Track Two LOACA2016 Agenda

Registration

Opening Address by Dr. Zhiping Wang, Director of Research Programmes and Director of SIMTech Microfluidics Foundry

Plenary Session in Room One

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Micro/Nanofluidics Based Platforms for Biosensing Applications
Amy Shen, Professor and Provost, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan

Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) based Lab-on-a-Chip on a Single Substrate
Rahul Kishor, Research Scholar, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Early Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases via a New Biomarker: the Activity of Essential DNA-Modifying Enzymes
Megan Yi-Ping Ho, Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Wearable Tactile Sensing Solutions using Flexible Microfluidics
Joo Chuan Yeo , PhD student, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

CHIP ON FLY – Design and Development of a Novel Platform for RFD Tagging and Detection of Drosophila Melanogaster
Deepak Choudhury, Research Scientist, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

Microfluidic Flow Cells as a Unique Tool for Studying Biofilm Dynamics
Manisha Mukherjee, Research Fellow , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Exosome Sorting System by Utilizing Ion Control Techniques
Katsuo Mogi, Assistant professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Titech), Japan

Biosensor Platforms for Molecular Analyses of Circulating Exosomes
Huilin Shao, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Principle Investigator, Biomedical Institute for Global Health Research & Technology, NUS & Joint Investigator, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR, Singapore

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

A pump-free Microfluidic 3d Perfusion Platform for Efficient Generation of Human Stem Cell Derived Hepatocytes
Yi-Chin Toh, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore

3D Printed “LEGO” Device for Tumor Migration and Metastasis Study
Liang Zhao, Assistant Professor , Research Center for Bioengineering and Sensing Technology, School of Chemistry and Bioengineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China

Electromicrofluidic Manipulations for Heterogeneous Architectures of Cells and Hydrogels
Shih Kang Fan, Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

End of Day One

Registration

Plenary Session in Room One

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Acoustic Holograms – Creating Unique Flows for Point of Care Diagnostics
Jonathan Cooper, The Wolfson Chair of Bioengineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Multiple Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA on a Microfluidic Platform
Sehyun Shin, Professor & Director, Nano-Biofluignostic Engineering Research Center, Korea University and Anam/Guro Hospital of Korea University, Korea South

Sequentially Linked Integrated Cassette for Molecular Diagnostics – SLIC MDx
Wamadeva Balachandran, Director, Brunel University London, United Kingdom

Portable Systems for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Pavel Neužil, Team Leader, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, P.R. , China

Lunch, Poster Session & Networking in Exhibit Hall

An open Diagnostic Platform – Facing the Challenges of Different Samples and Target Analytes
Claudia Gärtner, CEO, microfluidic ChipShop GmbH, Germany

Ultra-high Sample Concentration by Ion Concentration Polarization on a Paper Based Converging Microfluidic Analytical Device Laminated by Paraffin
Adhikarige Taniya Kaushalya Perera, Ph.D. student, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Optical Sensors for Lab on Chip Devices
Meng-Han Kuok, Co-founder, Camtech, Singapore

Development of Gene Testing Microfluidic Systems for Healthcare and Forensic Applications
Lei Wang, Director, Micro Systems Engineering Department, CapitalBio Corporation, China

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

PANEL DISCUSSION - “Commercialisation of Microfluidic Technologies and Challenges in Microfluidics Device Manufacturing”

End of Day Two