Nano-Bio-Sensing Summer School

29.06.09- 29 June to 3 July 2009 at EPFL, Lausanne.

This summer school is partly sponsored by the Centre SI and the MMNS Education and Research unit of the CCMX Competence Centre for Materials Science and Technology. All lectures will take place at EPFL in Auditorium Polydôme.

Posters

Poster presentation is kindly recommended to participants. The posters will be presented during the school.
 

Registration

Registration fee is 150 CHF and it includes one coffee break per day during the week of the summer school. On-line registration is required. Please registrer at the following link : Nano-Bio-Sensing Registration

 

Programme

Date:

Lecturer:

Schedule:

Monday
29 June
Afternoon

James K. Gimzewski
UCLA University

Adrian Ionescu
EPFL

14:00-14:45 Introduction to AFM sensors
14:45-15:00 Questions time
15:00-15:45 Nano-sensors for cells and bacteria

15:45-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-17:00 Vibrating nanowires for advanced sensing
17:00-17:15 Questions time

Tuesday
30  June
Afternoon

Ming C. Wu
Berkley University

Martha Liley
CSEM

14:00-14:45 Introduction to Optical MEMS
14:45-15:00 Questions time
15:00-15:45 Nano-Photonics for bio-sensing

15:45-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-17:00 Nanotechnology in optofluidic sensors
17:00-17:15 Questions time

Wednesday
1 July
Afternoon

Marco Mascini
Firenze University

Sandro Carrara
EPFL

14:00-14:45 Introduction to Electrochemical sensors
14:45-15:00 Questions time
15:00-15:45 Aptamers Applications in biosensors

15:45-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-17:00 Nano-structures Enhanced Bio-sensing
17:00-17:15 Questions time

Thursday
2 July
Afternoon

Marco Bianchessi
ST Microelectr.

Pierre Grangeat
LETI

14:00-14:45 Introduction to Point-of-care Devices
14:45-15:00 Questions time
15:00-15:45 Real Time PCR Portable Platforms

15:45-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-17:00 lab-on-chip for cancer diagnosis
17:00-17:15 Questions time

Friday
3 July
Afternoon

Roland Thewes
TU-Berlin

Carlotta Guiducci
EPFL

14:00-14:45 Introduction to electronic DNA Microarrays
14:45-15:00 Questions time
15:00-15:45 CMOS DNA Microarrays: Circuit and System Aspects

15:45-16:15 Coffee break
16:15-17:00 Chips for innovation in life sciences
17:00-17:15 Questions time

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