Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Microfluidics for Neurovascular Barriers and Health Disparities
Discussion Leader: Sarthak Saha (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Maribel Vazquez (Rutgers University, United States)
"Microfluidic Modeling of Neurovascular Barriers and Health Disparities"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Manipulations at the Microscale
Discussion Leader: Miguel Xavier (International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Oluwaseun Daini (University of Victoria, Canada)
"Simple Customisable Artificial Cell Model of Alzheimer's Disease from Patient-Derived Lipids"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
Karina Torres-Castro (NIST, United States)
"Leveraging Multiple Surface Acoustic Waves (SAW) Interrogation Points for Precise Flow Measurements"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:25 pm
Ali Gholizadeh (University of Liège, Belgium)
"Flipping as a Control Strategy for Centrifugal Microfluidic Systems"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Adriana Vilaça (INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal)
"A PNS-CNS-On-Chip to Study Nucleic Acid Delivery to the Nervous System Mediated by Dendritic Vectors"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Etienne Boulais (Polytechnique Montreal, Canada)
"Exploiting Theoretical Understanding to Guide the Design of Novel Microfluidic Technologies"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Hyun Jee Lee (Georgia Institute of Technology, United States)
"Multifunctional microfluidic clamp for simultaneous behavior phenotyping, neural imaging, and chemical stimulation of C. elegans "
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Innovations in Chemical and Biological Analysis
Discussion Leader: Maria Barra (Rice University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Saurabh Kaushik (Raman Research Institute, India)
"Measurement of cellular stiffness using electro fluidic based technique and AFM for diagnostic applications"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Felix Lussier (McGill University, Canada)
"GelPlex : Beads-In-Hydrogels for Single Cell Secretomic Assay"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Kira Rahn (Colorado State University, United States)
"Interfacing an NFC Potentiostat With an Automated Reagent Delivery Microfluidic Device and At-Home Electrochemical ELISAs"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Akifumi Shiomi (RIKEN, Japan)
"ELASTomics: Combined Analysis of Mechanical Phenotype of Cellular Surface and Transcriptome at Single-Cell Resolution"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Emilee Madsen (Purdue University, United States)
"Tunable Hydrogel Microneedles for Wearable Interstitial Fluid Sampling and Electrochemical Analysis"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Roozbeh Siavash Moakhar (McGill University, Canada)
"Versatile Fluidic Assay for Multiplex Quantitative Monitoring of Viral Respiratory Infections, Immune Responses and Parasites"
10:55 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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Mentorship and Career Panel
Discussion Leader: Jodie Tokihiro (University of Washington, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Mentorship and Career Panel
Ashleigh Theberge (University of Washington, United States)
Darwin Reyes (NIST, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
