08:00 | Registration |
| Applications in Micro and Nanofluidics | Session Sponsors |
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09:00 | | Keynote Presentation Acoustophoresis Offers New Lab-on-a-Chip Opportunities Thomas Laurell, Professor, Lund University, Sweden
Acoustophoresis has become a powerful means to accomplish non-contact manipulation and spatial control of cells and microparticles in microfluidic systems. Acoustophoresis offers chip integration of a wide range of basic unit operations in bioanalytical process flows e.g. cell separation, buffer switching, valving, affinity bead extraction, cell interaction studies and cell concentration. Several biomedical applications of acoustophoresis will be overviewed. |
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10:00 | Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition Hall |
10:45 | Engineering Polymer Micro and Nanoparticles with Controlled Size, Composition and Morphology by Microfluidics Christophe Serra, Professor, University of Strasbourg, France
Capillary-based microsystems were developed to produce polymer microparticles of adjustable sizes (50 to 600 µm) with a narrow size distribution, different shapes (spheres, rods) and morphologies (core-shell, janus, capsules). Micromixers were used to nanoprecipitate a polymer solution and get size adjustable nanoparticles (80 nm to 200 nm) at low polymer to non-solvent flow rates ratios. |
11:30 | Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanomaterials on Microfluidic Chips Martin Gijs, Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
We describe how microfluidic chips and, in particular, droplet-based devices can be used for the synthesis of inorganic coatings, nano- and microparticles and for formation of nanoparticle assemblies. |
12:15 | Lunch and Networking in Exhibition Hall |
13:30 | Poster Viewing Session |
| Microfluidic Devices |
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14:15 | Photo- and Radiochemistry in Microfluidic Chips Nicole Pamme, Professor in Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
Miniaturising chemical processing and analysis to the microfluidic scale allows for precise reaction control. Two examples of efficient microfluidic chemistry are presented: (i) photo-chemistry for light initiated reactions and (ii) radiochemistry for dose-on-demand PET imaging tracers. |
15:00 | Microfluidics for Cell and Particle-based Applications Holger Becker, Chief Scientific Officer, Microfluidic ChipShop GmbH, Germany
Many applications in the life sciences use cells or particles. The use of microfluidics can greatly widen the spectrum of these applications by using unique techniques such as dielectrophoresis for cell assembly, particle sorting by Dean forces or transport phenomena of magnetic beads in microstructures. In this paper, we will present various examples of applications realized in microfluidic devices ranging from drug discovery to molecular diagnostics. Typical challenges in miniaturization and strategies to overcome these problems in product development will be discussed. |
15:45 | Coffee Break and Networking in the Exhibition Hall |
16:30 | Scaling Down Biology and Chemistry: Smaller or Larger? Xavier Casadevall, Senior Scientist, ETH Zürich , Switzerland
Microfluidic devices can deliver higher degrees of control and throughput for chemical and biological experimentation. Furthermore, they enable new applications such as single cell assays and fully automated platforms for chemical synthesis optimization. Some of these examples will be presented. |
17:15 | Microfluidics Enabled IVD Devices - An R&D Perspective Gregor Ocvirk, Group Head, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Germany
Examples from the development of microstructured IVD devices are given in order to stress the importance of using scalable methods for device manufacturing and characterization already in early development. |
18:00 | End of Day One |