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SUMMARY:3D Culture\, Reagent Delivery\, and Bioassay Development in Closed
 - and Open-Space Microfluidics – From Theory-Guided Design to Practical 
 Implementation
DTSTART:20191122T110000
DTEND:20191122T120000
DTSTAMP:20260511T125446Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Thomas Gervais\, École Polytechnique de Montréal (CAN)
 \nBIOENGINEERING SEMINAR    \n\nAbstract:\nIn the past decade\, microf
 luidics has grown to take new\, freer\, and more application-driven forms.
  These include capillary-driven\, open-space microfluidics\, and hanging d
 rop microfluidic systems. Understanding fundamental fluid mechanics and tr
 ansport phenomena in these microstructures gives rise to new functionaliti
 es for biopsy handling\, spheroid synthesis\, point-of-care analysis\, or 
 dynamical biological surface processing. In this talk\, we will discuss ho
 w fluid mechanics and mass transfer modelling plays a key role in the desi
 gn\, optimization\, and operation of several emerging microfluidic-based t
 echnologies. We will provide concrete examples of theory-guided technologi
 cal developments from our laboratory in the field of tumor on-chip\, open-
 space microfluidics\, and capillary-driven microfluidics.\n\nBio:\nThomas 
 Gervais is associate professor of engineering physics and biomedical engin
 eering at École Polytechnique de Montréal (ÉPM). He is also associate r
 esearcher and co-founder of the microfluidics for oncology platform at the
  University of Montreal’s hospital research center (CRCHUM). His researc
 h focuses on fundamental fluid mechanics and mass transfer in microstructu
 res\, with an emphasis on developing miniature systems for the interrogati
 on of cancer tissues and the development of point-of-care portable assays.
  He holds a bachelor degree in engineering physics from ÉPM and a Ph.D. i
 n bioengineering from MIT. Beyond research and teaching\, he is also a sea
 soned populariser of science\, having written over 100 popular science art
 icles\, 35 short TV documentaries\, and appeared in over 75 episodes of va
 rious French Canadian Science TV shows in the past decade.\n 
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