Biosensor technology for scientists and engineers
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Venue
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IMEC vzw |
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October 04-06, 2006 |
Target group
This tutorial is targeted at a broad audience ranging from scientists and engineers to financial and managerial decision makers. Who also will benefit from attending this short course are patent lawyers, R&D managers looking for new outlets for their manufacturing skills, marketeers looking for new goods to sell and the CEO with a vision for the next product. The material is made very accessible so that even the layman will be comfortable with all of the lectures. The course is preceded by a 1.5 day introduction: Basics of Biology for Engineers. Refer to the specific leaflet for more details.
Objectives
This introductory course on biosensors is meant to get the interested parties informed on what biosensors are, how they are made, where they are already used and what their future applications are. We want to bridge the gap between wet and dry sciences/engineering to ensure a more fruitful path to commercially successful biosensors and molecular diagnostics.
Abstract
Miniaturization applications (micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)) have shifted from mechanical and optical devices to biomedical sensors and instruments. At the same time it has become clear that miniaturization can only succeed in the market when consumer products are targeted. This has put biosensor and molecular diagnostics development at the forefront of R&D objectives in both academia andindustry.
This trend in MEMS has forced a closer collaboration between biological scientists and engineers, bringing together wet (biology, electrochemistry, analytical chemistry, etc.) and drysciences/engineering (mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, etc.). In this tutorial we are reviewing biosensor and molecular diagnostic fundamentals, how tobuild them and their current and future applications. Most of all we are trying to bridge the gap between wet and dry sciences/engineering to ensure a more fruitful path to commercially successful biosensors.
Programme
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Day 1 |
Biosensor Fundamentals Measurands and transduction principles Micro- and nanofluidics Packaging and integration issues Non-silicon materials for micromachining |
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Building the components Micro- and nanofabrication techniques for biosensors Regulatory Issues Risk Management of the biological safety and biostability of
medical devices Bridging technology and biology |
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Day 3 |
Present and future applications DNA and protein arrays Physical sensors Communication with biosensor systems Affinity devices (from molecules to micro-organisms) Interfacing between electronics and biomedical systems Drug delivery Total analysis systems |
Informatie & registratie
For more information and registration, please visit: http://www.imec.be/tcmwebapp/internet/course.tcm?L=EN_GB&K=MTC&Course=AAAABUO.