2011 microTAS Conference: The 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, October 2 - 6, 2011, Seattle, WA

2011年10月2日至6日，第15届化学与生命科学小型化系统国际会议（microTAS）将在美国华盛顿州西雅图召开，美国加州大学伯克利分校herrtravel基金将为参加该会议的新研究人员和初级研究人员提供部分资助。这次国际会议将涉及包括学术界、工业界和美国联邦政府在内的所有研究部门的参与者。本次会议被认为是一个独特的思想交流论坛，为与会者之间的新思想交流，突破性成果的展示和讨论提供了充足的机会，并为新的跨学科合作提供了机会。MicroTAS会议提供了一个独特的智力体验，来自不同学科的科学研究人员聚集在一个充满活力的国际论坛上讨论研究并建立伙伴关系，这对我们高度多学科领域的健康和发展至关重要。会议包括延长讨论时间，来自许多学科的初级和高级科学研究人员可以在一个开放和合议的环境中分享和发展新的想法。我们还鼓励非正式互动（例如，午餐），以促进新的技术合作和国际伙伴关系。2011 microTAS会议的目标和更广泛的影响包括：(1)进一步理解支撑微流控和纳米流控技术发展的科学；(2)为初级科研人员提供与较有成就的科研人员密切互动的机会，以扩大他们的科学教育，促进他们未来的科研事业；(3)培养和促进生物工程、化学工程、机械工程、电气工程、化学（包括分离科学和分析化学）、物理等不同领域的研究人员之间的长期合作关系；(4)促进能够利用微纳米技术解决生物和物理科学难题的多学科团队的发展。美国国家科学基金会（NSF）正在申请资助，以抵消研究生、博士后和其他初级学术研究人员的会议费用和/或差旅费。预计随着资金支持的增加，本系列的第十五届会议将成功促进微流控技术的科学理解和应用的进步，并培养下一批世界级的创新者。

CBET 1134944University of California-BerkeleyHerrTravel funds are requested to partially support new and junior researchers to attend the 15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (microTAS) held from October 2nd through 6th, 2011 in Seattle, WA USA.The international meeting will involve participants from all research sectors including academia, industry, and the US federal government. This conference is considered a unique forum for exchange of ideas and offers ample opportunities for the exchange of new ideas, presentation and discussion f breaking results, and opportunities for new interdisciplinary collaborations among attendees. The MicroTAS conference provides a unique intellectual experience in which scientific researchers from different disciplines come together in a dynamic international forum to discuss research and forge partnerships that are critical to the health and growth of our highly multidisciplinary field. The conference includes extended time for discussions where scientific researchers, both junior and senior, from many disciplines can share and develop new ideas in an open and collegial environment. We are also encouraging informal interactions (e.g., lunches) to foment new technical collaborations and international partnerships.The goals and broader impacts of the 2011 microTAS Conference include:(1) To further the understanding of the science that underpins the development of microfluidic and nanofluidic technologies;(2) To provide an opportunity for junior researchers to interact closely with more established scientific researchers to broaden their scientific education and to promote their future careers as scientific researchers;(3) To foster and promote long-term relationships between researchers in diverse fields including bioengineering, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, chemistry (including separation science and analytical chemistry), and physics; and(4) To promote the development of multidisciplinary teams that can address difficult problems in biological and the physical sciences using micro- and nano-technologies.NSF support is being requested to offset conference fees and/or travel costs for graduate students, post-docs, and other junior academic researchers. It is anticipatedthat with increased financial support, the fifteenth conference in this series will be successful in promoting advances in the scientific understanding and application of microfluidic technologies, and in educating the next cadre of world-class innovators.