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SELECTBIO Conferences Lab-on-a-Chip Asia Track A

Thomas Hai-Qing Gong's Biography



Thomas Hai-Qing Gong, Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University

Dr. Gong is a director and founder of Star Array Pte Ltd, a company focusing on developing research tool for single cell analysis, digital PCR, and novel sample preparation methods. He is also an associate professor in Division of Thermal and Fluids Engineering, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

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Single Cell Genetic Testing with Integrated Sample Preparation in the Same Reaction Wells

Wednesday, 13 November 2013 at 11:30

Add to Calendar ▼2013-11-13 11:30:002013-11-13 12:30:00Europe/LondonSingle Cell Genetic Testing with Integrated Sample Preparation in the Same Reaction WellsSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

We developed a novel microfluidic method to integrate the entire workflow of single cell genetic analysis, including single cell capture, zero-loss nucleic acid extraction and purification from low copy cells (1-105 cfu) in a microwell and furthermore perform single cell real-time PCR in the same microwell. All these steps are carried out in a single well, avoiding sample loss during sample transfer. We further applied this “all-in-one-well” sample prep integrated PCR to an array of nanoliter wells for single cells dPCR analysis. This sample prep integrated genetic testing method also has a potential to carry out dPCR using a raw sample with zero loss of nucleic acid when removing PCR inhibitors. It also has benefits of reducing the total raw sample volume to 1ul or less, and selectively removing DNA or RNA to enable high quality gene expression analysis.


Add to Calendar ▼2013-11-12 00:00:002013-11-13 00:00:00Europe/LondonLab-on-a-Chip Asia Track ASELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com