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ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Biological Acoustic Levitation and Its Potential Application for Microgravity Study.

Taylor Boudreaux, Luke Freyhof, Brandon D Riehl, Eunju Kim, Ryan M Pedrigi, Jung Yul Lim

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Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Taylor BoudreauxDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
Luke FreyhofDepartment of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
Brandon D RiehlDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
Eunju KimDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
Ryan M PedrigiDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.
Jung Yul LimDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA.

Funding

The role of stress in the fetal origin of obesity and metabolic dysfunctionP20GM104320 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI ZEMPLENI, JANOS · 2014 to 2024
$24.9M
Targeted mass spectrometry approaches to understand CART processing and recepter interactionsP20GM113126 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN · PI GUO, JIANTAO · 2016 to 2025
$20.8M
Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication (NIH National Institutes of General Medical Sciences) P20GM113126Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NIH National Institutes of General Medical Sciences) P20GM104320NE DHHS Stem Cell Research Project 2023-04NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM104320University of Nebraska-Lincoln Biomedical Research Seed GrantsU.S. National Science Foundation CMMI-1944131
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The open and contactless environment of acoustic levitation provides a unique condition in experimenting with varying substances while levitated for observation and implementation with other devices, with recent improvements in cost and accessibility. We briefly decipher the theory behind acoustic levitation and describe currently available levitation platforms. Then, how these platforms have been employed in biological applications is reviewed. Intriguingly, recent researches indicated the viability of acoustic levitation to be utilized as a microgravity simulator. We introduce existing on-ground microgravity platforms, and discuss the potential of acoustic levitation in simulating microgravity. Acoustic levitation could be an alternative to microgravity platforms such as clinostats while allowing for novel microgravity research. On the other hand, the microgravity provided by acoustic levitation may be restricted due to potential limitations in the available levitation volume, relatively larger gravity compared to 10

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acoustic levitationbiological application of acoustic levitatorclinostatmicrogravityopen and contactless environment

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PMID40428077
PMCPMC12109293

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