A limited virtual seminar series on microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip systems
Seminar recordings
Check out past seminars on our Youtube channel here.
Seminar schedule
First Friday of the month, 8 am Pacific time. Convert to your local time zone here.
Friday December 2, 2022
Inaugural seminar "Studies at the Border between Microfluidics, SAMS, and Information" by Dr. George Whitesides, Harvard University.
Friday January 6, 2023
"Rare cell profiling for therapeutic discovery and development" by Dr. Shana Kelley, Northwestern University;
"Microstructured Interfaces for Epithelial Delivery" by Dr. Tejal Desai, Brown University
Friday February 3, 2023
"Nanophotonics: Enabling Technology for Next-Generation Biosensors, Bioimaging and Spectroscopy", Dr. Hatice Altug, EPFL;
"The Promise of Graphene-Transistors for Precision Medicine" by Dr. Kiana Aran, Keck Graduate Institute
Friday March 3, 2023
"Dynamically personalised patient therapy with digital medicine" by Dr. Dean Ho, National University of Singapore.
Friday April 7, 2023
"Lab-on-a-disc for Precision Medicine" by Dr. Yoon-Kyoung Cho, Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology
"Soft, Wearable Systems with Integrated Microfluidics and Electrochemical Sensors for Remote Health Monitoring" by Dr. Roozbeh Ghaffari, Epicore Biosystems
Friday May 5, 2023
"Flow patterning with field effect electroosmosis - a first step toward reconfigurable microfluidics" by Dr. Moran Bercovici, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Email subscription and Zoom information
If you would like to receive updates on the seminar series and Zoom registration info, we invite you to join our email list here.
**Zoom link for each seminar will be shared with the mailing list before the talk**
Seminar organizers
This seminar is organized by Dr. Sindy Tang, Dr. Julea Vlassakis, and Dr. Angela Wu, and advised by Dr. Amy Herr. Student organizers are Myra Kurosu Jalil, Nicolas Castaño, Saisneha Koppaka, Seth Cordts, and Yannis Lin.
The series is supported by the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society (CBMS).
Feel free to reach out with any questions at microtastic.seminar@gmail.com!
