Nahal Mustafa
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Nahal Mustafa is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of microfluidics and model organism biology, with a particular focus on the nematode *Caenorhabditis elegans*. Her key contributions center on the development of microfluidic platforms for the precise manipulation and automated handling of single organisms, enabling high-throughput experimental studies. In her notable 2016 work, "Detecting and Trapping of a Single *C. elegans* Worm in a Microfluidic Chip for Automated Microplate Dispensing," Mustafa engineered a device that leverages the comparable length scale of microfluidics to trap and dispense individual worms with remarkable accuracy. This innovation addresses a critical bottleneck in genetic and genomic research, where manual sorting and dispensing of *C. elegans* is labor-intensive and error-prone. While her most-cited paper has garnered 4 citations, its technical significance lies in bridging the gap between micro-scale engineering and practical, automated biological assays. Mustafa’s work exemplifies how microfluidic technologies can streamline high-throughput studies of animal development, offering researchers a scalable tool for single-organism analysis and advancing the utility of *C. elegans* as a model system.
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