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Avineet Randhawa

University of British Columbia

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Engineering a Multilayer Microfluidic Airway-On-A-Chip with Tunable GelMA Hydrogel for Physiologically Relevant Aerosol Exposure Studies

Tanya J. Bennet, Avineet Randhawa, Alex Pieters, Tara M. Caffrey, Tanya Solomon, Eric Lyall, Ryan D. Huff, Carley Schwartz, Yu Xi, Christopher Carlsten, Karen C. Cheung

This paper develops a microfluidic airway-on-a-chip with GelMA hydrogel for studying smoke-induced airway responses, showing inflammatory and fibrotic effects from TGF-β1 and wood smoke exposure.

Scientific Reports · Sep 9, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering

What Could Go Wrong? Promoting Success by Planning for Failure in Label-Free Biosensor Assay Development

Sajida Chowdhury, Samantha M. Grist, Avineet Randhawa, Maggie Wang, Karyn Newton, Lauren Skye Puumala, Yuting Hou, Lukas Chrostowski, Sudip Shekhar, Karen C. Cheung

This paper describes a 3-step workflow for troubleshooting label-free biosensor assays, leading to a doubling of assay yield from ~45% to ~90%.

Biosensors and Bioelectronics X · Feb 16, 2026Peer-reviewedBioengineering

Resonating with replicability: factors shaping assay yield and variability in microfluidics-integrated silicon photonic biosensors

Lauren Skye Puumala, Samantha M. Grist, Karyn Newton, So Jung Kim, Stephen Kioussis, Sajida Chowdhury, Maggie Wang, Myra Wei, Yas Oloumi Yazdi, Avineet Randhawa, Yuting Hou, Lukas Chrostowski, Sudip Shekhar, Karen C. Cheung

This study identifies factors affecting assay yield and replicability in microfluidics-integrated silicon photonic biosensors and proposes strategies to improve performance.

bioRxiv · Jul 16, 2025 · PreprintBioengineering