Lab-on-a-Chip: From Technology to Bioanalysis on Chip

Saturday, February 5, 2022

8:30 AM – 4:30 PM

Location: 103

JK

Jorg P. Kutter, PhD, M.Sc. (he/him/his)

Professor
University of Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
JN

Johan Nilsson, PhD

Assoc Prof
Lund University, Skane Lan, Sweden
Sabeth Verpoorte, PhD

Chair of Analytical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Analysis
Pharmaceutical Analysis Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

Additional Fees Apply

-- visit the Short Course Program section for more information.
This course is aimed at researchers who are interested in learning more about the technology behind lab-on-a-chip systems and its application in the life sciences. This course is designed to be a "how-to" primer that provides guidance for the development of prototypes having integrated functions for a variety of applications in the life sciences.

Who Should Attend:

All those who are interested in getting a better understanding of how miniaturization and microfluidics enable novel applications in a number of fields ((bio)analytical chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biomedicine, cell biology, ...):

Scientists

Engineers

Lab Managers

Students

How You Will Benefit From This Course?

Understand the basic advantages and limitations of miniaturization and microfluidics

Learn about technologies, materials and fabrication approaches

Understand the basic design rationales and processes

Develop an understanding of the added challenges when integrating multiple functions into a single device

Get practical pointers on how to design and make (simple) prototypes

Course Topics:

Microfluidic unit operations

Materials and fabrication techniques

Integration of multiple liquid-handling functions into microsystems for (bio)analytical applications

Handling cells and tissues in microfluidic systems

Miniaturized instrumentation based on microfluidic and detection technologies

Microdroplet versus continuous-flow technologies