Topical 3: 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Electrophoresis Society (AES)

Session 628 - Biomems and Microfluidics: Biomedical Diagnostics
Medical diagnostic kits encompass a wide variety of portable analytical devices used to monitor and screen for medical conditions. They are rapidly being developed for use on a single-test basis and show promise as indispensable tools for clinical research, medical laboratories, and at home self-testing. The terms “microdevice”, “microchip”, “lab-on-a-chip” and “micro-electromechanical systems” all refer to small, versatile, inexpensive, rapid-response devices that may be engineered for biomedical applications. Research in the areas of sample introduction, preparation, electrokinetic transport of biofluids, development of quantitative detection sensors, and the incorporation of genomic and proteomic biomarkers are needed to further the advancement of biomedical microdevices. Novel microanalytical tools are welcome, specifically those impacting applications such as genetic predisposition testing, rapid diagnosis of the presence of a particular disease or disorder, or those monitoring the efficacy of drug therapies. The goals of this session are to bring together researchers from academia, research labs, and industry to exchange ideas with the potential to revolutionize medical diagnostics.
Chair: Nimisha Srivastava
CoChair: Siva A. Vanapalli
  Detection of Kinase Translocation Using Microfluidic Electroporative Flow Cytometry
Jun Wang, Ning Bao, Leela Paris, Hsiang-Yu Wang, Robert Geahlen, Chang Lu
  Droplet-Based PCR In a Valveless Microfluidic Device
Fang Wang, Mark A. Burns
  Parallel Multi-Time Point Cell Stimulus and Lysis In a Microfluidic Device Using Chaotic Mixing and Pressure Resistance
Alison Hirsch, Catherine Rivet, Boyang Zhang, Melissa Kemp, Hang Lu
  Enhancement of Acoustic Streaming Induced Flow on a Focused SAW Device: Implications for Biosensing and Microfluidics
Reetu Singh, Subramanian K.R.S. Sankaranarayanan, Venkat Bhethanabotla
  Design and Evaluation of Polymeric Microfludic Biochips for Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Hongyan He, Yuan Yuan, Nan-rong Chiou, L. James Lee
  On-Chip Analysis of Neutrophil Isolation and Migration In Complex ChEmotactic Environments
Nitin Agrawal, Daniel Irimia, Mehmet Toner
  Insulator-Based Dielectrophoretic Lab-on-a-Chip System for Erythrocytes
Soumya S. Keshavamurthy, S. Anell Pullen, Adrienne Robyn Minerick

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