Abigail Ayers, PhD
she/her/hers
Postdoctoral FellowAbout
Research
Publications
2026
Centrifuge-free separation of plasma from milliliters of whole blood for point-of-care diagnostics
Victoriano C, Carlo B, Ayers A, Human K, Sia S. Centrifuge-free separation of plasma from milliliters of whole blood for point-of-care diagnostics. Lab On A Chip 2026, 26: 3139-3152. PMID: 42003481, PMCID: PMC13312929, DOI: 10.1039/d6lc00135a.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Volumetric, Microfluidic Plasmonic RT‐PCR
Chellani H, Human K, Stanciu R, Liu A, Doucette J, Agboglo A, Qin Y, Chern T, Behnam V, Blumenfeld N, Victoriano C, Ayers A, Annavajhala M, Begolo S, Uhlemann A, Sia S. Volumetric, Microfluidic Plasmonic RT‐PCR. Small Methods 2025, 9: e2401988. PMID: 40072286, DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202401988.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Integrated device for plasma separation and nucleic acid extraction from whole blood toward point-of-care detection of bloodborne pathogens
Ayers A, Victoriano C, Sia S. Integrated device for plasma separation and nucleic acid extraction from whole blood toward point-of-care detection of bloodborne pathogens. Lab On A Chip 2024, 24: 5124-5136. PMID: 39421980, PMCID: PMC11487500, DOI: 10.1039/d4lc00571f.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Multiplexed reverse-transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction using plasmonic nanoparticles for point-of-care COVID-19 diagnosis
Blumenfeld N, Bolene M, Jaspan M, Ayers A, Zarrandikoetxea S, Freudman J, Shah N, Tolwani A, Hu Y, Chern T, Rogot J, Behnam V, Sekhar A, Liu X, Onalir B, Kasumi R, Sanogo A, Human K, Murakami K, Totapally G, Fasciano M, Sia S. Multiplexed reverse-transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction using plasmonic nanoparticles for point-of-care COVID-19 diagnosis. Nature Nanotechnology 2022, 17: 984-992. PMID: 35879456, DOI: 10.1038/s41565-022-01175-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRapid video-based deep learning of cognate versus non-cognate T cell-dendritic cell interactions
Anandakumaran P, Ayers A, Muranski P, Creusot R, Sia S. Rapid video-based deep learning of cognate versus non-cognate T cell-dendritic cell interactions. Scientific Reports 2022, 12: 559. PMID: 35017558, PMCID: PMC8752671, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04286-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research