Registration & Coffee

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

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

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

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall

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

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

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

Lunch, Poster Session and Networking in Exhibit Hall

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

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

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

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

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

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall

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

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

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

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

Evening Reception

Registration & Coffee

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

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

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

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibit Hall

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

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

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

Lunch, Poster Session and Networking in Exhibit Hall

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

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

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

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

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area

Poster Award Ceremony taking place at the SIMTech booth

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

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

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

Tour of the SIMTech Microfluidics Foundry