Albert Van Den Berg,
Professor,
University Of Twente
Albert van den Berg received his MSc in applied physics in 1983, and his PhD in 1988 both at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. From 1988-1993 he worked in Neuchatel, Switzerland, at the CSEM and the University (IMT) on miniaturized chemical sensors. From 1993 until 1999 he was research director Micro Total Analysis Systems (µTAS) at MESA, University of Twente. In 1998 he was appointed as part-time professor “Biochemical Analysis Systems”, and later in 2000 as full professor on Miniaturized Systems for (Bio)Chemical Analysis in the faculty of Electrical Engineering. He received several honors and awards such as Simon Stevin (2002), ERC advanced grant (2008), Spinoza prize (1009) and honorary university professorship (2010). He has co-authored over 220 papers (H=36) and over 10 patents, and has been involved in > 5 spin-off companies. His current research interests focus on microanalysis systems and nanosensors, nanofluidics and single cells and tissues on chips, especially with applications in personalized health care and development of sustainable (nano)technologies.
Labs-on-a-Chip for Medical Applications
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 at 17:00
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The recent rapid developments in microfluidics technologies has enabled the realization of miniaturized laboratories. These Labs-on-a-Chip will play an important role in future medicine, both in point-of-care devices for drug or biomarker monitoring, as well as in early diagnostic devices. We developed a pre-filled ready-to-use capillary electrophoresis platform for measuring ions in blood. It is used to monitor lithium in finger-prick blood of manic-depressive patients, but can also be used for measuring calcium in blood for prevention of milk fever, or for measuring creatinine in blood or sodium in urine for early detection of ESRD. Another device was developed for analyzing male fertility by determining sperm concentration and motility in semen. It appears that the same device can be easily adapted to detect the presence of cells in milk, a good indicator for the presence of mastitis.For early detection of colon cancer, nanowire sensors for detection of hypermethylated DNA will be presented, showing label-free DNA detection. The small size of these nanowire sensors enables the integration of a complete lab in a pill, that may be used as a screwening tool for early diagnostics of intestinal cancer.
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