Saturday |
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Micro- and Nanofluidic Technologies for Addressing Biochemical Measurements |
| Discussion Leaders: Josephine Cunningham (Paratus Diagnostics, USA) and Quinn Best (Louisiana State University, USA) |
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Michael Ramsey (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) "Micro- and Nanofluidic Technologies for Addressing Biochemical Measurements" |
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nanotechnology: From Materials to Sensing |
| Discussion Leaders: Quinn Best (Louisiana State University, USA) and Josephine Cunningham (Paratus Diagnostics, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Philippa Reutersward (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) "Rapid
Detection of Inflammatory Markers for Point-of-Care Testing Using Vertical
Flow Microarays" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Yao Du (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) "Particle Modified Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Sensor" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Giorgia Giovannini (University of Kent, United Kingdom) "Developing Silica Nanoparticles for Bacteria Detection" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Paul DeGregory (University of Texas at Austin, USA) "Quantitative
Metalloimmunoassay for TFF3 in Urine Using a Paper Analytical Device" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Sunday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | In Vitro and In Vivo Sensing and Imaging |
| Discussion Leader: Andreas Weltin (IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Germany) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Netz Arroyo (University of California Santa Barbara, USA) "Continuous, Real-Time Molecular Monitoring Directly In Vivo" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Bijeta Prasai (Louisiana State University, USA) "Fluorescent Probe Activation and hNQO1 Activity in Solid Tumor Mimics" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Robert Soto (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) "Subcutaneous
Tissue Biocompatibility of Implanted Electrochemical Glucose Biosensors" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Ryo Nishihara (Keio University, Japan) "Bioluminescence Imaging of Hydrogen Sulfide in Living Cells" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Microfluidics: Techniques in Cell Detection and Discrimation |
| Discussion Leader: Kumuditha Weerakoon-Ratnayake (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA) |
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Peter Aldridge (University of Toronto, Canada) "Continuous Flow Purification and Phenotypic Profiling of Rare Cell Subpopulations Using Microfluidics" |
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Syrena Fernandes (Tufts University, USA) "Development
of a Paper-Based Microfluidic Device for the Determination of the Hematocrit" |
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |