The MIFE^TM system 
for non-invasive measurement of specific fluxes in solution near living plant or animal tissue

Overview
Membrane Transport & fluxes
MIFE Key Features
MIFE applications
development
references

MIFE theory
 ion flux theory
multivalent ion mobility
ionic mobility values
neutral molecule flux
Methodological isues
H+ flux in buffered media

Hardware
amplifier
microscope
manipulator
System requirements

Software
analysis

Purchasing
Univ of Tas
Eppendorf NP2

MIFE applications:

Ø             plant physiology (stress; adaptation; mineral nutrition; photosynthesis; long-distance transport; growth & development; water relations; osmoregulation; hormonal physiology; stomatal physiology; plant movements)

Ø             cell biology (signaling; perception; elicitors)

Ø             ecophysiology (plant responses to abiotic and biotic factors)

Ø             biophysics (properties of ion channels and transporters)

Ø             developmental biology (morpho- and embriogenesis; polarity)

Ø             functional genomics (in planta studies of specific gene functions; heterologous expression systems)

Ø             agronomy and plant breeding (plant screening for environmental fitness)

Ø             soil science (soil-root interface; heavy metal toxicity; remediation)

Ø             marine biology (algae; phytoplankton; marine biofilms and mats; sediments)

Ø             bryology (physiology and development)

Ø             mycology (factors controlling growth and development)

Ø             food microbiology (effect of food-related treatments on bacteria; food preservation studies; interrelation of pathogenic and probiotic bacteria; biofilms)

Ø             medical microbiology (pathogenic bacteria; bacterial physiology an genetics; host-pathogen interactions)

Ø             environmental microbiology (functional genomics; bioremediation; environmental physiology)

Ø             medical reserach (screening of new drugs; physiology; pathology)

Ø             human and animal physiology (receptors; signaling; homeostasis)

Ø             toxicology (receptors; selectivity and action spectrum; molecular targets)