08:00 | Registration & Coffee |
08:55 | Opening Address by Dr. Zhiping Wang, Director, SIMTech Microfluidics Foundry |
09:00 |  | Keynote Presentation Disposable microfluidic devices for biological applications
Luc Bousse, Director of Microfluidics, InSilixa Inc, United States of America
Efforts to combine microfabrication technology, most notably silicon device technology, and biology and medicine started as early as the 1970’s with silicon-based ion-sensitive field effect transistors. Since then, the focus has mostly been on microfluidics consisting of microchannels fabricated in insulating substrates such as glass and polymers. Fabricating these with high precision injection molding enables the use of cost-effective disposable devices. More recent work on silicon VLSI-based technology has demonstrated a 2-D biosensor array of individual biosensing elements that consist of miniaturized CMOS integrated sensors interfaced with capturing molecules (probes) that can interact with bio-molecules of interest. |
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09:50 |  | Keynote Presentation Micro Magnetofluidics –Wireless Control for Microfluidics
Nam Trung Nguyen, Professor/Director, Griffith University, Australia
Microfluidics is rich in multi-physics phenomena, which offer fundamentally new capabilities in the manipulation and detection of biological particles. Most current microfluidic applications are based on hydrodynamic, electrokinetic, acoustic and optic actuation. Implementing these concepts requires bulky external pumping/valving systems and energy supplies.
The required wires and connectors make their fabrication and handling difficult. The use of magnetism would provide a wireless solution for this need.
Micro magnetofluidics provides a convenient and wireless way for control and manipulation of fluid flow in the microscale.This talk presents recent interesting phenomena in both continuous-flow and digital mciro magnetofluidics. |
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10:40 | Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area |
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Microfluidic Components & Devices |
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11:15 | Multiplexed microfluidic culture device for stem cell culturing
Nicolas Szita, Professor, University College London, United Kingdom
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11:40 | Controlled liquid flow in a microfluidic channel
Markku Känsäkoski, Vice President, Ginolis Ltd, Finland
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12:05 | Integrated Silicon Biophotonic Devices for Point-of-Care Diagnostic Applications
Mi Kyoung Park, Head, A*STAR (Agency For Science Technology And Research), Singapore
The silicon biophotonic devices provide a promising means for the label-free detection of target molecules and for the real-time monitoring of solutions that occur near the device surface. We describe our recent developments in integrated Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) systems based on silicon biophotonic sensors for point-of-care applications in the field of cancer diagnostics and infectious disease detection. |
12:30 | Microfluidics for photocatalytic water purification: now and beyond
Xuming Zhang, Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Photocatalytic water purification utilizes light to degrade the contaminants in water and may enjoy many merits of the microfluidics technology.
This talk will start with the explanation of physical mechanisms that underpin the synergy of microfluidics and photocatalysis, followed by a systematic review of different types of microfluidic reactors that have been demonstrated for photocatalysis, including the serial work of our own group.
Finally, the prospects of microfluidic reactors for niche applications will be discussed. |
12:55 | Lunch Break and Poster Session |
14:40 | A paper/plastic hybrid microfluidic device for rapid nucleic acid extraction and amplification of DNA on a low cost platform
Ruth Mackay, Lecturer, Brunel University, United Kingdom
A low cost isothermal and detection platform is presented with a novel paper/plastic hybrid microfluidic cartridge for the extraction, amplification and fluorescent detection of pathogenic DNA in a single chamber. |
15:05 | All in One - Advanced technologies for complex low cost microfluidic devices
Alexander Schilling, CEO, Little Things Factory, Germany
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15:30 | Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area |
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Lab-on-a-Chip - Moving Towards Commercialisation |
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16:15 | Speed-up Microfluidics Product Development
Zhiping Wang, Director, Singapore Institute Of Manufacturing Technology A''STAR, Singapore
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16:40 | Development of a Handheld DNA Sequencer & the Internet of Life
Jonathan O'Halloran, Chief Scientific Officer/Co Founder, QuantuMDx Group Ltd, United Kingdom
QuantuMDx is developing a mobile, handheld DNA sequencing device to provide diagnosis in under 15 minutes for a few pounds by the patient’s side for infectious disease, PGx and tumour profiling applications. We expect to roll these devices out throughout resource limited areas and network the disease data, enabling a real-time epidemiology platform we call the 'Internet of Life'™ that will prevent disease outbreaks from spreading to pandemics. |
17:05 | Microfluidic technologies for point-of-care diagnostic and organ-on-a-chip applications: from concepts to products
Claudia Gärtner, CEO, microfluidic ChipShop GmbH, Germany
We have developed a strategy using modularized microfluidic devices as well as hardware modules in order to speed up the development of highly integrated microfluidics-enabled products for diagnostics and the life sciences. |
17:30 | How to make your lab-on-a-chip technology investment ready
Erol Harvey, Chief Executive Officer, MiniFAB, Australia
On too many occasions exciting technologies have failed in realizing their full potential, ending up in the "valley of death". This presentation will discuss strategies for attracting investment to Lab-on-a-chip technologies, enabling the transition from bench-top to real-world products. |
18:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION - “ What will be the killer lab-on-a-chip products, and how can we move faster to have such products in the market?”
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18:30 | Evening Drinks Reception in the Club House |
19:30 | End of Day One |
