Registration & Coffee

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall

Microfluidic cell trap array for the precise positioning of single cells
Chwee Teck Lim, NUS Society Chair Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

High throughput cell separation by a micropore-array filter
Wei Wang, Associate Professor, Peking University, China

Sized-based rare cells isolation by microfilters
Chia-Pin Chang, Scientist, Institute of Microelectronics A*STAR, Singapore

Lunch, Poster Session and Networking in Exhibit Hall

Real-time monitoring of specific oxygen uptake rates of embryonic stem cells in a microfluidic cell culture device
Nicolas Szita, Professor, University College London, United Kingdom

Engineered synergistic growth factor microenvironments
Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University Of Glasgow, United Kingdom

On-Chip Adipocyte Culture
Yunxiao Liu, Scientist, A*STAR's Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore

A pump free 3D microfluidic cell culture platform
Yi-Chin Toh, Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore

On-chip immune cell culture and cytokine detection
Patthara Kongsuphol, Scientist, Institute Of Microelectronics, Singapore

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall

Synthesis and Assembly Biomimetic Heterogeneous Microcomponents on an Electro-Microfluidic Platform
Shih Kang Fan, Professor, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

Droplet-based single-cell culture coupled with smartphone imaging for portable and rapid bacteria quantification
Bo Ma, Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Single Cell Trapping, Monitoring and Retrieving of Functional Nasal Epithelial Cells for Toxicological Studies
Charles Wang Wei, Research Scientist, Singapore Institute Of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

Ultrathin shelled capsules and responsive microfibers via non-confined microfluidics
Ankur Chaurasia, Student, King's College London, United Kingdom

Drinks Reception

Registration & Coffee

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall

Microfluidic technologies for Sample Preparation: Market & Technologies Analysis
Benjamin Roussel, Business Unit Manager of the Microfluidic & Medical Technologies (MedTech), Yole Développement, France

Lab-on-a-Chip-Systems – Combining Chip, Instrument and Assay: A full Service Challenge
Claudia Gärtner, CEO, microfluidic ChipShop GmbH, Germany

Perspectives on Standard Documents in Microfluidics
Ratna Tantra, Senior Research Scientist , National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom

Lunch, Poster Session and Networking in Exhibit Hall

Particle and Cell Manipulation Using Surface Acoustic Waves
Ye Ai, Associate Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Passive and Active Sorting and Manipulation of Soft Objects in Microflow
Thomas Franke, Professor, University Of Glasgow, United Kingdom

Silicon Based High Throughput Coulter Counter for Cells Sizing and Enumeration
Yu Chen, Scientist, Institute of Microelectronics (IME) A*STAR, Singapore

Bioparticles extraction by size using centrifugal microfluidics
Joo Chuan Yeo, Research Engineer, Singapore Institute Of Manufacturing Technology, Singapore

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall

Poster Award Ceremony taking place at the SIMTech booth

Eye-mimicking microfluidic devices for clinical studies in ophthalmology
Anderson Shum, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Director, Advanced Biomedical Instrumentation Centre, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Microfluidic Environmental Control Technologies for Organ-on-a-chip
Hiroshi Kimura, Professor, Micro/Nano Technology Center, Tokai University, Japan

A Novel Vertical Flow Bioreactor for Perfusion Culture
Liang Zhu, Student, National University Of Singapore, Singapore

On chip two-photon metabolic imaging for drug toxicity testing
Fang Yu, Student, Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore

Tour of the SIMTech Microfluidics Foundry