2013 Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics Gordon Research Conference & Gordon R

描述(申请人提供)：戈登微流控物理化学研究会议(GRC)将于2013年6月9日至14日在意大利卢卡的Il Ciocco举行。弗吉尼亚大学的詹姆斯·兰德斯和华盛顿大学的保罗·耶格尔将担任联合主席，副主任谢莉·安娜(卡内基梅隆大学)和乔纳森·波斯纳(华盛顿大学)将担任联合主席。本次会议的一个基本主题是“工作台到床边”，会议内容包括纸张微流控、临床诊断微设备、微纳系统、全球健康平台技术、微流控流量控制、离心式微流控系统、声学细胞分选微流控、下一代测序以及跨学科培训和职业发展。旅行支持是为一部分与会者提供的，特别考虑初级调查人员(即学生、博士后研究人员)。GRC是在一个以讨论为导向的论坛上成立的，该论坛为科学家和工程师提供了一个独特的机会，让他们专注于技术在推进生物医学科学中的作用。微流体和纳米流体技术为研究构成健康和疾病过程的生物分子相互作用提供了新的工具，并为理解疾病的分子基础和开发新的治疗方法提供了新的定量知识。许多会议与NIBIB和NHGRI资助的研究项目(即流体控制、诊断微设备、下一步基因测序)重叠--这证明微流体和微工程是可用于促进和显著改进基础和应用生物医学研究的强大技术。根据我们以往成功的GRC(自2001年以来每两年举行一次)，参与者将具有不同的背景(生物工程、化学、生物、物理、化学工程、电气工程、机械工程、医学和材料科学)。参与者将代表学术界、政府和工业界，其中大多数参与者来自学术部门；GRC鼓励来自不同背景的参与者之间的互动，并促进微流控技术的不断成熟，以帮助阐明复杂的生物问题。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on the Physics and Chemistry of Micro fluidics will be held from June 9th-14th, 2013 at Il Ciocco in Lucca, Italy. James Landers of the University of Virginia and Paul Yager of the University of Washington will act as co-Chairs, with vice-Chairs Shelley Anna (Carnegie Mellon U) and Jonathan Posner (U of Washington). An underlying thread in this conference is 'Bench-to-Bedside' with sessions on Paper Micro fluidics, Micro devices for Clinical Diagnostics, Micro- and Nano-Systems, Platform Technologies for Global Health, Micro fluidic Flow Control, Centrifugally-driven Micro fluidic Systems, Acoustic Cell Sorting Micro fluidics, Next Generation Sequencing, and Interdisciplinary Training and Career Development. Travel support is for a sub-set of attendees, giving special consideration to junior investigators (i.e., students, postdoctora researchers). GRCs were founded on a discussion-oriented forum that provides a unique opportunity for scientists and engineers to focus on the role of technology in advancing biomedical science. Micro fluidic and nanofluidic technologies fit the bill in providing new tools o study biomolecular interactions that underlie health and disease processes, and provide new quantitative knowledge for understanding the molecular basis of disease and developing new therapies. Many of the sessions overlap with NIBIB- and NHGRI-funded research programs (i.e., fluidic control, diagnostic micro devices, next-gene sequencing)--evidence that micro fluidics and micro engineering are powerful technologies that can be used to facilitate and dramatically improve basic and applied biomedical research. Based on our previous successful GRCs (biennially since 2001), participants will have diverse backgrounds (bioengineering, chemistry, biology, physics, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, medicine, and materials science). Participants will represent academia, government and industry, with the majority of participants from the academic sector; the GRC encourages interaction among participants from dissimilar backgrounds, and facilitates a continued maturation of micro fluidic technologies to help elucidate complex biological problems.