Registration & Coffee

Opening Address by Dr. Zhiping Wang in the Main Auditorium (ROOM 1)

Keynote Presentation in the Main Auditorium (Room 1) - Disposable microfluidic devices for biological applications, Luc Bousse, InSilixa Inc

Keynote Presentation in the Main Auditorium (Room 1) - Micro Magnetofluidics –Wireless Control for Microfluidics, Nam-trung Ngyen, Griffith University

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Microfluidic Concentration of Sample Solutes and Particles/Cells and Patterning of Particles using Temperature Gradient Focusing
Charles Yang Chun, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

In microfluidic operations, enhancing detection sensitivity and resolution are needed to meet the detection limits because of the dilute sample solutions, ultra-small volumes and short detection length in microfluidic devices. This talk will present the use of microfluidic temperature gradient for concentrating solutes, DNAs and particles.

Technology Spotlight:
From Lab to Market, the 4 rules of a Microfluidic Success Story
Sebastian Cargou, CEO, Elvesys

Lab-on-Blu-Ray: Low-Cost Analyte Detection on a Disk
Marco Donolato, Researcher/CTO, Blue Sense Diagnostics, Denmark

In this work, we present for the first time a centrifugal microfluidic system for the detection of analytes in blood using a low cost (< 10$) blu-ray pickup head for detection.

High-throughput Neurotechnology for Engineering the Nervous System
Peng Shi, Assistant Professor, City University Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Lunch Break and Poster Session

Coupling isotachophoresis with bead-based assay for rapid and multiplexed nucleic acids detection
Hirofumi Shintaku, Assistant Professor, Kyoto University, Japan

Separation of micro particle using insulator-based Dielectrophoresis mechanism in stair-shaped microchannel
Hamid Latifi, Professor, Shahid Beheshti University, Iran

A numerical and experimental investigation was performed on separation of micro particles 1.5 (µm), 3 (µm) and 6 (µm) in a stair- shaped micro channel using insulator-based Dielectrophoresis (iDEP) mechanism at low DC total applied voltages of 90-110 (V).

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Modelling and Testing of Dielectrophoresis-Based Microfluidic Devices for Separation and Concentration of Water Pathogens
Hejun Du, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, NTU, Singapore

High-throughput analysis of cyanobacteria ethanol producers as means of fluorescence in a microdroplet platform
Sara Abalde-Cela, PDRA, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Encapsulation of cyanobacteria producing bioethanol in microdroplets allowed for the analysis of ethanol productivity within a lab-on-a-chip device combination.

Rapid, easy and parallel partitioning for higher throughput in digital PCR
Johnson Ng, Founder And CEO, JN Medsys Pte Ltd, Singapore

An Implantable Microfluidic Drug Delivery Device for Individualized Cancer Treatment
Peiyi Song, Student, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

The implantable approach for controlled drug delivery in chemotherapy by using microfluidic device can overcome serious side effects of chemotherapies and provide more advances for novel therapeutic strategies.

Panel Discussion in the Main Auditorium - “ What will be the killer lab-on-a-chip products, and how can we move faster to have such products in the market?”

Evening Drinks Reception in the Club House

End of Day One

Registration & Coffee

Keynote Presentation in the Main Auditorium (Room 1) - Point-of-Care Diagnostics and Biomedical Applications Using Microfluidic Devices, Manabu Tokeshi, Hokkaido University

Keynote Presentation in the Main Auditorium (Room 1) - Microfluidic Platforms for Human Diseases: From Diagnosis to Therapeutics, Chwee Teck Lim, NUS

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Microfluidics-based cell separation and nanoparticle synthesis
Jiashu Sun, Associate Professor, National Center For NanoScience And Technology, China

Biomimic cellular microenvironment by using artificial extracellular matrix and microfluidics
Liu Li, , Kyoto University, Japan

Cell-based Assay in Cotton Fabrics Hierarchical Structure
Dedy Wicaksono, Senior Lecturer, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia

The work proposes the use of cotton fabrics as a low-cost platform for conducting cell based assay. Two applications in cell based assay using cotton hierarchical structures are made: cell culture platform and cell sorting.

Label-Free Silicon-on-Insulator "Lab on a chip" Optical Biosensors based on Interferometers
Najla Najeeb, PhD student, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

We demonstrate Lab-on-a-Chip immunosensors based on interferometer technology capable of label-free, real time, parallel detection and identification of multiple analytes with extremely high sensitivity. Two types of interferometers are reported.

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Measurement of cell compressibility by ultrasound in microfluidics
Kian-Meng Lim, Associate Professor, National University Of Singapore, Singapore

Ultrasound has been used to move or manipulate micro-sized particles, such as biological cells, in microfluidic lab-on-chip systems. The particles experience an acoustic radiation force that arises from the scattering of the incident sound field due to differences in material properties between the particle and the surrounding medium. In this talk, the use of this acoustic radiation force to measure the bulk modulus or compressibility of cells will be presented. Numerical calculations of this radiation force on non-spherical particles will also be discussed.

High Resolution and Rapid Sieving of Biomolecules in Capillary-Well Motif
Levent Yobas, Assistant Professor, Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology, Hong Kong

Micropatterned-Human Embryo (µ-HUE) Platform for Detection of Human Developmental Toxicity
Yi-Chin Toh, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore

This study presents a scalable human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-based screening platform to detect developmental toxicity in human. Using this in vitro model, we could not only measure dose-dependent effects but also correctly classify species-specific drug (Thalidomide) and false negative drug (D-Penicillamine) as compared to the leading in vitro mouse embryonic stem cell test.

Low-volume multiplexed proteolytic activity assay analysis through a pico-injector array
Chia Hung Chen, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Competition Prize draw at the SIMTech Booth in the Exhibition Hall. (In front of the main Auditorium)

Tour of SIMTech Facilities

Close of Conference