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Agenda
Day One - 6 August 2009
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Session: Lab-on-a-Chip For Research and Drug Discovery
Chair: Samuel Sia, Assistant Professor, Columbia University |
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09:00 |
Lab-on-a-Chip for Proteomics
Daojing Wang, Scientist, Berkley Lab
Design, fabrication, and application of silicon/silica-based microfabricated monolithic multinozzle emitters (M3 emitters) for nanoelectrospray mass spectrometry will be discussed. |
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09:30 |
Use of a Microfluidic Platform for High Throughput Screening for Drug Discovery
Elaine Wong-Ho, Assay Development Scientist, Caliper Life Sciences |
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Session: Lab-on-a-Chip for Point-of-Care (POC) Diagnostics
Chair: Teruo Fujii, Professor, University of Tokyo |
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10:00 |
Microfluidics for 3D Tissue Engineering and Point-of-care Diagnostics
Samuel Sia, Assistant Professor, Columbia University
The use of microfluidic techniques for two different applications: controlling 3D microenvironments of cells and tissues, and for developing low-cost point-of-care diagnostics for use in U.S. and in developing countries will be discussed. |
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10:30 |
Coffee and Networking |
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11:30 |
Novel Field-assisted Lab-on-a-Chip System for Rapid Point-of-care Diagnosis
Albert Cheung Yu, Chief Executive Officer, Hai Kang Life Corporation
A field-assisted hybridization technology was invented and patented to be used on a novel lab-on-a-chip system. It could achieve sensitive and accurate detection of nucleic acid in minutes, yielding diagnostic results within the hour from sampling stage. |
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12:00 |
Application of Digital Microfluidics to Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Michael Pollack, Co-Founder, Advanced Liquid Logic |
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12:30 |
Lunch and Networking in Main Exhibition Hall |
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1:00 |
Free Workshop: Inkjet Microarray Printing: Genomics and Proteomics “On the Fly”
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2:00 |
Rapid Detection of Trace Botulinum Neurotoxin/A Presence and Enzyme Activity in Serum Samples Using a Point-of-Care Diagnostic Platform
Greg Sommer, Research Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories
A rapid and comprehensive diagnostic for the presence and toxicity of dilute Botulinum Neurotoxin/A (BoNT/A) from serum samples using the a multiplexed platform will be presented. |
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Session: Lab-on-a-Chip: New Technologies
Chair: Holger Becker, Director, Microfluidic ChipShop |
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2:30 |
A Simple, Rugged Multiwavelength Microflow Cytometer
Peter Howell, Research Chemist, Naval Research Laboratory
The microflow cytometer can produce fully ensheathed flow with only a single sheath inlet. Four color analysis is performed using embedded optical fibers. Measurement precision is comparable to commercial cytometers. |
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3:00 |
Coffee and Networking in Main Exhibition Hall |
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3:45 |
Development of a Fully Integrated Lab-on-a-Chip Electrophoresis System for Astrobiological Investigations on Mars
Peter Willis, Urey Instrument Analytical Lead in Microfluidics, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
An integrated microfluidic capillary electrophoresis system capable of ultrasensitive compositional and chiral analysis of amino acids is under development, in order to determine if Mars harbors signatures of past or present life. |
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4:15 |
A Vesicle-Based Dynamic Lab-on-a-Chip Platform Using Hybrid Integrated Circuit / Microfluidics
David Issadore, Graduate Student, Harvard University
A versatile vesicle-based lab-on-a-chip platform for biological and chemical applications using a hybrid integrated circuit (IC) / micofluidic chip will be presented. |
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4:45 |
Drinks Reception |
Day Two - 7 August 2009
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Session: Lab-on-a-Chip: New Technologies Cont.
Chair: Holger Becker, Director, Microfluidic ChipShop |
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09:00 |
Mapping DNA in Tissues: A Spatially Resolved Array Technique with Integrated Tissue Transfer, DNA Extraction, Amplification and Detection
Michael Armani, Research Assistant, University of Maryland and National Cancer Institute
DNA in tissue was mapped using a single-vial tissue transfer, DNA extraction, and PCR detection technique in an array format. This approach streamlines and miniaturizes macro-scale analysis and may become a valuable tool for diagnosing disease. |
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09:30 |
Nano-structured Sensors for Chemical and Biomedical Applications based on CD/DVD Manufacturing Process
Marco Quarta, President, Wetware Concepts
Results on a new nanostructured sensor, for the food & quality market, obtained by an innovative manufacturing process based on a standard reliable disk (CD or DVD) manufacturing process will be presented. |
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Session: Lab-on-a-Chip - New Applications
Chair: Michael Armani, Research Assistant, University of Maryland and National Cancer Institute |
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10:00 |
Keynote Presentation
Expanding the Horizons of Lab-on-a-Chip Applications
Teruo Fujii, Professor, University of Tokyo
From deep-sea environmental sensing to embryo and tissue culture, ‘working Lab-on-a-Chip systems’ in various application fields are presented. Looking at the features of the Lab-on-a-Chip technologies, the horizons of application areas will be discussed. |
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10:30 |
Coffee and Networking in Main Exhibition Hall |
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11:30 |
New Developments in Lab-on-a-Chip Technology for Real-world Products
Holger Becker, Director, Microfluidic ChipShop
Where do we stand in the industrialisation of Lab-on-a-chip technologies, 20 years after the initial conceptions? The presentation will focus on the recent trends in the transformation of lab-on-chip concepts into real-world products. |
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12:00 |
Single-cell Microtools for Profiling Human Immune Responses
Christopher Love, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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12:30 |
Lunch and Networking in Main Exhibition Hall |
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2:00 |
A Nanofluidic Real Time PCR Array for the 7900HT PCR System
Jing Wang, Senior Chip Scientist, Fluidigm Corporation |
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2:30 |
Putting the Horse Before the Cart – Leveraging Systems Biology to Build Genomic Biomarkers
Richard Brennan, Toxicology Director, GeneGo
Genomic signatures are a useful component of the molecular diagnostics toolbox. FDA is paying close attention to their utility and application in clinical research and safety assessment through MAQC. Functional descriptors provide robust and biologically-tractable biomarkers with good predictive power. |
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3:00 |
Coffee and Networking |
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3:45 |
Keynote Presentation
A Generic Microfluidic Platform for Ultrafast Genotyping: Sample-In/Answer-Out Capabilities That Revolutionize Forensic and Clinical Diagnostic Analysis
James Landers, Professor, University of Virginia |
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4:15 |
Monitoring Nanoparticle Toxicities using a Lab-on-a-Chip
Lukas Richter, Scientist, Austrian Research Center |
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4:45 |
Novel Ultrafast Far-field Nanoscopic Velocimetry for Lab-on-a-chip Applications
Guiren Wang, Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina |
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5:15 |
Close of Conference | |