• Personal Biochips - Summer Workshop

    July 22 - 26, ATLAS Institute, CU Boulder

    During this summer workshop, you will:

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    This summer workshop will engage 25 PhD students* in digital microfluidic research, with the aim of bridging the gap between computer science and microbiology. We invite PhD students with diverse backgrounds (e.g., computer engineering, biology, microfluidics).

     

    During the hands-on sessions, each student will build their own biochip, learn how to program it, and develop a bio-protocol for it. The students will work in groups and learn from each other how to collaborate and develop new ideas. Apart from the theoretical and hands-on sessions, the students will be involved in a “where would it lead” open discussion with the senior researchers; discussion meant to identify the current research challenges and the future directions of the field.

     

    *we welcome applications from postdocs and undergrads as well

  • speakers & mentors

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    Duke University

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    UC Riverside

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    CU Boulder

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    University of Washington

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    Open-Source Hardware Association

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    Boston University

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    Sci-bots Inc.

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    SparkFunX

  • program

    July 22 (Monday) - Bio-protocols

    09:00 - 09:30 - Welcome by organisers (Mirela Alistar)
    09:30 - 10:30 - Lightning talks participants (4 mins each)
    == coffee break
    11:00 - 12:00 - Lightning talks participants (4 mins each)
    == lunch

    13:30 - 14:30 - Biological applications on microfluidic biochips
    14:30 - 16:30 - Hands-on: GFP cloning 1 (Mirela Alistar)
    == coffee break
    17:00 - 19:00 - Translate bio-protocol -> graph (on your own)

    July 23 (Tuesday) - Biochip design

    09:30 - 10:30 - Fun and more at SparkFunX (Nathan Seidle, SparkFun)
    == coffee break
    11:00 - 12:00 - Open source hardware in universities & academia (Alicia Gibb, OSHWA)
    == lunch
    13:30 - 14:30 - Design a biochip cartridge (on your own)
    14:30 - 16:30 - Hands-on: fabricate your biochip (Mirela Alistar)
    == coffee break
    17:00 - 18:00 - Hands-on: coat & test your biochip (Mirela Alistar)
    == social event

    July 24 (Wednesday) - Biochip programs

    09:30 - 10:30 - Microdrop and programming biochips (Christian Fobel, Sci-bots Inc.)
    == coffee break
    11:00 - 12:00 -
    Microfluidic Design Automation (Ali Lashkaripour, Boston University)
    == lunch
    13:30 - 14:30 - Challenges in biochip research (open discussion)
    14:30 - 16:00 - Building a research community (group work)

    == outing in the mountains

    July 25 (Thursday) - Biochip automation

    09:30 -10:30 - Algorithms to automate bio-protocol execution on biochips (Philip Brisk, UC Riverside)
    == coffee break

    10:45 - 12:00 - Fault-tolerance in CAD tools for biochips (Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Duke University)
    == lunch
    13:00 - 14:30 - Combining Fluidics and Computation (Max Willsey, University of Washington)
    15:00 - 23:00 - Build your own biochips (Mirela Alistar)

    July 26 (Friday) - Future of biochips

    10:30 - 12:00 - How to get a faculty position (Mirela Alistar)
    == lunch
    13:30 - 16:00 - visit SparkFun Electronics
    == fly home

  • organizers

    Contact us if you have questions. Looking forward to having you in our workshop!

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    Assistant Professor, CU Boulder

    Coordinator of Living Matter Lab

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    Professor, CU Boulder

    Director of Atlas Institute