Thursday, 26 May 2016 |
Agenda |
| | 08:00 | Registration | |
Session I: Microfluidic Technologies - Emerging Trends |
| | 09:30 |  | Keynote Presentation Single Cell Biochip and Centrifugal Microfluidic Biochip for Cancer Prognosis Testing
Paul Li, Professor, Simon Fraser University, Canada
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| 10:30 | Microfluidic Technologies for the Bottom-Up Construction of Artificial Cells
Oscar Ces, Reader, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
This talk will outline microfluidic strategies for bottom-up synthetic biology that are being used to construct multi-compartment artificial cells where the contents and connectivity of each compartment can be controlled. | 11:10 | Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area | |
Session II: Novel Chip Technologies for Biomedical Applications |
| | 11:45 | Human Microphysiological Systems: Organs-on-Chips for In Vitro Efficacy, Safety, and Toxicity Testing
Danilo Tagle, Director, Office of Special Initiatives, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the NIH (NCATS), United States of America
| 12:25 | Lab on a Chip devices for Biosciences and Bioengineering Applications
Harikrishnan Narayanan Unni, Assistant Professor, IIT Hyderabad, India
| 13:05 | A Clogging-free Microfluidic Device for Platelet Enrichment
Ninad Mehendale, Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
| 13:35 | Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area | 14:35 | Poster Session | |
Session III: Paper Based Chips & Platforms |
| | 14:50 | Paper Based Microfluidics
Amit Asthana, Principal Scientist, Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology, India
| 15:30 | ß-Galactosidase assay using Lab On Paper Platform
Anushree Lokur, Associate Professor, Ramnarain Ruia College, India
This presentation will elaborate its work on Lab on a Paper platform for delection of enzymes with chromogenic substrates.
| 16:10 |  Technology Spotlight:
Automating Liquid Handling for Life Sciences
Billy Asir, Product Specialist, Beckman Coulter India Pvt Ltd
| 16:25 | Coffee and Networking Session | 16:50 | End of First Day of Conference |
Friday, 27 May 2016 |
Session IV: Biomedical Applications of Microfluidic Systems |
| | 09:30 | Biomicrofluidics for Therapeutic Applications
Xunli Zhang, Deputy Director of Graduate School, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
In this talk, the development of microfluidic systems for in vitro characterisation of process dynamics in biofluidic related therapeutic procedures such as blood flow and chemo embolisation for tumour treatment will be described. Both experimental and computational results will be presented and discussed. | 10:10 | Bio-Microfluidics: From Simple Microfluidic Systems to Channel-Less Movable Microfluidics
Mohammed Qasaimeh, Assistant Professor, New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
In this talk, three different biomedical applications will be discussed. The first application is the use of simple microfluidic system for culturing mammalian cells and temporally-controlling the delivery of bio-reagents of Microfluidics. The second one is the use of Microfluidic Quadrupoles to manipulate concentration gradients of chemicals and established the concept of floating gradients. The third application is the use of herringbone microfluidic chip to capture circulating plasma cells from blood samples taken from multiple myeloma patients.
| 10:50 | Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area | |
Session V: Acoustic Wave in Microfluidics |
| | 11:20 | Sorting of Deformable Objects and Blood-Plasma Separation
Ashis Sen, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
The separation of blood cells and plasma from sample blood in a capillary flow format using patterned microchannel and acoustophoresis will be presented and discussed in this talk. | 12:00 | | 13:00 | Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area | |
Session VI: Advanced Applications of Microfluidics Technology I |
| | 14:15 | Microfuidic in Bioprocessing and Biosensors
M S Thakur, Former Head, Fermentation Technology and Bioengineering, Central Food Technological Research Institute, India
| 14:55 |  Technology Spotlight:
Capabilities of Microfluidic Based Systems for Research and Commercialization
Harald Denz, CEO, DENZ BIO-Medical GmbH
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Session VII: Advanced Applications of Microfluidics Technology II |
| | 15:10 | Maintaining Stable Interfaces During Microfluidic Transport
V N Lad, Assistant Professor, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology-Surat, India
| 15:50 | Use of Superhydrophobic Column Wall for Drag and Dispersion Reduction in Liquid Chromatography
Tamoghna Saha, Research Scholar, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India
The flow and axial dispersion through narrow packed superhydrophobic column is investigated experimentally with implications in liquid chromatography. The experiments establish a reduced drag lowering the high pressure requirement in HPLC and a lower dispersion, leading to enhanced analytical resolution. | 16:15 | Comparison of the performance of a Novel Microfluidic Device Fabricated by Different Techniques
Sripada Raja, Research Scholar, NIT, Surathkal, India
| 16:40 | End of Conference |
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