Workshop II: Microfluidic Flows in Nature and Microfluidic Technologies - IPAM

Workshop II: Microfluidic Flows in Nature and Microfluidic Technologies

Part of the Long Program Cells and Materials: At the Interface between Mathematics, Biology and Engineering
April 18 - 22, 2006

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Morning Session

08:00-08:45
Check-In/Light Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
08:45-09:00
Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:00-10:00
Howard Winet (University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Muscle pump-enhanced microfluidic percolation of bone as an adjunct to fluid shear stress modulation of bone cells in vivo
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Chih-Ming Ho (UCLA)
The Challenges of Applying Microfluidics Towards Biomedical Applications
11:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

14:00-15:00
Sandip Ghosal (Northwestern University)
The mathematics of bio-separations: electroosmotic flow and band broadening in capillary electrophoresis (CE)
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
Anna lin (Duke University)
Probing chemical communication between neuron-glial cell networks with microfluidic devices
16:30-17:30
Amy Shen (Washington University in St. Louis)
Forisome: a smart plant protein inside a phloem system
17:30-19:00
Reception/Poster Session (Hosted by IPAM)

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Armand Ajdari (École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris (ESPCI))
Motion of droplet in microfluidic networks:complexity and passive solutions
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Ali Nadim (Claremont Graduate University)
Discrete Control of Liquid Drops on a Surface using Electrowetting
11:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

14:00-15:00
Abraham Lee (University of California, Irvine)
Control of Droplet Emulsions in Microfluidic Devices
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
Michael Brenner (Harvard University)
Constraints On Ion Channel Evolution
16:30-17:30
Juan Santiago (Stanford University)
Electrokinetic Microfluidics at Extreme Scales

Thursday, April 20, 2006

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Todd Squires (University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara))
Engineering on the pore scale for microfluidic systems
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Stephen Quake (Stanford University)
Title not available
11:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

14:00-15:00
John Kessler (University of Arizona)
Flows, forces and transport associated with swimming microorganisms
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
Richard McLaughlin (University of North Carolina)
Spinning Rods and Passive Tracers, from Nano and Micro Scale, to table top scale
16:30-17:30
Ming-Cheng Cheng (Ohio State University Newark)
Title not available

Friday, April 21, 2006

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Isaac Klapper (Temple University)
Biofilms as Fluids
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
Anette Hosoi (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Building a Better Snail: Lubrication and Adhesive Locomotion
11:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

14:00-15:00
Linda Cummings (University of Nottingham)
Fluid flow problems in rotating bioreactors
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
John Lowengrub (University of California, Irvine (UCI))
Adaptive simulations of drop/interface impact
16:30-17:30
Wendy Zhang (University of Chicago)
Broad Hump or Sharp Cusp: Topological Transition Driven by Viscous Flow

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Morning Session

08:00-09:00
Continental Breakfast
09:00-10:00
Andrea Chow (Caliper Life Sciences)
Challenges in Microfluidic Technology Development and Commercialization
10:00-10:30
Break
10:30-11:30
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Microscopic chemical sensors in low-Reynolds number fluids
11:30-14:00
Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

14:00-15:00
Darren Link (RainDance Technologies, Inc.)
NanoReactorTM Technology: Active Manipulation of Droplet-Based Bioreactors
15:00-15:30
Break
15:30-16:30
John Frangos (La Jolla Bioengineering)
Microfluidic interstitial fluid flow and bone remodeling.
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