| SATURDAY |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Keynote Session |
| Discussion Leaders: Frank Alexander (University of South Florida) and Tyler Ray (University of California - Santa Barbara) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Dino Di Carlo (University of California - Los Angeles)
"Taming Inertial Fluid Physics for Improved Diagnostics" |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session I |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Technology development for novel and improved microfluidics |
| Discussion Leaders: Florinda Schembri (CNRS - Laboratory of the Future) and Shuo Kang (University of Twente)
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| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Augusto Tentori (University of California - Berkeley)
"Microchamber Integration Unifies Distinct Separation Modes for Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis"
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| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Alexander Van Reenen (Eindhoven University of Technology)
"Dynamic Magnetic Particle Actuation for Accelerated Microfluidic Biosensing"
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| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Karthik Balakrishnan (University of California - Berkeley)
"Node-Pore Sensing"
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| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Bhushan Toley (University of Washington)
"A Versatile Valving Toolkit Based on Expandable Elements for Automating Paper Fluidic Devices"
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| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Microfluidic technologies for improved laboratory processes |
| Discussion Leaders: Amy Herr (University of California - Berkeley) and Tanya Bakmand (Technical University of Denmark) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Jason Keller (Boston University)
"A Microfluidic Platform for Visualizing Gene Regulatory Dynamics at the Single-Cell Level"
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| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Heiko Kiessling (Natural and Medical Sciences Institute)
"Artificial Micro Blood-Brain-Barrier - A microfluidic 3D cell culture model for in vitro studies of drug transport"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Ashleigh Theberge (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"Microfluidic Platform for Studying Steroidogenesis in Advanced Prostate Cancer"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Mohammad Ali Khorshdi (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
"Automated Analysis of Dynamic Behavior of Single Cells in Picoliter Droplets"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Microfluidics for point-of-care applications |
| Discussion Leader: Carly Holstein (University of Washington) and Xiuqing Gong (Leeds University) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Raiah Gottheil (Natural and Medical Sciences Institute)
"Microfluidic platform for sensitive and quantitative detection of intact biomarkers and pathogens towards point-of-care immunodiagnostics"
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| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Lindsay Strotman (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"Complete nucleic acid interrogation using Selective Nucleic Acid Removal via Exclusion (SNARE) for rare or precious samples"
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| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
