[BIC-announce] Seminar in Biomedical Engineering - Wednesday February 15th at 13h

[Christophe Grova]

Dear all,

Our next Biomedical Engineering Dpt seminar is today 

Wednesday - February 15th,  at 13h

Location: Room  333 Lyman Duff Building (Biomedical Engineering Dpt, 3775 University Street).

Speaker: Dr. David Juncker, Biomedical Engineering Department
McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre McGill University

Title: Microfluidics and microarrays: Multiplexed immunoassays, diagnostics, tissue staining and single cell stimulation

Abstract:
The presentation will be organized around two themes. The first theme is on using microfluidics-based approaches to tackle critical challenges in immunoassays and diagnostics. I will discuss why protein-analysis using chips has failed to replicate the scaling up – and success - of DNA microarray chips. Having identified a key problem, I will present an approach rooted in better liquid addressing to make so-called antibody colocalization microarrays that overcomes these problems. Using colocalization arrays, candidate biomarkers for breast cancer were identified in the serum of patients. Capillary flow and its will be explored in the context of chip-to-chip sample transfer, microfluidics-on-yarn, and pre-programmed autonomous microfluidic systems. The potential of these devices for life science research and point-of-care diagnosis will be discussed. The second theme is about putting microfluidics on its head, and rather than inserting samples into microfluidic devices, apply a microfluidic stream onto the sample using a microfluidic probe. I will discuss the hydrodynamic flow confinement underlying the concept of microfluidic probe, and, in analogy to electrostatics, present dipolar and quadrupolar microfluidics. Applications of probes to surface patterning, tissue staining and single cell stimulation will be shown.

A list of upcoming seminars can be found at : http://www.mcgill.ca/bme/news/seminars

See you there

Christophe Grova

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Christophe Grova, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biomedical Engineering Dpt
Neurology and Neurosurgery Dpt
Montreal Neurological Institute
Centre de Recherches en Mathématiques
Biomedical Engineering Department - Room 304
McGill University
3775 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3A 2B4
email : christophe.grova at mcgill.ca<mailto:christophe.grova at mcgill.ca>
tel : (514) 398 2516
fax : (514) 398 7461

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