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Workshop A four-day workshop has been developed as part of the activities of the NIH BioMEMS Resource Center and is offered in the summer. The mission for the workshop is to provide NIH investigators who are users of the resource center an opportunity to gain a broader understanding of the principles and applications of BioMEMS. The workshop emphasizes the practical aspects of microsystems engineering in biology and medicine. A detailed workshop handbook is provided to the attendees. An Introduction to Microtechnology and Microfluidics for Biology and Medicine Course Organizers: Mehmet Toner (Harvard U.), Rashid Bashir (Purdue U.) Biomedical applications of microfabricated devices are no longer limited to non-living systems such as gene chips or labs on a chip. Today, a new generation of microdevices that incorporates living cells is emerging, fueled by recent advances in the understanding of cellular behavior in microenvironments. These emerging devices are expected to become key technologies in 21st-century medicine, with a broad range of applications varying from point-of-care diagnostic devices, tissue-engineered products, cell-based drug screening tools, to basic molecular biology tools. Integrated in the BioMEMS Resource Center mission to advance the new technologies in basic and applied biomedical research is the active dissemination of the most recent developments in the research community. Toward this goal, the NIBIB-funded BioMEMS Resource Center offers the local research community access to state-of-the-art biological and microfabrication facilities, provides customized training to people interested in microfabrication technology, and periodically organizes seminars and workshops for researchers interested in upgrading or expanding their own set of experimental tools. This exciting and intensive one-day introductory short course is designed
for NIH investigators active in biomedical research areas, and it will introduce
the audience to the essentials of microtechnology as applied to biology
and medicine. The course includes four lectures and four hands-on laboratory
modules, and is taught at the BioMEMS Resource Center and Massachusetts
General Hospital. A workshop handbook with lecture notes and experimental
protocols is included.
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Module 1: PDMS Device Fabrication
Lab Module 2: Chemotaxis Lab Module 3: Cell Capture in Biochips Lab Module 4: Dielectrophoresis |
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