2007 Microfluidics, Physics & Chemistry of Gordon Research Conference

描述(由申请人提供)： 戈登微流控物理化学研究会议将于2007年7月15日至20日在新罕布夏州沃特维尔山谷度假村举行。格罗宁根大学(荷兰格罗宁根)的伊丽莎白·韦尔波特教授将担任本次会议的主席。会议副主席将是胡安·G·圣地亚哥教授(加州帕洛阿尔托斯坦福大学)和艾米·E·赫尔博士(加州利弗莫尔桑迪亚国家实验室)。到目前为止，微流控技术在生命科学中的大部分应用都涉及核酸分析，重点是DNA分离、扩增、杂交分析，以及将它们集成到微系统中，结合了高度的样品处理。微流控应用领域的范围最近开始迅速增长，包括更多的细胞和组织工程和分析，以及复杂样品中的蛋白质组学驱动的蛋白质分析。从技术角度来看，也迅速扩展到亚微米甚至纳米领域。NIH对所有这些领域都很感兴趣，特别是NIBIB和NIGMS等项目。本次会议将在功能材料、新的分析和检测策略、纳米生物技术和微流体设备中的细胞工作等会议上，特别关注涉及蛋白质、细胞和组织的微流体和纳米流体应用。其他会议专门讨论微米和纳米尺度上更基本的物理和化学现象，以及更好地评估这些行为的技术的发展。虽然这些会议可能不直接涉及美国国立卫生研究院的项目，但这些领域的发展最终将对促进生命科学研究的微米和纳米技术的改进至关重要。由于微流体学是一个高度多学科的领域，参与者将来自不同的背景，包括生物工程、化学、药理学、医学生物学、物理、化学工程、电气工程、机械工程和材料科学。 根据本系列其他会议的数据，学术界、政府和工业界将派代表出席，大多数与会者来自学术界。本次会议的一个主要目标是鼓励来自不同背景的所有与会者之间的互动和具有挑战性的讨论，以促进微流控技术在阐明复杂生物学问题方面的进一步应用。

DESCRIPTION (provided by the applicant): The Gordon Research Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics will be held from July 15th through July 20th, 2007 at Waterville Valley Resort, New Hampshire. Prof. Sabeth Verpoorte of the University of Groningen (Groningen, The Netherlands) will act as Chair for this conference. The conference Vice-Chairs will be Prof. Juan G. Santiago (Stanford University, Palo Alto, California) and Dr. Amy E. Herr (Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California). To date, the majority of life science applications for microfluidics technology have involved nucleic acid analysis, with emphasis on DNA separations, amplification, hybridization assays, and their integration into Microsystems incorporating a high degree of sample handling. The range of microfluidic application areas has recently started to grow rapidly to include more cell and tissue engineering and analysis, as well as proteomics-driven protein analysis in complex samples. There has also been a rapid expansion into the sub-micrometer and even nanometer domain from a technology point of view. All of these areas are of interest to NIH, particularly programs such as NIBIB and NIGMS. This conference will focus special attention on micro- and nanofluidic applications involving proteins, cells, and tissue, in sessions such as Functional Materials, Novel Analysis and Detection Strategies, Nanobiotechnology, and Working with Cells in Microfluidic Devices. Other sessions are devoted to a discussion of more fundamental physical and chemical phenomena at the micro- and nanoscale and development of technologies to better assess these behaviours. While these sessions perhaps do not directly address NIH programs, developments in these areas will ultimately be crucial for improved micro- and nanotechnologies that facilitate life science research. Since microfluidics is a highly multidisciplinary field, participants will be from many diverse backgrounds including bioengineering, chemistry, pharmacology, medical biology, physics, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering and materials science. Based on data from other conferences in this series, academia, government, and industry will be represented, with the majority of participants from the academic sector. A major goal of this conference will be to encourage interaction and challenging discussion among all these participants from diverse backgrounds, to promote the further application of microfluidics technologies for the elucidation of complex biological problems.