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Microfluidics and LAB-ON-A-CHIP Agenda

Wednesday, 17 January 2018


Draft Agenda- Subject to Change

08:00

Registration

09:00

Opening of Conference

09:05

Introduction of Resource Persons & Memento Presentation

09:30

Keynote Presentation

Inaugural Address
Soumyo Mukherji, Professor, Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay

10:10

Group Photograph

10:20

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session 1: Droplet-based and Digital Microfluidics

10:40

Keynote Presentation

Droplet Generation for Cell Analysis on Microfluidics and Mass Spectrometry
Jin-Ming Lin, Professor, Tsinghua University

11:20

Keynote Presentation

New Generation of Droplet Technology for Attoliter- Scale Synthetic Biology
Manish Biyani, Associate Professor, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

12:00

Digital Biomanufacturing Enabling 3D- and Micro- Cell Culture
William G Whitford, Life Science Strategic Solutions Leader, DPS Group

12:30

Q/A Discussion


Session 2: Recent Advances in Microprocessing

12:40

Tissue Microprocessing: Shaping Sub-Nanoliter Volumes of Liquids on Tissue Sections for Multimodal Analysis
Govind V Kaigala, Research Staff Member, IBM Research Laboratory-Zurich

13:10

Application of Ehrfeld® Valve assisted Micromixer for Generation of Micron sized Particles of Poorly Water Soluble Drug Compounds
Srividya Ramakrishnan, Head- API Process Engineering , Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.

13:40

Q/A Discussion

13:50

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session 3: Paper-based Devices

14:35

Fabrication of Cost Effective and Efficient Paper-based Devices for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and Viscosity Measurement
Amit Asthana, Principal Scientist, Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology

15:05

Keynote Presentation

No HPLC? No Problem! Detection of Substandard Beta Lactam Antibiotics with a Paper Analytical Device
Marya Lieberman, Professor, University of Notre Dame

15:45

Paper based Microfluidic Devices (muPADs)
Harikrishnan Narayanan Unni, Assistant Professor, IIT Hyderabad

16:15

Q/A Discussion

16:25

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session 4: Industrial Applications of Microfluidics/ LOAC

16:40

Keynote Presentation

Microfluidics for the Biomedical and Industrial Applications
An-Bang Wang, Distinguished Professor, Institute of Applied Mechanics, National Taiwan University

17:20

Keynote Presentation

NIH Organs-on-Chips Program: Tissue chips for Efficacy and Toxicity Testing in Drug Development
Danilo Tagle, Director, Office of Special Initiatives, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the NIH (NCATS)

17:50

Q/A Discussion

18:00

End of First Day of Conference

Thursday, 18 January 2018


Session 5: Biomedical Applications of Microfluidics/ LOAC-I

09:30

Microfluidics for Affordable Healthcare
Debjani Paul, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

10:00

Keynote Presentation

Low Cost Lab-on-Chip Systems for Microwave- and Nanomaterial- based Cancer Diagnostics
Norbert Klein, Professor, Imperial College London

10:40

Q/A Discussion

10:50

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session 6: Biomedical Applications of Microfluidics/LOAC-II

11:20

Microfluidic Devices for Bioprocessing and Personalised Health
Nicolas Szita, Professor, University College London

11:50

Challenges and Opportunities in Commercialization of Microfluidic Devices for POC Diagnostics
Dhananjaya Dendukuri, CEO & Co-Founder, Achira Labs Pvt Ltd

12:20

Q/A Discussion


Session 7: Microfluidics for Cell Analysis

12:30

Keynote Presentation

Cancer Multidrug Resistance on a Chip: A New Hope for Old Clinical Trials
Paul Li, Professor, Simon Fraser University

13:10

Microfluidic Technologies for Cryomicroscopy of Cells and Organisms
Thomas Burg, Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry

13:40

Q/A Discussion

13:50

Lunch Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session 8: Microfluidics Devices- Diverse Applications

14:40

Keynote Presentation

Wearable Eccrine Sweat Biosensing: Uncovering The Real Challenges That Lie Ahead
Jason Heikenfeld, Professor and VP Operations, UC Office of Innovation, University of Cincinnati

15:20

Biological Fouling and Cleaning in a Microchannel with Visualization: Antibiotic Effect
J Ponmozhi, Associate Professor, Institute of Engineering and science(IES), IPS Academy

15:50

Q/A Discussion

16:00

Coffee Break and Networking in Exhibition Area


Session 9: Academic Innovations in Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip (Oral Presentations)

16:15

Mixing in Microfluidic Passive Mixer by Applying Geometric Variations
Shubha Jain, Research Scholar, IIT Hyderabad

16:22

Skin-on-a-Chip: An Alternative-to-Animal, 3D In-Vitro Skin Model for Preclinical and Biomedical Applications
Manish Gore, Research Scholar, ICT Mumbai

16:29

Split and Recombine Micromixer based Continuous Synthesis of Chitosan Nanoparticles
Ganesh Gaikwad, Research Scholar, ICT Mumbai

16:36

Development of a Microfluidic Device for On-Chip Blood-Plasma Separation and Determination of Blood Glucose Levels via Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance
Pearlson Prashanth Austin Suthanthiraraj, Research Scholar, IIT Madras

16:43

On-Chip Generation of Cell Laden Microcarriers using Microfluidics
Md Danish Eqbal, Research Scholar, IIT Bombay

16:50

Aptasensor for Point-of-Care (POC) Diagnosis of Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis (pTB)
Niraj Jadhav, Research Scholar, IISc

16:57

Understanding the Dynamics of Skeletal Muscle Differentiation, Fusion and Myotube- Myotube Interaction In Vitro
Kiran Yellappa Vajanthri, Research Scholar, IIT (Banaras Hindu University)

17:04

Clogging-Free Continuous Operation with Whole Blood in a Microfluidic Radial Pillar Device (RAPID)
Shilpi Pandey, Research Scholar, IIT Bombay

17:11

A Microfluidics and Mobile Microscopy Platform for Point-of- Care Detection of Sickle Cell Disease
Oshin Sharma, Research Scholar, IIT Bombay

17:18

Fabrication of Miniature Lenses for Smartphone Microscopy using Unconventional Approaches
Bhuvaneshwari Karunakaran, Research Scholar, IIT Bombay

17:25

Q/A Discussion

17:35

Presentation of Award

17:40

Vote of Thanks

17:45

End of Conference
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