A virtual seminar series on microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip systems

The goal of the series is to share exciting development and to build community in microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip systems and related fields. Topics cover fundamental physics and chemistry, design and prototyping, and translational applications. We are excited about the overwhelming support to continue the series for the second round!

New on microTAStic:

🚀 We’ve launched a Job Board for microfluidics & lab-on-a-chip positions! The board currently features academic openings, and we’re actively expanding to include industry and startup roles.

👉 Have a position to share? Submit a posting and help grow this community resource.

🙌 We’re also looking for volunteers to help expand our seminar series and online content. Interested? Please email microtastic.seminar@gmail.com to get involved.

Youtube channel

Check out past recorded seminars on our Youtube channel here. Please subscribe to our channel for updates!

Seminar schedule (2026-2027)

Meeting dates and times vary by month. Please refer to the schedule below for the exact date and time. Convert to your local time zone here.

Friday November 6, 2026 ***REGISTER HERE***

"Modeling the tumor microenvironment on chip from biomechanics to therapy" by Dr. Stéphanie Descroix, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
"Complex Enough to Matter, Simple Enough to Scale: Designing the Next Generation of MPS" by Dr Yi-Chin Toh, Queensland University of Technology

Friday December 11, 2026

Opening talk selected from outstanding papers published in Lab on a Chip by Ghulam Musaddaq, Heriot-Watt University
Dr Steffen Hardt, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Thursday January 21, 2027 (Asia) / Wednesday January 20, 2027 (America/Europe)

Opening talk selected from outstanding papers published in Microsystems & Nanoengineering by Jianping Xia, Duke University (Advisor: Dr. Tony Jun Huang)
Dr Amy Herr, University of California, Berkeley

Thursday February 11, 2027 (Asia) / Wednesday February 10, 2027 (America/Europe)

Dr Rebecca Pompano, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Dr Selim Hanay, Bilkent University

Thursday March 11, 2027 (Asia) / Wednesday March 10, 2027 (America/Europe)

Talk details to be announced soon

Friday April 9, 2027 (Asia/Europe) / Thursday April 8, 2027 (America)

Dr Lydia Sohn, University of California, Berkeley

Friday May 7, 2027 (Asia/Europe) / Thursday May 6, 2027 (America)

Dr Masumi Yamada

Friday Jun 11, 2027 (Asia/Europe) / Thursday Jun 10, 2027 (America)

Talk details to be announced soon

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**

Nominate a speaker

If you would like to nominate a speaker, please send us an email (microtastic.seminar@gmail.com) with the nominee name, affiliation, and reason for your nomination.

The microTAStic Job Board

If you have a micro/nano related research position open in your lab or company and would like it to be featured on our job board, please submit your posting here.

Seminar organizers

This seminar is organized by Sindy Tang, Bastien Venzac, Ashwin Ramachandran, Yegân Erdem, Michinao Hashimoto, and Ya-Yu Chiang. Student volunteers are Myra Kurosu Jalil, Xin Jiang, and Yannis Lin. Student YouTube content manager is Anna Anandita.

We gratefully acknowledge former organizers Angela Wu and Julea Vlassakis for their leadership and contributions to the microTAStic seminar series.

For questions or sponsorship inquiries: microtastic.seminar@gmail.com

The series is supported by the Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society (CBMS).

We acknowledge additional support from Lab on a Chip and Microsystems & Nanoengineering.

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