PLUG AND PLAY: FLUID DELIVERY AND SYSTEM INTEGRATION
Masumi Yamada, Chiba University, Japan
Edmond Young, University of Toronto, Canada
Nicolas Verplanck, Atomic Energy and Alternative Energies Commission - CEA, France
Leanna Levine, ALine, Inc, USA

Workshop Description:
How to build a reliable, reproducible, and functional microfluidic chip? From a PDMS or thermoplastic chip to a complete integrated system, experts from academia, RTO's and industry will present new tools and development and cover a wide range of design rules, techniques and tips to help attendees speed their development cycle and focus on application optimization.

Overview of Material to Be Covered and What Attendees Can Expect to Take Away From the Workshop:
The workshop will be split in five parts:

• Handling fluids, cells and particles with PDMS chips: simple, low-cost, and efficient tips for microfluidic experiments - Masumi Yamada, Chiba University, Japan.
• Barriers and Interfaces in Microfluidic Cell Culture Systems: Simple Techniques with Membranes and Hydrogels - Edmond Young, University of Toronto, Canada
• From early-stage development to manufacturing: the importance of microfluidic standards (design rules, connections, integration & tests) - Nicolas Verplanck, CEA LETI, France
• An example of a plug and play platform for programmable fluidic operations using a pressure based controller and a hyper stretchable microfluidic chip - Nicolas Verplanck, CEA LETI, France, with the participation of Fluigent
• "Drop-in Functional Fluid Circuit Components" Discussion on the Integration of engineered functional components into fluidic devices, including valves, vents, pumps and metering components and the optimization of their performance using a pneumatic controller. Attention to design for manufacture and integration with other components to get to a complete product. - Leanna Levine, ALine.Inc, CA, USA -

Who Should Attend:
Dedicated to microfluidic chip designers, developers and users (students, researchers...), it is of interest to anyone who has to connect a microfluidic chip to an instrument and manage various fluids (system designers & architects, end user like biologists or chemists...).

Participants Will Need the Following:
No special requirements.