Blood cells don’t function in static environments. In vivo, they experience continuous shear forces that influence adhesion, activation, aggregation, and cell–cell interactions in ways traditional plate-based assays simply can’t replicate.
In this webinar, we’ll explore how researchers are using shear flow–based assays to generate more physiologically relevant insights—and what they’ve been able to uncover as a result.
Attendees will learn:
- Practical considerations for designing shear flow experiments, including assay setup, shear rate selection, and real-time imaging
- How researchers model vascular environments in vitro, including the use of pulsatile flow patterns that simulate cardiac rhythms (up to 120 beats per minute)
- The importance of running parallel control conditions within each viewing window, enabling built-in experimental controls at scale for stronger statistical confidence
Whether you’re studying platelet biology, leukocyte dynamics, coagulation, inflammation, or drug responses, this session will provide a practical roadmap for integrating shear flow into your hematology research—grounded in how others are successfully doing it in the literature today.