Program SMILS 2024
The program for the 2024 SMILS conference.
Tuesday, 4 June 2024
10:00 – 10:40 Registration and coffee
10:40 – 10:45 Opening Remarks – Caroline Adiels, Fredrik Westerlund
Session 1: Chair Per Augustsson, Lund University
10:45 – 11:30 Keynote – Nanofluidics: Exploring New Frontiers
Aleksandra Radenovic, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
11:30 – 11:50 Voltage-Gated Chemically Modified Solid-State Nanopores
Julia Järlebark, Chalmers University of Technology
11:50 – 12:10 Culture-free Rapid Isolation and Detection of Bacteria from Whole Blood at Clinically Relevant Concentrations - Henar Marino Miguelez, KTH
12:10 – 12:30 Droplet Emulsion for Probing Aggregation and Biofilm Formation of Bacteria - Simona Bartkova, Tallinn Uni Tech
12:30 – 12:50 Exhibitor Flash talks
12:50 – 13:40 Networking Lunch and industrial exhibits
Session 2 Chair Håkan Jönsson, KTH
13:40 – 14:25 Keynote - Optical Genome Mapping: A Toolbox for Single-Molecule Epigenetic Analysis of DNA in Nanochannels - Yuval Ebenstein, Tel Aviv University, Israel
14:25 – 14:45 Characterization of Macromolecules in Liquids Using Nanofluidic Scattering Microscopy - Bohdan Yaroshenko, Chalmers Uni Tech
14:45 – 15:05 On-site microbial community characterization of biocharenriched soil in rural Kenya using microfluidic soil models - Erik Karlsson, Lund Uni
15:05 – 15:40 3-min poster pitch session
- Acoustofluidic Blood Plasma Separation for Neonatal Care - Amalnath Manindranath, Lund Uni
- Microfluidic Platform for Freely Programmable Matter - Kerem Kaya, KTH
- High-throughput Screening of PET-degrading Enzymes within Droplets - Xiaozhi Fu, Chalmers Uni Tech
- 2D Chemical Gradients Towards On-Chip Studies of Cellular Response Modulation - Neeraj Katiyar, Uppsala Uni
- Fabrication of Biocompatible Spider Silk Micro- and Nanostructures - Linnea Gustafsson, Spiber Technologies AB/KTH
- Size Separation of Lipid Vesicles in a Diffusiophoretic Trap - Corentin Cardot, Technical Uni of DK
- Sound to Guide Cells - Per Augustsson, Lund Uni
- Nanofluidics – an Essential Tool in the Single Molecule Biophysics Toolbox - Sriram Kesarimangalam, Chalmers Uni Tech
- Enabling On-site Electroanalysis of Heavy Metals in Water using Paper-Based Microfluidic Devices - Enahoro Aigboje Asein, Stockholm Uni
- Numerical Study of Acoustic Streaming in Spherical Droplets Suspended in Unconfined Media - Pradipta Das, Uppsala Uni
- Effects of Bisphenol A Exposure on Alternative Splicing Patterns of ASD-Related Genes in The Hipsc-Derived Cerebral and Cerebellar Brain-On-A-Chip Organoid Models - Thanawin Jantheang, Chulalongkorn Uni
- A Smartphone Powered Point-Of-Care Centrifugal Microfluidic Platform for Diagnostics in Low Resource Settings - Ahmad Saleem Akhtar, KTH
15:40 – 16:15 Networking, fika and poster exhibits
Session 3 Chair Nicole Pamme Stockholm University
16:15 – 17:00 Keynote – Microscale Measurements of Protein Interactions in Pediatric Cancer Cell Subpopulations - Julea Vlassakis, Rice University, USA
17:00 – 17:20 Rok-ing and Rolling: Multiplexed Single Molecule Nanofluidics Perspective on Rok-Mediated DNA Condensation - Evgeniya Pavlova, Chalmers Uni Tech
17:20 – 17:40 Fast Distance-Based Paper Microfluidic Device for In Situ Detection of Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Levels in Water - Amparo Ferrer-Villanova, Stockholm Uni
17:40 – 18:00 Increased Throughput and Capacity of Nm-Particle Trapping Using an Ultrasound Activated Packed Bed - Michael Gerlt, Lund Uni Tech
18:40 – 22:00 Reception and Dinner at Hyllan, Chalmers
Wednesday, 5 June, 2023
Session 4 Chair Maria Tenje, Uppsala University
9:00 – 9:45 Keynote - Protein phase separation - Tuomas Knowles, Cambridge University, UK
9:45 – 10:05 Droplet Microfluidics-Based Detection of Hetero-Resistance in Bacteria - Sagar Narhari Agnihotri, Uppsala Uni
10:05 – 10:40 3-min poster pitch session
- Nanochannel Microscopy for Single Extracellular Vesicle Characterization - Elin Persson, Chalmers Uni Tech
- Sustainable and Environmental-Friendly Oil and Surfactant Systems for Droplet Microfluidics - Anna Fornell, Uppsala Uni
- Development of an organ-on-chip model of the human neuromuscular junction using cavitation molding - Meike Bleeksma, KI/KTH
- De Novo Assembly of Yeast Genomes Using Optical Genome Mapping - Luis Mario Leal-Garza, Chalmers Uni Tech
- Exploring Gut-Brain Axis Dynamics: A Microfluidic Approach to Manipulating Zebrafish Gut Microbiome - Norma Palmero Cruz, Uni of Gothenburg
- Characterization of 3D-Printed Device Providing Strain for Cortical Brain Organoids
- Fast and Robust Detection of Sclerotium Rolfsii via Workflow Integration of IFAST- Based Extraction and LAMP - Pablo Rodriguez Mateos, Stockholm Uni
- Droplet Microfluidic Workflow for High Throughput Microbial Microcolony Screening - Weiqi Ding, KTH
- An Automated Lab-On-A-Disc Platform for Nucleic Acid-Based Detection of Infectious Diseases - Ahmad Saleem Akhtar, KTH
- Morphological Identification of Soil-Borne Plant Pathogens Using Microfluidic Soil Models and Deep Learning Image Analysis - Erik Karlsson, Lund Uni
- Cell Identification and Collection using a Lab-in-a-Fiber Device - Harish Achar Vasant, KTH/RISE
10:40 – 11:15 Networking, fika and poster exhibits
Session 5 Chair Amman Russom, KTH
11:15 – 12:00 Keynote – Lighting Up Biosensors: Photonics-Driven Microfluidics - Heidi Ottevaere, VUB Brussels, Belgium
12:00 – 12:20 Automated Optical DNA Mapping for Bacterial Serotyping - Radhika Kunnath, Chalmers Uni Tech
12:20 – 12:40 PAT-On-A-Chip: Miniaturization of Analytical Assays Towards Data-Driven Bioprocess Development and Optimization - Inês Pinto, KTH
12:40 – 13:30 Networking lunch
Session 6 Chair Johan Nilsson, LTH
13:30 – 13:50 Measurement of Cell Size, Density and Compressibility - Oskar Andersson
13:50 – 14:10 Enhancing High-Throughput Biofilm Research with AI-Driven Image Segmentation - Daniela Pérez Guerrero, University of Gothenburg
14:10 – 14:30 A Multiparametric Electrochemical Sensor Chip for Real-Time Monitoring of Metabolic Dysfunction in a Neurovascular Chip Model - John Cognetti, KTH
14:30 – 14:45 Closing remarks, Poster Award presentation