Sunday
2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Synthesis
Discussion Leader: Tuomas Knowles (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
7:40 pm - 8:10 pm
Saif Khan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
"From Accelerated Chemistry to 'Designer' Drug Products in Microfluidic Factories"
8:10 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:05 pm
Thomas Wirth (Cardiff University, United Kingdom)
"Synthesis and Analysis Using Advanced Flow Chemistry"
9:05 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Quantitative Biology and Biophysics
Discussion Leader: Anderson H.C. Shum (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Petra Dittrich (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Single Cells: How Can We Analyze Them, How Can We Mimic Them?"
9:30 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:25 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Kevin Tsia (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
"All-Optical Laser Scanning Imaging for Deep and Large-Scale Image Based Single Cell Analysis"
10:55 am - 11:20 am
Discussion
11:20 am - 11:45 am
Audrey Bowden (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Towards Robust Routine Urinalysis and Microscopy"
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Aaron Streets (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
"Microfluidics for Imaging and Sequencing Single Cells"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address challenges women face in science and issues of diversity and inclusion. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Ashleigh Theberge (University of Washington, USA) and Audrey Bowden (Vanderbilt University, USA)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Energy and the Environment
Discussion Leader: Shuhuai Yao (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Matthew Suss (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
"Water Desalination Using Energy Storage and Conversion Systems: Opportunities and Novel Functionalities"
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Hongbo Zeng (University of Alberta, Canada)
"Interactions of Emulsion Drops and Gas Bubbles in Complex Fluids"
9:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Systems and Synthetic Biology
Discussion Leader: Angela Wu (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
9:00 am - 9:25 am
Polly Fordyce (Stanford University, USA)
"Microfluidics for High-Throughput, Quantitative Biophysics and Biochemistry"
9:25 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
Christoph Merten (European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany)
"Droplet Microfluidics in Antibody Discovery, Immune Repertoire Sequencing and Personalized Cancer Therapy"
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Ron Weiss (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Mammalian Synthetic Biology: Foundations and Therapeutic Applications"
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Edmond Young (University of Toronto, Canada)
"The Alignment Fate of Endothelial Cell Micropatterns Under Confined Shear Flow"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Poster Session
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Organoids-on-a-Chip
Discussion Leader: Jianping Fu (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)
4:00 pm - 4:25 pm
Michael McAlpine (University of Minnesota, USA)
"3D Printed Bioelectronics and Biomedical Devices"
4:25 pm - 4:50 pm
Discussion
4:50 pm - 5:15 pm
Séverine Le Gac (University of Twente, The Netherlands)
"Testis-on-Chip: Ex Vivo Culture of Human Testis Tissues in Microfluidic Devices"
5:15 pm - 5:40 pm
Discussion
5:40 pm - 5:50 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Yi-Chin Toh (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
"Engineering Heterotypic Cellular Interactions for Disease Modeling and Drug Testing"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Fundamental and Applied Physicochemical Hydrodynamics
Discussion Leader: Kevin Dorfman (University of Minnesota, USA)
9:00 am - 9:30 am
Jongyoon Han (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Electrokinetics! What Is It Good For? Unconventional Applications of Electrokinetics"
9:30 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:20 am
Aditya Khair (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
"Migration of an Electrophoretic Particle in a Weakly Inertial or Viscoelastic Shear Flow"
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Juan Santiago (Stanford University, USA)
"Electric Field Control of DNA Hybridization Reactions"
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Hans Wyss (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands)
"Water Purification and Colloid Separation via Exclusion Zone Formation in Microfluidic Devices"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Additive and Advanced Manufacturing
Discussion Leader: Albert Folch (University of Washington, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Adam Woolley (Brigham Young University, USA)
"3D Printing of Complex, Three-Dimensional, Microfluidic Architectures for Bioassays"
7:55 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Hongkai Wu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR China)
"Applications of 3D Printing in Microfluidics"
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Amanda Stockton (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA)
"High Impact Microfluidics and MicroTAS Under Pressure: Building Robust MicroTAS for Operation in Extreme Conditions"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Precision Medicine
Discussion Leader: Mengsu (Michael) Yang (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China)
9:00 am - 9:25 am
Daniel Chiu (University of Washington, USA)
"Microfluidic Systems for Digital Biological Measurements"
9:25 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:20 am
Yoon-Kyoung Cho (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology / Center for Soft and Living Matter, IBS, South Korea)
"Centrifugal Microfluidics for Precision Medicine"
10:20 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:45 am
Abraham Lee (University of California, Irvine, USA)
"The Microfluidic Defense: On-Chip Studying of the Human Immune System"
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Discussion
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Rebecca Pompano (University of Virginia, USA)
"Microfluidics for Spatially Resolved Analysis of Immunity in Intact Tissues"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Complex Flow Systems: Multiphase Flows and Colloids
Discussion Leader: David Saintillan (University of California, San Diego, USA)
4:00 pm - 4:25 pm
Shelley Anna (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
"Evolution of a Particle Coating on a Confined Fluid Interface"
4:25 pm - 4:50 pm
Discussion
4:50 pm - 5:15 pm
Abraham Stroock (Cornell University, USA)
"The Pulse of Plants: The Physics and Biology of Evapotranspiration"
5:15 pm - 5:40 pm
Discussion
5:40 pm - 5:50 pm
Selected from Poster Abstracts: Mohammad Qasaimeh (New York University Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)
"Microfluidic Probes: Cell Separation, Manipulation and Analysis in Open Microfluidic Systems"
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure
