Research Interests

Use of flow cytometry in environmental microbiology, quantitative cytogenetics, chromatin organization in the interphase nucleus, flow cytometry instrumentation, sorting of clinical samples, high-throughput analysis of biological samples, single-molecule detection by fluorescence, genome sequencing and mapping strategies, single-cell genomics.

20+ Patents

Developed the MoFlo®, inFlux® and Jazz® cell sorters

Technology and software developed by van den Engh has been licensed by:

• Becton and Dickinson, San Jose, CA; suspension hybridization technique
• Systemix, Palo Alto, CA; clinical sorting technology / software
• Cytomation, Fort Collins, CO; high-speed sorting technology / software
• Oxford GlycoSciences, Oxford, UK; phase-sensitive gel scanner
• Pharmacopeia, Princeton, NJ; nozzle assembly for bead sorting
• Seattle Instruments, Seattle WA; sorting technologoy, process automation
• Cytopeia, Seattle, WA
• Beckman Coulter, CA, USA