| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Bioanalytical Sensors and Global Health |
| Discussion Leader: Kristina Roskos (Organovo) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Bernhard Weigl (Center for POC Diagnostics for Global Health, PATH)
"Bioanalytical Sensor Approaches for Global Health Diagnostics: Emerging Chronic Disease Epidemic"
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| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Sensor Development: Biorecognition and Signal Transduction |
| Discussion Leader: Quinn Best (Louisiana State University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Polina Brangel (Imperial College London)
"Quantum Dot Multiplexing Assay for the Detection of MicroRNA and Enzymatic Activity in Clinical Samples"
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| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Christoph Fenzl (University of Regensburg)
"Liposome-Enhanced SPR: How to Chemically Improve Signals"
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| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Tara Donnelly (University of Strathclyde)
"Use of Functionalised Magnetic Nanoparticles for Sensitive and Selective DNA Detection"
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| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Balakrishnan Raja (University of Houston)
"An Embedded Microretroreflector-Based Microfluidic Immunodiagnostic Platform for Sensitive Pathogen Detection"
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| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| 9:30 pm - 10:30 pm | Evening Reception |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Platform Integration: Microfluidics and Sample Processing |
| Discussion Leader: Rachel Saylor (University of Kansas) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Richard Piffer Soares de Campos (State University of Campinas UNICAMP)
"Development and Characterization of an Off-Stoichiometry Thiol-Ene Polymer as a Substrate for Microchip Electrophoresis"
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| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Daniel Kim (University of Kansas)
"Development and Application of Novel Biosensor Platforms Using Whispering Gallery Mode Imaging"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Timothy Lannin (Cornell University)
"Electrorotation of Cancer Cells to Optimize Performance of Dielectrophoresis Capture Devices"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Jonathan Hennek (Harvard University)
"Aqueous Multiphase Systems as a Low-Cost Platform for High-Throughput Cell Separation and Quantification"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Clinical and Field Applications |
| Discussion Leader: Anders Gunnarsson (AstraZeneca R&D) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Stephanie Walter (Tufts University)
"Ultrasensitive Detection of Breast Cancer Biomarkers and Single Cell Protein Analysis"
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| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Bo Zhang (Stanford University)
"A Plasmonic Chip for Biomarker Discovery and Diagnosis of Type-1 Diabetes"
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| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
