Microfluidics: Designing the Next Wave of Biological Inquiry – Virtual

Overview

EMBL is committed to sharing research advances and sustaining scientific interaction throughout the coronavirus pandemic. We are delighted to announce that the conference is going virtual and invite you to join us online. The virtual conference includes talks from invited speakers, short talk presenters, digital poster sessions, online group discussions and networking opportunities.

Conference Overview

Microfluidic tools have made recent biological and biomedical research leaps possible. At the interface of physics, engineering, chemistry and biology, innovation in microfluidic approaches has positively impacted areas as diverse as nucleotide sequencing, functional genomics, single-cell and single-molecule studies, and biomedical diagnostics. Many of these applications – including next-generation sequencing devices – have been revolutionised by miniaturisation, paving the way for global gene analysis and hence transforming biology. Working on the pico- to nanoliter scale not only allows a high-degree of parallelisation, but importantly offers superb spatiotemporal control. Small objects such as cells, or even discrete parts thereof, can be exposed to unique conditions, facilitating entirely novel approaches to inquiry in modern biology and chemistry.

The EMBL Microfluidics Conference brings together top researchers and emerging research leaders to spark scientific exchange and create community. Topics spanning from fundamental physics & chemistry to device design and nascent biological applications will be presented, which should be of interest to everyone from experts in microfluidic design to users of the next-generation of microfluidic tools, and from academic scholars and trainees to industry colleagues.

Session Topics

• Probing biology
• Next-generation device design and emerging applications
• Disease diagnostics, analytical chemistry and chemical synthesis
• Single-cell and single-molecule analyses

Speakers and Organisers

Keynote Speakers

Nancy Allbritton

University of Washington

USA

Stephen Quake

Stanford University

USA

Viola Vogel

ETH Zürich

Switzerland

Speakers

Petra Dittrich

ETH Zürich

Switzerland

Polly Fordyce

Stanford University,

USA

Carlotta Guiducci

EPFL, Switzerland

Amy E. Herr

University of California, Berkeley, USA

Christoph Merten

EMBL Heidelberg, Germany /

EPFL, Switzerland

Greg Nordin

Brigham Young University, USA

Petra Schwille

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany

Hirofumi Shintaku

RIKEN, Japan

Angela R. Wu

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,

Hong Kong

Roland Zengerle

Hahn-Schickard & University of Freiburg,

Germany

Scientific Organisers

Amy E. Herr

University of California, Berkeley, USA

Christoph Merten

EMBL Heidelberg, Germany /

EPFL, Switzerland

Angela R. Wu

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,

Hong Kong

Conference Organisers

Maria Mercedes Bacadare Goitia

EMBL Heidelberg,

Germany

Elisabeth Wintersteller

EMBL Heidelberg

Germany

Programme