Fluidigm® Corporation - Integrated Fluidic Circuits (IFCs) for the Life Sciences - Large-scale experimentation with biomolecules using nanovolumes of sample per experiment

Biotechnology shows the promise to become the defining technology of the twenty-first century. Continued development of the industry will depend on fundamentally new tools that can deliver miniaturization and integration—just as the integrated circuit gave rise to the computer age.

Today, with MSL™ technology tens of thousands of fluid-control valves and interconnected channels can be fabricated within miniature devices. We call these devices integrated fluidic circuits (IFCs) because, like their analog in the semiconductor industry, they are networks of discrete pathways and intermediate switches. Instead of electrons, they move molecules of biological samples and reagents in a dazzling variety of patterns. We invite you to browse the technology section of our website to find out more about our enabling technology.

Find out why the integrated fluidic circuit is a recent innovation, although futurists had forecast its arrival decades ago.

How is an integrated circuit (IC) like an integrated fluidic circuit (IFC)?

This page explains why the beauty of the Nanoflex valve lies in its simplicity.

Check out this tutorial on the principle of operation for the NanoFlex™ valve.

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Find out why IFCs are ideal for today’s industrial-scale life science.