IEM Seminar Series in Microfluidics and biology on chip: Microfluidics for high performance and high throughput chemical and biological experimentation
Abstract
Microfluidics allows precise control of the fluid sample, minimal sample consumption and efficient mass and heat transfer. As a result, it has emerged as a robust technology for diverse applications within the chemical, engineering and life sciences, particularly in addressing some unmet needs where traditional methods and technologies are inadequate. Here I will present the development of microfluidic systems for different applications: 1) by integrating different photonic detection techniques to study fast biomolecular kinetics with high throughput, high sensitivity and high information content. 2) The development of novel materials and microfabrication techniques for solvent-resistant and anti-biofouling microfluidic devices. 3) Droplet-based microfluidics for the synthesis of microparticles for macromolecule separation applications.
Short Bio
Dr Tianjin Yang completed her undergraduate degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering at Southeast University, Nanjing, China. She then moved to ETH Zurich, Switzerland, to complete her Master's degree in Medicinal and Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences. She also completed industrial internships at Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research and BASF. After the internships, she decided to return to academia and obtained her Ph.D. in 2018 on optofluidic systems for controlled chemical and biological experimentation under the supervision of Prof. Andrew deMello at the Institute of Chemical and Biological Engineering, ETH Zurich. Since 2019, she has been working as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Benjamin Schuler on the development of microfluidic systems for single-molecule spectroscopy to study biomolecular interactions at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich.
Microfluidics allows precise control of the fluid sample, minimal sample consumption and efficient mass and heat transfer. As a result, it has emerged as a robust technology for diverse applications within the chemical, engineering and life sciences, particularly in addressing some unmet needs where traditional methods and technologies are inadequate. Here I will present the development of microfluidic systems for different applications: 1) by integrating different photonic detection techniques to study fast biomolecular kinetics with high throughput, high sensitivity and high information content. 2) The development of novel materials and microfabrication techniques for solvent-resistant and anti-biofouling microfluidic devices. 3) Droplet-based microfluidics for the synthesis of microparticles for macromolecule separation applications.
Short Bio
Dr Tianjin Yang completed her undergraduate degree in Pharmaceutical Engineering at Southeast University, Nanjing, China. She then moved to ETH Zurich, Switzerland, to complete her Master's degree in Medicinal and Industrial Pharmaceutical Sciences. She also completed industrial internships at Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research and BASF. After the internships, she decided to return to academia and obtained her Ph.D. in 2018 on optofluidic systems for controlled chemical and biological experimentation under the supervision of Prof. Andrew deMello at the Institute of Chemical and Biological Engineering, ETH Zurich. Since 2019, she has been working as a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Benjamin Schuler on the development of microfluidic systems for single-molecule spectroscopy to study biomolecular interactions at the Department of Biochemistry, University of Zurich.
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