Gabi, Michael, Dr.

Company

• Co-founder of external page Cytosurge LLC

Current Research

• Force controlled liquid injection system for biomedical applications
• Electrically controlled neuron networks
• New techniques to study cell electrophysiology

Previous Research Activities

• 02/2006 - 04/2010 PhD "Cells and Currents", LBB, ETH Zurich
• 05/2005 - 01/2006 Start PhD "Co-Extrusion of PZT Ceramic Materials", EMPA Dubendorf
• Diploma Thesis "Patterning based on Plasma Modification",University of South Australia UniSA, supervised by Prof. Dr. Marcus Textor ETH, Dr. Janos Vörös ETH and Prof. Dr. Hans Griesser UniSA
• Semester Work II “Detection of Fluorescent Molecules with Optical Waveguide Lightmode Spectroscopy” in BioInterfaceGroup of Prof. Dr. Marcus Textor
• Semester Work I “Rheology of Particle-Protein Systems” in the Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials Group of Prof. Dr. Ludwig Gauckler

Education

• 10/2000 - 3/2005 Material Science, ETH Zurich
• 08/1997 - 6/2000 Matura, Feusi Bern, half-day course
• 08/1993 - 7/1996 Medical Laboratory Assistent, University Hospital Bern

Professional Experience

• 07/2003 - 10/2003 Internship, Yantai Wanhua Polyurethane. Co.,Ltd, Beijing, China
• 01/2001 - 07/2002 Assistent, Metallic High Performance Materials, ETH Zurich
• 07/2000 - 09/2001 Laboratory Assistent, Phoenix International (former Anawa AG), Wangen bei Dubendorf
• 01/1997 - 04/2000 Laboratory Assistent part time (40%), Lindenhofspital Bern
• 09/1996 - 02/1997 Laboratory Assistent, Anawa AG, Wangen bei Dubendorf

Publications

Papers

• external page Electrochemically switchable platform for the micro-patterning and release of heterotypic cell sheets,
  Orane Guillaume-Gentil, Michael Gabi, Marcy Zenobi-Wong and Janos Vörös,
  Biomedical Microdevices, DOI: 10.1007/s10544-010-9487-1
• external page Force-controlled spatial manipulation of viable mammalian cells and micro-organisms by means of FluidFM technology,
  P. Dörig, P. Stiefel, P. Behr, E. Sarajlic, D. Bijl, M. Gabi, J. Vörös, J. A. Vorholt, T. Zambelli,
  Applied Physics Letters, Jul. 2010, Volume 97, Issue 2, 023701
  This paper has been featured on the external page cover page of the issue
• Electrical micro current to prevent conditioning film and bacterial adhesion to urological stents,
  Gabi M., Hefermehl L., Lukic D., Eberli D., Vörös J.
  accepted in Urological Research, DOI: 10.1007/s00240-010-0284-3
• external page Effects of small pulsed nano-currents on cell viability, in vitro and in vivo: Implications for biomedical electrodes,
  Gabi M., Bullen M.E., Agarkova I., Schmidt D., Schoenauer R., Brokopp C., Emmert M.Y., Larmagnac A., Sannomiya T., Weber B., Wilhelm M.J., Vörös J., Hoerstrup S. P.
  Biomaterials, Volume 31, Issue 33, November 2010, Pages 8666-8673
• Electrically controlling cell adhesion, growth and migration
  M. Gabi, A. Larmagnac, P. Schulte, J. Vörös,
  Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces Sept. 2010, Volume 79, Issue 2, , Pages 365-371
• FluidFM: Combining Atomic Force Microscopy and Nanofluidics in a Universal Liquid Delivery System for Single Cell Applications and Beyond
  Meister, A; Gabi M.,Behr, P.,Studer, P.,Vörös, J.,Niedermann, P., Bitterli, J.,Polesel-Maris, J.,Liley, M.,Heinzelmann, H.,Zambelli, T.
  Nano Letters , 2009, 9 (6), pp 2501–2507
• Nanoscale dispensing in liquid environment of streptavidin on a biotin-functionalized surface using hollow atomic force microscopy probes.
  Meister A., Polesel-Maris J., Niedermann P., Przybylskaa J., Studer P., Gabi M., Behr P., Zambelli T., Liley M., Vörös J., Heinzelmann H.
  Microelectronic Engineering , Volume 86, Issues 4-6, April-June 2009, Pages 1481-1484
• Influence of applied currents on the viability of cells close to microelectrodes
  M. Gabi, T. Sannomiya, A. Larmagnac, M. Puttaswamy J. Vörös Integr. Biol. , 2009, 1, 108 - 115
• Enhanced optical waveguide light mode spectroscopy via detection of fluorophore absorbance
  M. Halter, M. Gabi, M. Textor, J. Vörös, H. M. Grandin: Review of scientific instruments, 77, 2006

PhD Thesis

• "Cells and Currents" Diss. ETH No. 18978, 2010

Oral Presentations

• "FluidFM technology - A new tool for micro-manipulation",
  Sapporo, Japan, Mai 2010, 12th ISPM
• "A New Force Controlled Liquid Injection System for Biomedical Applications",
  Acireale, Sicily, Italy, June 2008, 3th CIMTEC 2008
• "Electronically Controlled BioInterface for Neuron Growth",
  San Francisco, USA, November 2006, 53rd AVS Conference

Patents

• "Method for spatially manipulating a microscopic object and device for conducting said method", 2010,
  Gabi M., Behr P., Dörig P., Zambelli T., Vorholt- Zambelli J., Stiefel P., Vörös J.,
  Nr. 00249/10
• "Device consisting of a channeled cantilever and a channeled probe holder", 2009,
  Gabi M., Zambelli T., Behr P. Vörös J.,
  PCT/EP2009/005393
• "Probe arrangement for electrophysiological analysis in an AFM", 2008,
  Meister A., Polesel-Maris J., Gabi M., Zambelli T., Vörös J.,
  EP1990626 (A1), US20070928904P

Hobbies

• Swimming, Competition swimming 1988 - 2000
• Fishing