Figure 1
Comparison of hydrodynamic culture systems for pluripotent stem cell culture. Microfluidic devices provide a scale-down approach to examining hydrodynamic effects on pluripotent stem cells with precise spatial and temporal control and high-throughput formats. At the other end of the spectrum, bioreactors can be scaled up utilizing hydrodynamic systems with more complex and heterogeneous flow environments. 2D, two-dimensional; 3D, three-dimensional.