CONFIGURING A MICROFLUIDIC CONNECTION STATION: A RELIABLE, FLEXIBLE AND MODULAR SOLUTION THAT CAN TRANSFORM TO ACCOMMODATE DIFFERENT EXPERIMENTAL SET-UPS
Presenter: Thomas Corso, Chief Technical Officer

CorSolutions
95 Brown Road, Box 1007
Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
phone: 1-607-351-8028
email: info@mycorsolutions.com
www.mycorsolutions.com

CorSolutions offers fluidic connection stations that are modular in nature, allowing users to piece together the specific components required by their application. In this Live Lab CorSolutions will demonstrate the flexibility of their connection stations. The stations are designed with nesting inserts, so that any station can accommodate a wide variety of microdevice footprints. The flexibility of the station continues with the probe connectors which are used to rapidly establish leak-tight, non-permanent connections. These probe connectors have modular heads that can be quickly exchanged and allow for compatibility with a wide variety of tubing sizes. The compressive force with which the leak-tight seals are established, can also be controlled. Additionally the connection stations offer a variety of high performance fluid delivery pumps, all with active-feedback sensor control. These non-pulsatile pumps offer unprecedented control with stop flow capabilities, user-friendly software, and optional LabVIEW VIs. Participants will get hands-on experience in configuring and using all components of the connection station.

RSVP: livelab1a@microtas2014.org

SETTING UP A PNEUMATIC INSTRUMENT TO OPERATE THE M2D2 LAB CHIP
Presenter: Leanna M. Levine, PhD, President

ALine, Inc.
19500 S. Rancho Way, Suite 107
Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220 USA
phone: 1-877-707-8575
fax: 1-770-818-5475
email: info@alineinc.com
www.alineinc.com

An 8-channel pneumatic instrument platform, the ADEPT, actuates the basic functions need to perform an assay; metering, mixing, degasing and dispensing (M2D2). The M2D2 is a demonstration Lab Chip that performs a 1:5 dilution of two metered solutions, mixes, de-bubbles, and then dispenses the solution to the detection cell. The detection cell is a pop-on module that interfaces with an Ocean Optics fiber optic spectrometer. The device and actuation protocol will be demonstrated to show what is possible with our platform technology.

RSVP: livelab1b@microtas2014.org

MITOS DROPIX® DROPLET-ON-DEMAND MICROFLUIDIC SYSTEM

Dolomite Microfluidics
Unit 1, Anglian Business Park, Orchard Road
Royston, SG8 5TW UK
phone: +44-176-324-2491
fax: +44-176-324-6125
email: info@dolomite-microfluidics.com
www.dolomite-microfluidics.com

Mitos Dropix® is an innovative droplet sampler that provides a flexible and automated solution for droplet-on-demand microfluidics. The compact, off-chip generator enables the creation of combinatorial droplet arrays of up to 24 different reagents and introduces them into a flow-through microfluidic system whilst accurately controlling droplet size and frequency via PC software.

Mitos Dropix® can generate simple droplet sequences with variable type and size and store up to 1000 droplets in a droplet library, with sizes down to 50nl. It is also capable of pairwise merging by creating a droplet sequence and merging successive pairs of droplets to create concentration gradients. The technology can even be extended from nanoliter to picoliter by creating 'daughter droplets' from a droplet train.

A variety of applications would benefit from Mitos Dropix®, such as droplet library creation, cell encapsulation, diagnosis screening, cell assays, ratiometric screening for protein crystallization and directed evolution of enzymes.

RSVP: livelab1c@microtas2014.org

SFC Fluidics
534 W. Res Center Blvd, Suite 260
Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA
phone: 1-479-527-6810
email: info@sfc-fluidics.com
www.sfc-fluidics.com

INTEGRATING IMAGING WITH AUTOMATED SYSTEMS
Presenter: Yolanda Fintschenko, Ph.D., Director of Marketing, Sales, and New Technologies

LabSmith
6111 Southfront Road, Suite E
Livermore, CA 94551 USA
phone: 1-925-292-5161
fax: 1-925-454-9487
email: info@labsmith.com
www.labsmith.com

Automation products abound. Integrating imaging with automation can be a challenge. In this LiveLab we will demonstrate the new USB cameras for the SVM340 synchronized video microscope integrated with uProcess™ automated pumps, valves, and sensors for lab-on-a-chip applications.

RSVP: livelab2b@microtas2014.org

NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS: PARALLEL DROPLETS, MEMBRANE INTEGRATION, CE FOR POC, PASSIVE FLOW CONTROL AND IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY, IN COLLABORATION WITH ZURICH INSTRUMENTS AND FLUIGENT
Presenter: Marko Blom, CTO, Ph.D.

Micronit Microfluidics BV
Colesseum 15
Enschede, 7521 PV THE NETHERLANDS
phone: +34-53-850-6850
fax: +31-53-850-6851
email: info@micronit.com
www.micronit.com

During the Live Labs Micronit in collaboration with Fluigent and Zurich Instruments will demonstrate multiple technologies for a wide range of applications. There is opportunity for hands-on experiments with:

• Parallel droplet generators
• Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy
• Membrane integration devices
• Sequential flow
• Point-of-care diagnostics

The parallel droplet generators meet the industrial interest in highly monodisperse and high volume droplet production. The live demonstration will visualize monodisperse volume production. The Electrical impedance spectroscopy devices are compatible with the Fluidic Connect Pro and allow cell counting and discrimination using Zurich Instruments equipment. The Membrane integration devices will show a resealable microfluidics device which allows a flow under and above an integrated membrane. This technology can be used for applications such as organ-on-a-chip or cell-culturing. The sequential flow device will demonstrate sequential mixing with passive and active integrated valves. The technology enables accurate flow control in a microfluidic device. Point-of-care diagnostics is demonstrated using the lithium detection platform from Medimate.

RSVP: livelab2c@microtas2014.org

PORTABLE READY-TO-USE MICROFLUIDIC ELECTROPHORESIS SOLUTIONS AND ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSOR PLATFORMS
Presenter: Dr. Diego F. Pozo-Ayuso, CEO

MicruX Technologies
Severo Ochoa Bldg. Julian Claveria s/n, Floor 1 - Room 4-6
Oviedo, 33006 SPAIN
phone: +34-984-151-019
email: info@micruxfluidic.com
www.micruxfluidic.com

In this Live Lab, MicruX will demonstrate the performance of the second-generation of a battery-powered portable electrophoresis instrument for the use of microfluidic electrophoresis chips with electrochemical detection (iHVStat) [+]. This innovative instrument is completely cableless and it is fully-automated by means of a user-friendly PC interface, MicruX Manager, which enables the configuration of multiple experiments. Thus, the second-generation brings a more compact and integrated electrophoresis platform for "in-situ" applications using microfluidic chips in an easy way. Moreover, the performance of novel thin-film electrochemical sensors (based on metal electrodes and microelectrodes) that can be easily integrated on microfluidic devices will be also demonstrated together with innovative accessories (All-in-One platform). A simple series of analytical experiments will be carried out in-situ in order to demonstrate the excellent performance of the most advanced microfluidic platforms and electrochemical sensors.

Attending to the Live Lab, you can learn more about how MicruX can support your research. If you would like to attend at the Live Lab during the conference, please go to the following link and complete the form www.micruxfluidic.com/livelabs_utas2014.html.

RSVP: www.micruxfluidic.com/livelabs_utas2014.html

Cellix Ltd
Longmile Business Centre, Unit 1
Dublin, 12 IRELAND
phone: +353-1-4500-156
fax: +353-1-4500-158
email: info@cellixltd.com
www.cellixltd.com