B. Kodandaramaiah, S. Malik, M.J. Dergance, E.S. Boyden, C. R. Forest, Design and performance of telescoping micropipette arrays for high-throughput in vivo patch clamping, Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering 2010, V. 50, p. 246-249, Atlanta, GA, October 31-November 4, 2010. (winner of RV Jones Scholarship for Best Student Paper).

C.R. Phaneuf, C.R. Forest, Direct, High-Speed Milling of Polymer Microchamber Arrays, Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering 2010, V. 50, p. 345-347, Atlanta, GA, October 31-November 4, 2010.
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M. Li, S. Chase, M. McKinnon, and C.R. Forest. Microfabrication of circular cross-section microchannels for thrombosis assays, Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering 2010, V. 50, p. 180-183, Atlanta, GA, October 31-November 4, 2010.
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N. Pak, C.R. Phaneuf, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, and C.R. Forest, Modulation of electromagnetic radiation using a dot matrix printer, Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering 2010, V. 50, p. 258-260, Atlanta, GA, October 31-November 4, 2010.
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Phaneuf, C.R., N. Pak, C.R. Forest, Rapid, Low-Cost, Microfluidic Thermocycler For High-Throughput Genetic Diagnostics, Oral Presentation, Proceedings of the ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference (SBC 2010), Paper #19714, p. 57, Naples, FL, June 15-19, 2010.

C.R. Forest, M.L. Furst, R. Bellamkonda, R. Vito, The InVenture Prize: An undergraduate invention competition to encourage entrepreneurship and commercialization of student technology ventures, Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA), San Francisco, CA, March 25-27, 2010.
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M. Kulik, D. Shenoda, C. Forest, A low-cost, two-axis, precision robot for automated fluorescence in-situ hybridiziation assays, Proceedings of the 2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2009, V.2, p.119-121, Lake Buena Vista, FL, November 13-19, 2009.
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M. Li, A. Sodemann, J. Ackerman, R. Mayor, C. Forest, High throughput formation and measurement of occlusive thrombus in blood, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Miniaturized Chemical and Biochemical Analysis Systems (µTAS), Paper #602030, ICC Jeju, Jeju, Korea, November 1-5, 2009.
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M. Li, A. Sodemann, A. Para, J. Ackerman, R. Mayor, D. Ku, C. Forest, Development of a high throughput, quantitative system for formation and measurement of occlusive thrombus, Oral Presentation, Proceedings of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) 2009 Annual Fall Scientific Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, October 7-10, 2009.

A. Sodemann, M. Li, R. Mayor, C.R. Forest, Micromilling of molds for microfluidic blood diagnostic devices, Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering 2009, V. 47, p. 192-194, Monterey, CA, October 4-9, 2009.

C.R. Phaneuf, D. Leslie, J.P. Landers, C.R. Forest, Modeling and experimental validation of dual microfluidic chamber, infrared laser-mediated polymerase chain reaction, Proceedings of the 23st International Symposium on MicroScale BioSeparations (MSB), Boston, Massachusetts, February 1-5, 2009.

C.R. Forest, A.R. Rosenbaum, and G.M. Church, DNA sequencing by ligation on surface-bound beads in a microchannel environment, Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Miniaturized Chemical and Biochemical Analysis Systems (µTAS) p. 634-636, San Diego, CA, October 12-16, 2008.
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C.R. Forest, M.A. Saez, and I.W. Hunter, Microlens characterization using contact profilometry and point-spread function measurement, Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering, V. 42, p. 307-309, Dallas, TX, October 14-19, 2007.

C.R. Forest, M.A. Saez, and I.W. Hunter, Microforging technique for fabrication of low roughness mold masters for injection molded lens arrays, Proc. SPIE, OptiFab 2007, Rochester, NY, May 14-17, 2007.
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C.R. Forest, W.G. Thilly, and I.W. Hunter, End-column detector for capillary array electrophoresis: design and application to arrays of 25, 100, and 10 000 capillaries, Proceedings of the 21st International Symposium on MicroScale BioSeparations (MSB), p. 306, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 13-18, 2007.
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C.R. Forest, M.J. Beltran, and I.W. Hunter, Passively aligned 100-port micro-fluidic connector, Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering, V. 39, p. 443, Monterey, CA, October 15-20, 2006.
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C.R. Forest, B. Woodruff, and I.W. Hunter, Accurate, repeatable, and replaceable constraint of capillary arrays using a micro-fabricated device, Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on MicroScale Bioseparations (MSB), p. 129, Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 22-26, 2006.
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C.R. Forest, D. Buckley, I. Collier, and I.W. Hunter, Mass assembly technology for large arrays of capillaries, Proceedings of the 20th International Symposium on MicroScale Bioseparations (MSB), p. 329, Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 22-26, 2006.
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C.R. Forest, B. Crane, and I.W. Hunter, Micro-well Array Interface for Capillary Array Electrophoresis, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Miniaturized Chemical and Biochemical Analysis Systems (µTAS), V. 1, p. 141-144, Boston, MA, October 9-13, 2005.
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C.R. Forest, N.B. Ball, T.A. Fofonoff, and I.W. Hunter, Two-Dimensional Capillary Array Electrophoresis End-Column Fluorescence Detection, Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on MicroScale Bioseparations (MSB), p. 28, New Orleans, LA, February 12-17, 2005.
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M. Akilian, C. Forest, A. Slocum, D. Trumper and M.L.Schattenburg, Thin optics constraint, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Precision Engineering, V. 34, p. 209-212, Orlando, FL, October 24-29, 2004.

R.K. Heilmann, M. Akilian, C.-H. Chang, C.R. Forest, C. Joo, A. Lapsa, J.C. Montoya and M.L. Schattenburg, Thin-foil reflection gratings for Constellation-X, Proc. SPIE 5488, UV-Gamma Ray Space Telescope Systems, p. 283-290, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, June 21, 2004.

C.R. Forest, P. Reynolds-Browne, O. Blum-Spahn, J. Harris, E. Novak, C.C. Wong, S. Mani, F. Peter, and D. Adams, Measurement of Transient Thermal Response of Micro-Mirrors, Proceedings of Hilton Head 2004: A Solid State Sensor, Actuator and Microsystems Workshop, p. 386-391, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 6-10, 2004.

C.R. Forest, P. Reynolds-Browne, O. Blum-Spahn, J. Harris, E. Novak, C.C. Wong, S. Mani, F. Peter, and D. Adams, Static and Dynamic Optical Metrology of Micro-Mirror Thermal Deformation, Proceedings of the 2004 Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, V. 2, p. 363-366,Boston, MA, March 7-11, 2004.

C. Forest, M. Akilian, G. Vincent, A. Lamure and M.L. Schattenburg, Thin glass optic and silicon wafer deformation and kinematic constraint, Proceedings of the 18th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineering, V. 30, p. 39-42, Portland, OR, October 26-31, 2003.

R.K. Heilmann, M. Akilian, C.-H Chang, C.G. Chen, C. Forest, C. Joo, P. Konkola, J.C. Montoya, Y. Sun, J. You and M.L. Schattenburg, Advances in reflection grating technology for Constellation-X, Proc. SPIE 5168, Optics for EUV, X-ray, and Gamma-ray Astronomy, p. 271-282, San Diego, CA, August 4, 2003.

Y. Sun, R.K. Heilmann, C.G. Chen, M.J. Spenko, C.R. Forest and M.L. Schattenburg, Precision microcomb design and fabrication for x-ray optics, Proceedings of the 47h International Conference on Electron, Ion and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN), Tampa, FL, May 27-30, 2003.

C.R. Forest, M.J. Spenko, Y. Sun, M. McGuirk, A.H. Slocum, and M.L. Schattenburg, Precision assembly and metrology of x-ray foil optics, Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineering, p. 244-249, St. Louis, MO, October 20-25, 2002.

Y. Sun, C.G. Chen, R.K. Heilmann, C. Forest, M. Spenko, P.T. Konkola, M. McGuirk, C. Joo and M.L.Schattenburg, Precision microcomb design and fabrication for Constellation-X soft x-ray telescope segmented optic assembly, Proceedings of the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Precision Engineering, p. 261-266, St. Louis, MO, October 20-25, 2002.

R. Petre, W.W. Zhang, D.A. Content, T. T. Saha, J. Stewart, J.H. Hair, D.Nguyen, W.A. Podgorski, W.R. Davis, Jr., M.D. Freeman, L.M. Cohen, M.L. Schattenburg, R.K. Heilmann, Y. Sun and C. Forest, Constellation-X Spectroscopy X-ray Telescope (SXT), Proc. SPIE 4851, Conf. on X-ray and Gamma-ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy, p. 433-440, Wailoloa, HI, August 25-28, 2002.

C.R. Forest, M.L. Schattenburg, C.G. Chen, R.K. Heilmann, P. Konkola, J. Przbylowski, Y. Sun, J. You, S.M. Kahn and D. Golini, Precision Shaping, Assembly and Metrology of Foil Optics for X-ray Reflection Gratings, Proc. SPIE 4851, Conf. on X-ray and Gamma-ray Telescopes and Instruments for Astronomy, p. 538-548, Wailoloa, HI, August 25-28, 2002.

C.R. Forest, D. Frakes, and W. Singhose, Input-Shaped Control of Gantry Cranes: Simulation and Curriculum Development, Proceedings of the 18th ASME Biennial Conference on Mechanical Vibration and Noise, V. 6B, p. 1877-1884, Pittsburgh, PA, September 9-12, 2001.

Theses

M. Yip. Towards automation of multimodal cellular electrophysiology, Spring 2023.
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P. Welch, Ultrasound imaging of cells using gas vesicles and perfluorocarbon nanodroplets, Doctoral Dissertation, Spring 2023.
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C. Landry, Methods for high throughput single cell analysis throughout intact human brain organoids, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021.
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C. Lewallen, Epithelial electrophysiology using intracellular robotics and extracellular impedance spectroscopy, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2021.
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N.S. Fraticelli-Guzmán. Quantitative assessment of methods for bacterial and viral purification and concentration, Masters Thesis, Fall 2021
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S. Thourson, Conductive polymer microwires for single cell bioelectrical stimulation, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2018
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T. Lee, Batch processing of brain tissue sections for millimeter-scale serial section transmission electron microscopy connectomics, Doctoral Dissertation, Summer 2019
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W. Stoy, Automated single-cell electroporation and subcortical whole-cell recording in vivo, Doctoral Dissertation, Fall 2018
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I. Kolb, Walk-away automation of in-vitro patch-clamp electrophysiology, Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Fall 2017
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G. Holst, in vivo serial patch clamp robotics for cell-type identification in the mouse visual cortex, Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Fall 2016.
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C. Austin, Dynamics of molecular communication in bacteria within microfluidic environments, Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Fall 2016.
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C. Phaneuf, Infrared laser-mediated polymerase chain reaction in a polymer microfludic device, Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Fall 2014.
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M. Li, Microfluidic system for thrombosis under multiple shear rates and platelet therapies, Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, Spring 2013.
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S.B. Kodandaramaiah, Robotics For in vivo Whole Cell Patch Clamping, Doctoral Dissertation, Georgia Institute of Technology, December 2012.
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D.C. Saunders, Microfluidic system with open loop control for rapid infrared reverse transcription of quantitative PCR (RT-QPCR), Master’s Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2012.
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N. Pak, Simultaneous amplification of multiple DNA targets with optimized annealing temperatures, Master’s Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2012.
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C.R. Forest, An ultra-high throughput mutational spectrometer for human genetic diagnostics, Doctoral Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2007.
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C.R. Forest, X-ray telescope foil optics: assembly, metrology, and constraint, Master’s Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 2003.
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Trade Journal Articles

C.R. Forest, M. Tate, S. Norris, A Maker Space of Their Own, PRiSM Magazine, American Society of Engineering Education, October 2014.

C.R. Forest, T.A. Fofonoff, and H. Moser, Brain Electrodes and DNA Mutation Discovery: How Charmilles EDM Made It Possible, Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) Today Magazine, p. 16-19, Sep/Oct 2006.

J. Macomber and C.R. Forest, Polyimide Coated Capillary Tubing: Internal Pressure Capabilities, Liquid Chromatrography Gas Chromatography Magazine, p. 67, Sep 2006.

M. Zecchino and C.R. Forest, Quantifying Laser-Induced Thermal Deformation of a MEMS Device, Semiconductor Manufacturing Magazine, Vol. 5(8), p. 52-56, Aug 2004.

B.S. Files and C.R. Forest, Elastomer Filled With Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes, NASA Tech Briefs, Vol. 28(3), p. 46, Mar 2004.

Popular Media Articles

C.R. Forest, R. Sivakumar, R. P. Vito, R. Saxena, J. Harris, R. Perkins, D. Davidson, K. Ramachandran, K. McGreggor, O. Olufisayo, C. Klaus, and S.W. McLaughlin. CREATE-X: Toward student entrepreneurial confidence. IEEE Potentials. May/June 2021.
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J. Toon, Robotic cleaning technique could automate neuroscience research, EurekAlert, October 25, 2016.

H. Shen, Robots record brain activity inside neurons, Nature, April 1, 2016.

L. Beil, Pregnancies shadowed by fears of Zika, New York Times, March 15, 2015.

R. Graham, Does teaching advance your academic career? A template for evaluating teaching achievement, Royal Academy of Engineering, ISBN: 978-1-909327-24-5, January, 2015.

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Invited Presentations

C.F. Lewallen, Q. Wan, A. Maminishkis, K. Bharti, C.R. Forest, Towards a safety assay device for iPSC-derived RPE in AMD therapy, Georgia Optometric Association (GAOA), Atlanta, GA, November 17, 2020.

C.F. Lewallen, Q. Wan, A. Maminishkis, W. Stoy, A. Felouzis, I. Kolb, N. Hotaling, K. Bharti, C.R. Forest, Towards high-yield, automated electrophysiology of retinal pigment epithelium, Georgia Optometric Association (GAOA), Atlanta, GA, April 16, 2019.

C.R. Forest, The possibilities enabled by student empowerment and ownership. International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces (ISAM), Boston, MA Nov 13-16, 2016.

C.R. Forest, Automated patch clamp electrophysiology of neurons in the living brain, North Carolina State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering Seminar Series, Raleigh, NC, Apr 24, 2015.

C.R. Forest, A culture of invention and making as a defining characteristic of a 21st century technological education, Washington State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pullman, WA, Nov 3, 2014.

25. C.R. Forest, Automated patch clamp electrophysiology of neurons in the living brain, University of California San Diego, Department of Bioengineering Seminar Series, San Diego, CA, Feb 28, 2014.

C.R. Forest, Automated patch clamp electrophysiology of neurons in the living brain, University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2014 Bioengineering Seminar series, Philadelphia, PA, Oct 24, 2013.

C.R. Forest, C.M. Henegar, J.P. Bardill, C. Phaneuf, G.L. Holst, B.K. Hammer, Empirical measurement of molecular communication between bacteria on a microfluidic chip, 1st International Summer School on Nanocommunications, Tempere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, May 21-23, 2013.

C.R. Forest, Microfluidics for measuring how bacteria talk, Tempere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland, May 21, 2013.

C.R. Forest, Automated patch clamp electrophysiology of neurons in the living brain, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, Oct 5, 2012.

C.R. Forest, Automated Whole-cell Patch Clamp Electrophysiology of Neurons in vivo, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, April 25, 2012.

C.R. Forest, Automated Whole-cell Patch Clamp Electrophysiology of Neurons in vivo, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea, Apr 25, 2012.

C.R. Forest, Automated Whole-cell Patch Clamp Electrophysiology of Neurons in vivo, Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea, Apr 23, 2012.

C.R. Forest, Genetic instrumentation for high throughput sensing and control, MIT, Cambridge, MA, January 28, 2011.

C.R. Forest, Genetic instrumentation for high throughput sensing, PCR, and control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, GA, October 26, 2010.

C.R. Forest, Genetic instrumentation for high throughput sensing and control, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, October 27, 2009.

C.R. Forest, Ultra-high throughput instrumentation for DNA mutation detection and sequencing, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, September 19, 2008 (invited).

C.R. Forest, Ultra-high throughput instrumentation for DNA mutation detection and sequencing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, September 15, 2008.

C.R. Forest, Ultra-high throughput DNA mutation discovery, MIT Small Talks Seminar Series, Cambridge, MA, July 12, 2006.

C.R. Forest, Towards a 10,000 channel ultrahigh throughput mutational spectrometer for human genetic diagnostics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, June 17, 2005 (invited).

M. Akilian, C.-H. Chang, C. Chen, C.R. Forest, R.K. Heilmann, C. Joo, P. Konkola, J. Montoya, Y. Sun, and M.L. Schattenburg, Nanometer precision metrology and constraint of thin optics for a high resolution x-ray telescope, Institute for Experimental Physics, Technische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria, July 15, 2004.

C.R. Forest, Shack-Hartmann surface metrology system, Zygo Corporation, Milford, CT, July 28, 2002.

C.R. Forest, M.J. Spenko, and Y. Sun, MIT precision machine design: x-ray optics alignment project, Dover Instrument Corporation, Westboro, MA, October 12, 2001.

Symposia

C.R. Forest, Makerspaces, 2016 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers Conference, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, October 1, 2016.

W. Stoy, C. Whitmire, P. Borden, A. Ortiz, Y. Liew, B. Yang, T. Lee, G.B. Stanley, C.R. Forest, in-vivo circuit activity measurement at single cell, subthreshold resolution, BRAIN Initiative Investigators Meeting, Bethesda, MD, Dec 10-11, 2015.

W. Stoy, C. Whitmire, B. Yang, T. Lee, G.B. Stanley, C.R. Forest, in-vivo circuit activity measurement at single cell, subthreshold resolution, BRAIN Initiative Investigators Kickoff Meeting, Bethesda, MD, Nov 20-21, 2014.

C.R. Forest, H. Zeng, E.S. Boyden, Fully-automated sequential patch clamp recordings in-vivo and progress towards miniaturization, 2nd Annual NIH Single Cell Analysis Meeting, Rockville, MD, Apr 21-22, 2014.

H. Zeng, C.R. Forest, E.S. Boyden, High-throughput robotic analysis of integrated neuronal phenotypes. 2nd Annual NIH Single Cell Analysis Meeting, Rockville, MD, Apr 21-22, 2014.

E.S. Boyden, H. Zeng, C.R. Forest, High-throughput robotic analysis of integrated neuronal phenotypes. 1st Annual NIH Single Cell Analysis Meeting, Bethesda, MD, Apr 15-16, 2013.

W. Stoy, S. Kodandaramaiah, G. Holst, I. Kolb, E. S. Boyden, C. R. Forest, Automated in-vivo Electrophysiology for Pharmacology. Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, Feb 13, 2013.

G. L. Holst, S. B. Kodandaramaiah, W. Stoy, E. S. Boyden, C. R. Forest, Automated, high-throughput recording of neuron electrical activity in the living brain. Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, Feb 13, 2013.

N. Pak, G.L. Holst, C.R. Phaneuf, D.C. Saunders, C.R. Forest, Control schemes for microfluidic viral DNA/RNA amplification, Southern Section of Association of Official Agricultural Chemists (AOAC) International Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 29-May 1, 2012.

N. Pak, G.L. Holst, C.R. Phaneuf, D.C. Saunders, C.R. Forest, Control schemes for microfluidic viral DNA/RNA amplification, Southern Section of Association of Official Agricultural Chemists (AOAC) International Meeting, Atlanta, GA, Apr 29-May 1, 2012.

S. B. Kodandaramaiah, G. Talei Franzesi, B.Y. Chow, E.S. Boyden and C.R. Automated whole cell patch clamping of neurons in vivo. Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, February 7th, 2012. (won Travel Award for Outstanding Poster Presentation)

N. Pak, C.R. Phaneuf, D. Curtis Saunders, and C.R. Forest, Dual independent temperature control of infrared PCR . Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, February 7th, 2012.

C. R. Phaneuf, C. Conrardy, S. Tong, C. R. Forest, Rapid, microfluidic viral screening using Consensus-Degenerate Hybrid Oligonucleotide Primer PCR. Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, February 7th, 2012.

G. L. Holst, D. Russakow and C. R. Forest, Molecular Nano-Network. Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, February 7th, 2012.

C.R. Phaneuf, N. Pak, C.R. Forest, An instrument for multi-temperature, multi-chamber, and micro-liter amplification of RNA/DNA, Proceedings of the Workshop on Novel Sampling and Sensing for Improving Food Safety, Atlanta, GA, June 16-17, 2011, p. 79-80.

N. Pak, M.J. Dergance, M.T. Emerick, E.B. Gagnon, and C.R. Forest, An Instrument For Controlled, Automated, Continuous Production of Micrometer Scale Fused Silica Pipettes, Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, February 8th, 2011.

D.C. Saunders, C.R. Forest, Integrated microfluidic system with open loop control for rapid and repeatable infrared RT-qPCR. Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, February 8th, 2011.

S. B. Kodandaramaiah, C.R. Forest and E.S. Boyden, Micropipette array for scalable, automated, parallel, in vivo patch clamping of multiple neurons in the mammalian brain. Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, February 8th, 2011.

M. Li, D.N. Ku, C.R. Forest , Microfluidic system for simultaneous optical measurement of platelet aggregation at multiple shear rates in whole blood. Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, February 7th, 2011.

C.R. Phaneuf, N. Pak, C.R. Forest, Arrayed, independently-controlled PCR thermocycling in a polymeric microchip, Poster Presentation, Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC) 2010, Atlanta, GA, February 8, 2010.

M. Li, A. Kozak, M. McKinnon, A. Sodemann, J. Ackerman, D.N. Ku, J.R. Mayor, and C.R. Forest. Low-volume, rapid instrumentation for measurement of platelet accumulation in whole blood. Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, February 8th, 2010.

S. B. Kodandaramaiah, M. Dergance, C.R. Forest and E.S. Boyden, Micropipette array for scalable, parallel, in vivo patch clamping of multiple neurons in the mammalian brain. Georgia Tech Research and Innovation Conference (gtRIC), Atlanta, GA, February 8th, 2010.

C.R. Forest, A.M. Rosenbaum, G.M. Church, Next-Generation DNA sequencing with femtoliter reagent volumes per base per template, Harvard Medical School Genetics Department Retreat, Newport, RI, May 27-29, 2008.

A.M. Rosenbaum, C.R. Forest, G.M. Church, Next-Generation DNA sequencing with femtoliter reagent volumes per base per template, MIT-Harvard Medical School Microsystems Symposium, Boston, MA, April 4, 2008.

R.K. Heilmann, M. Akilian, C.-H. Chang, C.R. Forest, C. Joo, J.C. Montoya, A. Torkaman, and M.L. Schattenburg, Reflection gratings development update, presented at the Constellation X Mission Facility Science Team Meeting, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, November 20, 2003.

C.R. Forest, Metrology and testing of optical MEMS, Sandia National Laboratories, RF Microsystems Technologies Department US Department of Energy, Albuquerque, NM, August 25, 2003.

R.K. Heilmann, C.-H. Chang, Y. Sun, C.G. Chen, C.R. Forest, P.T. Konkola, C. Joo, J. Montoya, M. Akilian, J. You, E. Murphy, R. Fleming, and M.L. Schattenburg, Con-X reflection gratings: process development updates, presented at the Constellation X Mission Facility Science Team Meeting, Columbia University, New York, NY, May 7-8, 2003.

Y. Sun, R.K. Heilmann, C.G. Chen, M.J. Spenko, C.R. Forest, and M.L. Schattenburg, Precision microcomb design and fabrication for x-ray optics assembly, presented at the MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories Student Research Review, Dedham, MA, January 28, 2003.

C.R. Forest, M.J. Spenko, Y. Sun, A.H. Slocum, R.K. Heilmann, M.L. Schattenburg and D. Golini, X-ray reflection gratings: shaping, metrology, assembly, presented at the Constellation X Mission Facility Science Team Meeting, Cambridge, MA, September 19, 2002.

Y. Sun, O. Mongrard, C. Chen, R.K. Heilmann, C. Forest, J. You, M. Spenko and M.L. Schattenburg, Silicon microcombs for precision x-ray foil assembly, presented at the Constellation X Mission Facility Science Team Meeting, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, November 15-16, 2001.

C.R. Forest, A. Lapsa, O. Mongrard, J. Przybylowski, M. Spenko, Y. Sun, J. You, and M.L. Schattenburg, X-ray reflection grating update, presented at the Constellation X Mission Facility Science Team Meeting, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, November 15-16, 2001.

C.R. Forest, C.C. Henderson, B.E. Mills, and T.R. Kurfess, LIGA gold mask metrology, Sandia National Laboratories, Microsystems Processing Division, US Department of Energy, Livermore, CA, July 26, 2001.

Patents

I. Kolb, W.A. Stoy, E. Rousseau, C. R. Forest, Systems and Methods Enabling Patch-Clamp Re-use, Provisional 62202858, filed Aug 9, 2015, utility application 15/232,770, filed August 9, 2016. (GTRC reference no: 7060).

R. Ethier, R. Rand Allingham, C.R. Forest, G. Holst, Minimally invasive measurement of intracranial pressure, Invention Disclosure filed, Jul 2014 with Georgia Tech Office of Technology Licensing.

C.R. Forest, M. Li, D.N. Ku, “Microfluidic system for optical measurement of platelet aggregation”, U.S. Patent 13,632,953, filed October 2, 2012.

S.M. Collins, C.R. Forest, G.E. Garrison, G.A. Gaska, D.R. Moeller, M.J. Scherzer, Lever lock slotwall storage device, U.S. Patent 8,070,118, filed Dec 18, 2009 and issued Dec 6, 2011.

S. Kodandaramaiah, E. Boyden, C. R. Forest, B.Y. Chow, G.T. Franzesi, Autopatcher: A robot for automated whole-cell patch clamp electrophysiology of neurons in vivo, Provisional 61558841, filed November 11, 2011 (MIT Docket number MIT_15251TJ)

C.R. Forest, D.E. Moeller, Actuatable holding system, U.S. Patent 7,883,068, filed Oct 25, 2007 and issued Feb 8, 2011.

C.R. Forest, M. Dergance, S.B. Kodandaramaiah, E.S. Boyden, Micropipette array for scalable, parallel, in vivo patch clamping of neurons in the mammalian brain, Invention Disclosure, filed January 2010 with MIT Office of Technology Licensing.

C.R. Forest, D.E. Moeller, Body for an actuatable holding system, U.S. Patent D605,028, filed Aug 5, 2008 and issued Dec 1, 2009.

C.R. Forest, D.E. Moeller, Actuatable holding system, U.S. Patent D604,595, filed Aug 5, 2008 and issued Nov 24, 2009.

C.R. Forest, D.E. Moeller, Arm for an actuatable holding system, U.S. Patent D604,596, filed Aug 5, 2008 and issued Nov 24, 2009.

C.R. Forest, J.L Landers, Instrument for Independent Temperature Control of Multiple Unique Polymerase Chain Reactions In The Microfluidic Format Using Infrared Radiation, Invention Disclosure filed, March 2009 with Georgia Tech Technology Licensing Office. Provisional 61/250,690 filed October 12, 2009 (GTRC ID 4783).

C.R. Forest, I.W. Hunter, Micro-well array with integrated lenslets, Invention Disclosure filed, September 2008 with MIT Office of Technology Licensing.

C.R. Forest, I.W. Hunter, N.B Ball, and W.G. Thilly, End-Column Fluorescence Detection for Capillary Array Electrophoresis. U.S. Utility and International Patent 60/651,681, filed February 11, 2006

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