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Workshop 7 (Afternoon 2:00 - 5:00) Title: MINIATURIZATION OF BIOMOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS: HYBRID APPROACHES ACROSS ELECTRONICS, PHOTONICS AND MICROFLUIDICS Presenters: Mehdi Javanmard, Rutgers University, USA Kaushik Sengupta, Princeton University, USA Sam Emaminejad, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Jeff Zahn, Rutgers University, USA Stephen Chou, Princeton University, USA Ken Shepard, Columbia University, USA Shan Wang, Stanford University, USA Workshop Description: For years, microfluidic technologies have shown promise to achieve the holy grail of miniaturizing labs onto chips, however in reality, they often end up being "Chips in Labs" because of the extensive instrumentation required to control fluid actuation and perform readout, including optical microscopes, syringe pumps, and extensive tubing. Development of true "Labs on Chips" requires miniaturization of not only the microfluidic chip, however the control and readout instrumentation as well. This workshop will provide a tutorial/overview of key strategies available to miniaturization of bioanalytical systems both in the context of portable/wearable diagnostic and biological research tools. The workshop is targeted to a wide audience, including faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and industrial researchers interested in learning strategies which can be used to fully miniaturize biomedical and biological instrumentation, and learn about the key challenges and the future of the of the field. Outline: This workshop will consist of six tutorials/presentations from researchers who will discuss key challenges across integration of electronic and photonic technologies with microfluidics providing the audience design guidelines on how to incorporate these technologies into their own bioanalytical assays.
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