Thursday, 19 November 2015

08:00

Registration & Coffee


Plenary Session in the Main Auditorium
Session Chair: Charles Yang Chun, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

08:50

Plenary Presentation in the Main Auditorium (Room 1) - Microfluidics Manufacturing and Beyond – Zhiping Wang, Director of Research Programmes, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

09:30

Plenary Presentation in the Main Auditorium (Room 1) - Introduction for IVD customers’ needs. Johnson Zhang, Vice President and General Manager, Asia-Pacific for PerkinElmer

10:10

Plenary Presentation in the Main Auditorium (Room 1) - Drop-based microfluidics for diagnostics research. David Weitz, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, Harvard University, USA

10:50

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall


T2D1S1: Fluid Control and Manipulation
Session Chair: Thomas Franke, Professor, University Of Glasgow, United Kingdom

11:30

Real time single cell multiplexed assay for proteolytic activity matrix analysis by using droplet microfluidics
Chia Hung Chen, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore

11:50

Flow control elements for manufacturable microfluidics-devices
Ronny Van 'T Oever, Managing Director, Micronit Microfluidics BV, Netherlands

12:10

Magnetic Nanofluids in Micro Devices
Raju Ramanujan, Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

12:30

Lunch, Poster Session and Networking in Exhibit Hall


T2D1S2: Single Cell Analysis

13:40

Dissecting epigenetic heterogeneity with single cell assay
Lih Feng Cheow, Research Fellow, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Singapore

14:00

Single-cell molecular analysis of circulating tumor cells
Qihui Shi, Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

14:20

Development of Microfluidic Platforms Enabling Single-Cell Electrical Phenotyping
Jian Chen, Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

14:40

Precision microsystems for manipulation and analysis of single cells and model animals
Wenhui Wang, Professor, Tsinghua University, China

15:00

High-density impedance spectroscope for single cell analysis
Jaehoon Chung, Scientist, Institute of Microelectronics (IME) A*STAR, Singapore

15:20

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall


T2D1S3: Microfluidics Manufacturing Techniques
Session Chair: Hiroshi Kimura, Professor, Micro/Nano Technology Center, Tokai University, Japan

16:00

Surface engineering of polydimethylsiloxane for stem cell based on-chip tissue regeneration
Yuejun Kang, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

16:20

Bonding of Hemogeneous/Hetergeneous Materials for Microfluidics
Pin Chuan Chen, Associate Professor, National Taiwan University Of Science And Technology, Taiwan

16:40

Modification of Polymer Based Microfluidic Chip via Plasma and UV Induced Surface Grafting Techniques
Tao Zhang, Scientist, Singapore Institute Of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

17:00

Microfluidics for Evaluating the Hemocompatibility of Functionalized Graphene Oxide and its Implication for Antithrombotic Application
Kenry , Student, National University Of Singapore, Singapore

17:20

Evening Reception

Friday, 20 November 2015

08:00

Registration & Coffee


Plenary Session in the Main Auditorium

08:50

Plenary Presentation in the Main Auditorium (Room 1) - Optofluidics and Optical Force for Nano-manipulation and Sorting, Ai-Qun Liu, Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

09:30

Plenary Presentation in the Main Auditorium (Room 1) - Advanced Nanosystems for Diagnostic Applications. Jackie Y.Ying, Executive Director, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, A*STAR, Singapore

10:10

Plenary Presentation in the Main Auditorium (Room 1) - Recent Advances in Sensor Technologies for Mobile Healthcare, Chris Lowe, Emeritus Professor, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, UK

10:50

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall


T2D2S1: Point-of-Care Diagnostics I
Session Chair: Wei Wang, Associate Professor, Peking University, China

11:30

Developing New Platforms for Point of Care Diagnostics
Jonathan Cooper, The Wolfson Chair of Bioengineering, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

11:50

Development of an Integrated Paper-based Molecular Diagnostic Device for Point-of-Care Testing (POCT)
Wamadeva Balachandran, Director, Brunel University London, United Kingdom

12:10

Rapid diagnosis of infectious diseases at point-of-care
Daniel Adlerstein, Director, Atlas Genetics Ltd, United Kingdom

12:30

Lunch, Poster Session and Networking in Exhibit Hall


T2D2S2: Point-of-Care Diagnostics II

13:40

Developing a handheld device for sample-to-result molecular diagnostics in twenty minutes
Jonathan O'Halloran, Chief Scientific Officer/Co Founder, QuantuMDx Group Ltd, United Kingdom

14:00

Graphene-based Printed Biological and Chemical Sensors for Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Adisorn Tuantranont, Director, Thai Organic and Printed Electronics Innovation Center (TOPIC), National Electronic and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand

14:20

Development of Innovative Microfluidic Assay of Platelet Functions
Sehyun Shin, Professor & Director, Nano-Biofluignostic Engineering Research Center, Korea University and Anam/Guro Hospital of Korea University, Korea South

14:40

A segmented multiplex continuous-flow polymeric RT-PCR microfluidic system with a coordinate-based quantitative detection for point-of-care gene expression analysis
Geok Soon Lim, PhD Student, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

15:00

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

15:30

Poster Award Ceremony taking place at the SIMTech booth


Session T2D2S3: Microfluidics applications
Session Chair: Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University Of Glasgow, United Kingdom

15:40

A Lab on Chip System for the Rapid Detection of Bacterial Spores
Meng-Han Kuok, Co-founder, Camtech, Singapore

16:00

Continuous trapping and detection of oil micro-droplets in water using microfluidic AC electroosmosis (ACEO) for environmental monitoring applications
Dhiman Das, PhD Candidate, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

16:20

Microfluidic Platform for Feeding And Simultaneous Activity Monitoring of Drosophila
Deepak Choudhury, Research Scientist, Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

17:10

Tour of the SIMTech Microfluidics Foundry