3rd International Conference on Microfluidics and Bio-Mems
London, UK
Francesca Costantini
CREA-DC Research Centre for Plant Protection and Certification
Title: Lab-on-glass system based on thin film optoelectronic devices and thick film microfluidics
Biography
Biography: Francesca Costantini
Abstract
Lab-on-Chip technology is gaining great interest due to the many possibilities that it offers in the fields of life sciences, from parallel analysis in genomics to point-of-care devices in medical diagnostics. At the beginning, Lab-on-Chip devices essentially consisted of a microfluidic network that miniaturized the analytical procedures leading to faster reaction kinetics and lower sample and reagents consumption. Recent devices integrate on a single substrate several functional modules, that allow all the functions of a human-scale test laboratory including transferring samples, drawing off a precise volume of a chemical product, reagent mixing, detection and quantification of biomolecules.