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MicroTAS 2017

October 22, 2017

The 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS 2017) will be held at the Savannah International Trade and Conference Center in Savannah, Georgia, USA from October 22 – 26, 2017. µTAS [more...]

Bio-Rad to Acquire RainDance Technologies

January 22, 2017

Bio-Rad Laboratories has agreed to acquire RainDance Technologies for an undisclosed price, the companies said today (Jan 16th 2017).  “The company’s droplet-based solutions will extend our reach into next-generation sequencing [more...]

Human Whole Genome Sequencing

November 2, 2015

There are 6 billion stories in the human genome. If you want to read one of them, you’re going to need a sequencer. But, what to sequence? Researchers interested in the mysteries of the human genome have three options: targeted [more...]

Microfluidic Chip-Capillary Electrophoresis Devices

September 6, 2015

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press  Editor: Dr. Ying Sing Fung Capillary electrophoresis (CE) and microfluidic chip (MC) devices are relatively mature technologies, but this book demonstrates how they can be integrated into a [more...]

Google Wants to Cure Diseases

August 21, 2015

Google’s smart contract lens When Google Co-Founder Larry Page dropped his now-famous blog post revealing that Google was reorganizing itself as Alphabet, one of the most striking things was what he chose to highlight as the kind [more...]

BioMEMS: Science and Engineering Perspectives

August 15, 2015

Book Description Amazon Link | CRC Press Link Authors:  Simona Badilescu, Muthukumaran Packirisamy Summary As technological advancements widen the scope of applications for biomicroelectromechanical systems (BioMEMS or biomicrosystems), [more...]