Biosensors: Engineering Concepts and Medical Applications
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Friday, May 8, 2009

8:00–8:30

Registration

8:25–8:30

Introduction by Fawwaz Habbal, Executive Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

8:30–9:15

George M. Whitesides, Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor
Paper-based Microflidics

9:15–10:30 

Amir Yacoby, Professor of Physics
Nanoscale magnetic field sensing using a single electron spin in diamond

10:30–10:45

Networking break

10:45-11:45 

Don Ingber, Director and Core Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering; Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology, Harvard Medical School; Professor of Bioengineering, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Senior Research Scientist Vascular Biology Program, Children's Hospital Boston
Biomimetic microsystems for biodetection, diagnosis and therapeutics

12:00–1:15

Networking lunch

1:15–2:00

Donhee Ham, Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences and Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Harvard University
Silicon RF biomolecular sensor using nuclear spin resonance

2:00–2:45

Robert Westervelt, Mallinckrodt Professor of Applied Physics and of Physics at Harvard University
IC/Microfluidic Chips for Dielectric Manipulation

2:45–3:00

Networking break

3:00–3:45

Charles Lieber, Mark Hyman, Jr. Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University
Merging Nanoelectronic and Biological Systems: From Ultrasensitive Detection to Functional Interfaces

3:45–4:30

Frank Vollmer, Fellow, Rowland Institute at Harvard
Optical Microcavities: Label-free Detection Down to Single Virus Particles

4:30–5:15

Matt Welsh, Associate Professor of Computer Science
and Thomas D. Cabot Associate Professor of Applied Science at Harvard University
Mercury: A Wearable Sensor Network Platform for High-Fidelity Motion Analysis

5:30–6:30

Poster session/Reception