EMBL Conference
Microfluidics 2012
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Wednesday 25 July - Friday 27 July 2012
Preliminary Programme
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Registration |
| 16:00 - 19:40 |
Session 1 - Single cell/ single organism studies
Session chair: Steve Quake, Stanford University, USA |
| 16:00 - 16:35 |
Single cell and single molecule genomics Steve Quake, Stanford University, USA |
| 16:35 - 17:10 |
The biology of one: microfluidic single cell analysis Carl Hansen, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 17:10 - 17:45 |
Large-scale single cell analysis Sebastian Maerkl, EPFL, Switzerland |
| 17:45 - 18:15 | Coffee Break |
| 18:15 - 18:50 |
Biofluidic Application Specific Integrated Circuits for Quantitative Biology Luke P. Lee, University of California, Berkley, USA |
| 18:50 - 19:05 | Selected Talk |
| 19:05 - 19:45 |
Microfluidic single-cell analysis for systems immunology Savas Tay, ETHZ, Switzerland |
| 19:45 - 21:30 | Dinner |
| 21:30 - 22:30 | Welcome Reception in the Roof Top Lounge |
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00 - 12:05 |
Session 2: Protein-protein/ protein-DNA interactions
Session Chair: Christoph Merten, EMBL, Germany |
| 09:00 - 09:35 |
Drop-based microfluidics: Biology a picoliter at a time Dave Weitz, Harvard University, USA |
| 09:35 - 10:10 |
Bringing complex protocols to droplet microfluidics Jean-Louis Viovy, Institut Curie/CNRS, France |
| 10:10 - 10:45 |
Colloidal Microfluidics Patrick Tabeling, ESPCI Paris, France |
| 10:45 - 11:15 | Coffee Break |
| 11:15 - 11:50 |
Functional single-cell hybridoma screening using droplet-based microfluidics
Christoph Merten, EMBL, Germany |
| 11:50 - 12:05 | Selected Talk |
| 12:05 - 13:30 | Poster Session 1 |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30 - 17:30 |
Session 3: Novel Microfluidic Modules & Applications Session Chair: Harp Minhas, Lab on a Chip (Editor), United Kingdom |
| 14:30 - 15:05 |
Simple microfluidics for complex functions Rustem Ismagilov, Caltech, USA |
| 15:05 - 15:40 |
Microfluidic tools for quantitative studies of neuronal chemotaxis Vincent Studer, CNRS, France |
| 15:40 - 15:55 | Selected Talk |
| 15:55 - 16:25 | Coffee Break |
| 16:25 - 17:00 |
The new applications of deformable buttons on-chip Yuanyi Huang, Peking University, China |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Selected Talk |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Selected Talk |
| 17:39 - 19:00 | Poster Session 2 |
| 19:00 - 00:00 | Conference Dinner & Party |
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| 09:00 - 12:00 |
Session 4: Diagnostics and point-of-care devices Session Chair: Norman Dovichi, Analytical Chemistry (Editor), USA |
| 09:00 - 09:35 |
Simple Bioanalysis, George Whitesides, Harvard University, USA |
| 09:35 - 10:10 |
Applications for Digital Microfluidics in the Clinical Laboratory Aaron Wheeler, University of Toronto, Canada |
| 10:10 - 10:45 |
Tubeless Microfluidic Systems for Testing Cells and Tissues Albert Folch, University of Washington, USA |
| 10:45 - 11:00 | Selected Talk |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Coffee Break |
| 11:30 - 12:05 |
Sophisticated point-of-care devices based on 2D paper networks Paul Yager, University of Washington, USA |
| 12:05 - 12:40 |
"Lab on Chip" approach to detection of infectious disease Andreas Manz, KIST Europe - Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Germany |
| 12:40 - 13:00 |
NanoVelcro-Embedded Microchips for Detection and Isolation of Circulating Tumor Cells: Validation Studies in Oncology Clinic Hsian-Rong Tseng, University of California, LA, USA |
| 13:00 - 14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00 - 17:05 |
Session 5: (Bio-)Chemical analysis/synthesis/separation Session Chair: Jonathan Faiz, Angewandte Chemie (Associate Editor), Germany |
| 14:00 - 14:35 |
Understanding the chemistry in the cell: studying crowding in picoliter droplets Wilhelm Huck, Cambridge University, United Kingdom |
| 14:35 - 15:10 |
Chemical cytometry -- the analysis of the content of single cells Norman Dovichi, University of Notre Dame, USA |
| 15:10 - 15:25 | Selected Talk |
| 15:25 - 15:55 | Coffee Break |
| 15:55 - 16:30 |
A microfluidic-based assay for studying chromatin methylation and de-methylation events Doron Gerber, Bar Ilan University, Israel |
| 16:30 - 17:05 |
Routes to High-Efficiency Detection in Segmented and Continuous Flows Andrew deMello, ETHZ, Switzerland |
| 17:05 - 17:20 | Selected Talk |
| 17:20 | Final remarks - end of conference |