Biomems and Microfluidics: Cell and Biomolecule Analysis

Monday, November 17, 2008: 3:15 PM
Salon L (Marriott Philadelphia Downtown)

Description:
Electrophoresis continues to be an integral tool for the analysis of biomolecules in both basic biology and medicine, and is now being adapted to the microfluidic device format. The ability to study processes at the single-cell level promises to provide a host of information with benefits in the area of therapeutics and drug discovery. In this session, we invite papers describing microfluidic technology to probe chemical and biochemical responses at the cellular and sub-cellular levels. In addition, we welcome contributions focused on any related aspects including simulation and modeling studies, materials modification to improve system performance, and novel sample preparation protocols.


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


Chair:
Milica Radisic
Email: milica@chem-eng.utoronto.ca

CoChair:
Christa N. Hestekin
Email: christa.hestekin@uark.edu


3:15 PM
(136a) DNA Electrophoresis in Sparse PDMS Micropillar Arrays
Jia Ou, Daniel Olson, Michael Meloche and Kevin D. Dorfman

3:57 PM
(136c) Using Optical Tweezers for Electroporation Process Analysis
Brian E. Henslee, Shengnian Wang, Xin Hu, Andrew Morss, L. James Lee and Gregory Lafyatis

4:18 PM
(136d) Effect of the Electric Field on a Multi-Cell System in Complex Geometry
Xin Hu, Andrew Morss, Brian E. Henslee, Wei-Ching Liao, Shengnian Wang, Gregory Lafyatis and Ly James Lee

5:21 PM