Charles Baroud
Ecole Polytechnique
France
Overview
This conference will take place at EMBL Heidelberg, with the option to attend virtually. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or recovery is required for on-site attendance. Please see EMBL’s COVID-19 terms and conditions.
For late poster submission please contact Iva Gavran.
Conference overview
Microfluidic tools have made recent biological and biomedical research leaps possible. At the physics, engineering, chemistry and biology interface, innovation in microfluidic approaches has positively impacted areas as diverse as nucleotide sequencing, functional genomics, single-cell and single-molecule studies, and biomedical diagnostics. Many of these applications – including next-generation sequencing devices – have been revolutionised by miniaturisation, paving the way for global gene analysis and hence transforming biology. Working on the pico- to nanoliter scale not only allows a high degree of parallelisation, but importantly offers superb spatiotemporal control. Small objects such as cells, or even discrete parts thereof, can be exposed to unique conditions, facilitating entirely novel approaches to inquiry in modern biology and chemistry.
The EMBL Microfluidics Conference brings together top researchers and emerging research leaders to spark scientific exchange and create community. Topics spanning from fundamental physics & chemistry to device design and nascent biological applications will be presented, which should be of interest to everyone from experts in microfluidic design to users of the next-generation of microfluidic tools, and from academic scholars and trainees to industry colleagues.
Session topics
- Probing biology
- Next-generation device design and emerging applications
- Disease diagnostics, analytical chemistry and chemical synthesis
- Single-cell and single-molecule analyses
What past participants say
‘The Microfluidics conference has given me the opportunity to meet the authors of my favourite publications and to interact with the editors of the journals where I usually submit my work at. This conference has allowed me to share my findings through posters and flash talks and it increased my scientific network.’
Ana Peñaherrera Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Buenos Aires- Argentina
‘The EMBL Microfluidics conference broadened my view of the microfluidics field. It is very well organised with great lectures and inspiring discussions.’
Yunhao Zhai from Centre d’Immunologie Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
Speakers
Bart Deplancke
EPFL
Switzerland
Elena Ferapontova
Aarhus University
Denmark
Andreas Hierlemann
ETH Zürich
Switzerland
Tomasz Kaminski
University of Warsaw
Poland
Jina Ko
University of Pennsylvania
USA
Sebastian Maerkl
EPFL
Switzerland
Christoph Merten
EPFL
Switzerland
Sumita Pennathur
University of California, Santa Barbara
USA
Steve Shih
Concordia University
Canada
Aaron Streets
University of California, Berkeley
USA
Winnie Edith Svendsen
Technical University of Denmark
Denmark
Yi-Chin Toh
Queensland University of Technology
Australia
Scientific organisers
Christoph Merten
EPFL
Switzerland
Angela Wu
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hong Kong SAR, China
Conference organiser
Programme
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- Recorded talks will be accessible on demand for 2 weeks after the end of the event.
- All times in the programme below are shown as the time in Europe/Berlin.
- Programme is subject to change
Day 1 – Monday 11 July 2022
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 11:15 – 13:00 | Registration and light lunch |
| 11:45 – 12:45 | Pre-conference workshop (registration required) Location: Flex Lab A+B |
| 13:00 – 13:15 | Opening remarks |
| Session 1: Probing biology Chairs: Aaron Streets – University of California, Berkeley, USA Sumita Pennathur – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA | |
| 13:15 – 13:45 | Modeling cancer-immune interactions in microfluidic droplets Charles Baroud – Ecole Polytechnique, France Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 13:45 – 14:15 | Engineering and measuring systemic multi-organ interactions Yi-Chin Toh – Queensland University of Technology, Australia Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 14:15 – 14:30 | Microfluidics approach to study cells size dynamics and adhesion of Candida albicans Goliath cells Iana Kalinina – Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology, University of Exeter, United Kingdom Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 14:30 – 14:45 | A new microfluidic workflow to study the effects of spatiotemporal gradients in tumor microenvironments Yanfang Li – Technical University of Denmark, Denmark Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 14:45 – 15:15 | Coffee break and Meet the speakers |
| 15:15 – 15:45 | On biochemical constructors and synthetic cells Sebastian Maerkl – EPFL, Switzerland Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 15:45 – 16:00 | Probing viscosity-regulated Fallopian tube epithelial cell development and function for organ-on-chip applications Melati Suhaila Binti Abdul Halim – Monash University, Australia Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 16:00 – 16:15 | Diverse polyclonal antibody therapeutic generation at GigaGen Kyle Carter – GigaGen, USA Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 16:15 – 16:45 | Transcriptomic Analysis of 3D Vasculature-On-A-Chip Reveals Paracrine Factors Affecting Vasculature Growth and Maturation Angela Wu – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 16:45 – 17:15 | Coffee break and Meet the speakers |
| 17:15 – 18:45 | Poster Session 1 (odd) |
| 18:45 – 20:15 | Dinner |
| 20:15 – 21:45 | Networking drinks at the ATC Rooftop lounge |
Day 2 – Tuesday 12 July 2022
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Session 2: Next-generation device design and emerging applications Chairs: Bart Deplancke – EPFL, Switzerland Anindita Basu – University of Chicago, USA | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Microfluidics for synthetic biology Steve Shih – Concordia University, Canada Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Hybrid soft/hard materials for wearable microfluidic devices Sumita Pennathur – University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 10:00 – 10:15 | Robust processing of multi-step reactions in drops Hee-Sun Han – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, United States of America Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 10:15 – 10:30 | Microfluidic Sample Preparation of Mammoth Tooth Enamel for Amino Acid Dating Laila Patinglag – Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break and Meet the speakers |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Novel droplet microfluidic methods for multistep single-cell RNA-seq assays Tomasz Kaminski – University of Warsaw, Poland Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Fed-batch droplet nanobioreactor for controlled microbial growth: a step towards screening under industrially relevant conditions Kartik Totlani – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Making microfluidics accessible through open high-end low-cost instrumentation design Tobias Wenzel – Catholic University of Chile, Chile Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Microphysiological systems featuring microfluidic and microsensor structures Andreas Hierlemann – ETH Zürich, Switzerland Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch and Meet the speakers |
| Session 3: Disease diagnostics, analytical chemistry and chemical synthesis Chairs: Steve Shih – Concordia University, Canada Charles Baroud – Ecole Polytechnique, France | |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Centrifugal microfluidics for liquid biopsy and beyond Yoon-Kyoung Cho – Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Bioelectronic platforms for cancer diagnosis and monitoring treatment efficacy Elena Ferapontova – Aarhus University, Denmark Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 15:00 – 15:15 | Microfluidic sample preparation for cryogenic electron microscopy from a single colony of cell culture Gangadhar Eluru – Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 15:15 – 15:30 | Barrier-free paper analytical devices for multiplex colorimetric detection Ayushi Chauhan – Indian Institute of Science, India Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Coffee break and Meet the speakers |
| 16:30 – 16:45 | Microfluidics for complete simulation of the human gastrointestinal tract Miguel Xavier – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 16:45 – 17:00 | A low-cost paper-based sample preparation module to lyse bacterial cells and extract genomic DNA using isotachophoresis Shruti Soni – Indian Institute of Science, India Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Droplet microfluidics in personalized cancer therapy and immune repertoire screening Christoph Merten – EPFL, Switzerland Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Coffee break and Meet the speakers |
| 18:00 – 19:30 | Poster Session 2 (even) |
| 19:30 – 21:00 | BBQ dinner |
| 21:00 – 22:30 | Networking drinks and live music |
Day 3 – Wednesday 13 July 2022
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 09:00 – 12:30 | Session 4: Single-cell and single-molecule analyses Chairs: Angela Wu – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China Christoph Merten – EPFL, Switzerland |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Engineering next-generation single cell phenomic technologies Bart Deplancke – EPFL, Switzerland Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 09:30 – 09:45 | Measuring detergent effect on RNA molecule capture in droplet based single cell transcriptomics Karolis Goda – Vilnius University, Lithuania Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 09:45 – 10:00 | Single cell barcoding using 2D microarrays combined with droplet based microfluidics for precise and informed identification of drug candidates Karolis Simutis – ESPCI, France Talk will be livestreamed |
| 10:00 – 10:30 | New opportunities in translational research bring new devices and new applications Anindita Basu – University of Chicago, USA Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break and Meet the speakers |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Microtechnology based Single Cell and EV Profiling Jina Ko – University of Pennsylvania, USA Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 11:30 – 11:45 | Multiplexed Droplet Array Chip for Single-cell Multi-omics Profiling Xuyan Lin – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 11:45 – 12:00 | Single-cell high-throughput measurement of the memory B cell immune repertoire Lorenzo Zolfanelli – ESPCI / Institut Pasteur, France Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | New methods for multimodal measurement of single cells Aaron Streets – University of California, Berkeley, USA Talk will be recorded and available on-demand |
| 12:30 – 12:45 | Closing session and poster prizes |
| 12:45 – 13:15 | Packed Lunches & Departure |
Practical information
Registration fees and abstract submission
On-site registration fees include admission, conference materials, COVID-19 safety measures, meals and coffee breaks. Participants are expected to book and pay their own accommodation and travel expenses.
Virtual registration fees include access to all of the talks (livestreamed and on demand) and facility to submit questions.
| On-site Academia | €710 |
| On-site PhD Student | €610 |
| On-site Industry | €910 |
| Virtual Academia | €175 |
| Virtual PhD Student | €125 |
| Virtual Industry | €225 |
NO visa support letters will be issued until payment of the registration fee is confirmed.
Accredited journalists may be eligible to register for complimentary press registration. Registrants may be required to provide accreditation or equivalent proof of press membership after registration. Please contact Iva Gavran for more information. Please note that we do not offer complimentary registrations for editors of scientific journals.
Confirmation and payment
Registration will be on a first-come-first-served basis. Your place can only be confirmed after payment of the registration fee. If you are added to our waiting list, please consider taking advantage of our offerings to participate virtually.
On-site participants: Types of payments accepted are international bank transfers and credit card payments.
Virtual participants: We are only able to accept card payments. In exceptional cases we can accept bank transfers. Please contact events@embl.de for details.
Abstract submission
Abstracts will not be accepted from virtual participants. Only registered participants attending the on-site event are eligible to submit an abstract.
After you have logged in and successfully registered, you will receive an email asking you to submit your abstract. Click on the link provided and enter your abstract in the text box provided. Alternatively you can submit your abstract by clicking on the link on the confirmation page directly after registering. The same login credentials are used for both processes.
Please note:
Title: The title should not exceed 20 words. Only the first word of the title should start with a capital letter and the rest of the title should be in lowercase.
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Presentation Types: When submitting your abstract, you can apply for an oral or poster presentation. A selection process will take place with the results announced 2-3 weeks after the abstract submission deadline.
Please check our FAQs pages for further information on how to submit an abstract.
Financial assistance
Financial assistance
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Application
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Accommodation and shuttles
Accommodation is not included in the conference registration fee.
As further changes in our events are possible due to COVID-19, you should book flights, trains and hotels with flexible options and favourable cancellation conditions.
The hotels below have rooms on hold for participants until Friday 10 June 2022, in some cases at special rates. Please quote the booking code MCF22-01 and confirm the exact price of the room with the hotel directly.
Conference shuttle buses
Conference shuttle buses are free of charge for participants, and depart from designated bus stops near the hotels to EMBL and back, mornings and evenings.
The bus stops for this conference are:
- Kurfürsten-Anlage (opposite Main Train Station)
- Hotel Premier, Kurfürsten-Anlage 23
- Leonardo Hotel (Bergheimer Str.)
- Neckarmünzplatz
- Peterskirche
- ISG Hotel
View Conference shuttle bus stops and hotels in a larger map. Please note that not every bus stop will be used for every event.
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On-site information
Catering
All meals and coffee breaks are included in the registration fee. Our catering staff will prepare a wide variety of vegetarian meals, meat and fish dishes, soups, pasta, fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as a variety of desserts.
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Beyond first aid…
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Luggage
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Nursing room
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Room for prayer, yoga and meditation
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Sightseeing
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Travel to and from the venue
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Useful German expressions
| English | German |
|---|---|
| Hello | Hallo |
| Goodbye | Auf Wiedersehen |
| Good morning | Guten Morgen |
| Good afternoon | Guten Tag |
| Good evening | Guten Abend |
| Good night | Gute Nacht |
| I’m sorry | Tut mir leid |
| Excuse me… | Entschuldigen Sie |
| How are you? | Wie geht’s? |
| I’m fine thanks. And you? | Mir geht es gut , danke, und dir/Ihnen? |
| What is your name | Wie heisst du? Wie heissen Sie? |
| My name is | Ich heisse |
| Do you speak English | Sprechen Sie Englisch? |
| I don’t understand | Ich verstehe nicht |
| Please speak more slowly | Können Sie bitte langsamer sprechen |
| Thank you | Danke schön |
| Where is the toilet? | Wo ist die Toilette? |
| Please call me a taxi | Bitte rufen Sie mir ein Taxi |
| How do I get to….? | Wie komme ich zum/zur…..? |
| A beer/two beers, please | Ein Bier/zwei Bier bitte |
| A glass of red/white wine please | Ein Glas Rot/Weisswein bitte |
| The menu, please | Die Speisekarte, bitte |
| Is there a local speciality? | Gibt es eine Spezialität aus dieser Gegend? |
| I’m Vegetarian | Ich bin Vegetarier |
| It was delicious | Es war hervorragend |
| The bill, please | Die Rechnung, bitte |
| I have a headache | Ich habe Kopfschmerzen |
| I have a sore throat | Ich habe Halsschmerzen |
| My stomach hurts | Ich habe Magenschmerzen |
| I’m allergic to | Ich bin allergisch gegen |
| I need a doctor who speaks English | Gibt es einen Arzt, der Englisch spricht? |
Virtual participation
What’s included?
- Access to all the livestreamed talks
- Video library of the recorded talks during and after the event
- Facility to submit questions
Please note that only on-site participants are able to submit abstracts and participate in the poster sessions.
Event platform
We are using an event platform for this conference. More information about the platform will be shared ahead of the conference.
Guidelines
- Do not broadcast the conference to unregistered participants.
- You are encouraged to tweet and post about the event. Tweet unless the speaker specifically says otherwise, but be mindful of unpublished data.
- Please do not capture, transmit or redistribute data presented at the meeting.
Additional information can be found in our Code of Conduct.
Health and well-being
It is important to stay healthy and move around, especially when you are attending an event virtually. We have put together a few coffee break stretches and yoga videos in the conference platform for you to enjoy during the event.
How to ask questions
Please use the Q&A function in the event platform.
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Time zone
The programme is planned based on the Europe/Berlin time zone, unless otherwise stated. Please take your time zone into consideration when planning your attendance.
Additional information
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COVID-19 related questions
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Sponsors
Silver sponsor
Bronze sponsor
Media partners
Analyst, a Royal Society of Chemistry journal
Analytical Methods, a Royal Society of Chemistry journal
Angewandte Chemie, a Wiley journal
EMBO Journal, an EMBO Press journal
FEBS Open Bio, a FEBS Press journal
International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Lab on a Chip, a Royal Society of Chemistry journal
Open Biology, a Royal Society journal
Sensors & Diagnostics, a Royal Society of Chemistry journal
Sponsorship opportunities
We offer a variety of event sponsoring possibilities, with the flexibility to select a set sponsorship package or combine individual sponsorship options to suit your event budget. Discounts are available for companies sponsoring multiple events at EMBL Heidelberg. View other conferences, or contact sponsorship@embl.de for further information on sponsoring possibilities.
If you are interested in becoming a media partner of this event, please visit our media partnerships webpage.
Pre-conference workshop
Industry webinar will be hosted by the sponsoring company Droplet Genomics prior to the virtual EMBL Conference: Microfluidics 2022
on Monday, 11 July
Participation in this webinar is free of charge for registered conference attendees. The number of available places is limited (first come, first served). All registered conference attendees will receive an email with a registration link.
ABSTRACT
Breaking barriers of droplet microfluidics: efficient multi-step workflows with single cells
Speaker: Rapolas Zilionis, CSO of Droplet Genomics
Compartmentalization of cells into picoliter-sized droplets has already led to the burst of single-cell sequencing applications and the development of novel approaches for high-throughput functional screening. Nevertheless, many sample types and molecular biology techniques require multi-step processing. Droplets are amenable to reagent addition via droplet merging or picoinjection, however, full reagent exchange is not possible.
To tackle the challenge posed by multi-step workflows, the Droplet Genomics team has developed a new compartmentalization approach based on hollow hydrogel shells with liquid cores. This webinar will discuss how semi-permeable capsules (SPCs) enable the exchange of buffers, enzymes and small compounds while retaining the cells and large biomolecules, such as genomic DNA and mRNA, compartmentalized. During the workshop, Droplet Genomics will show how SPCs are made and what new prospects are they promising for single-cell genomics, cell cultivation and phenotyping applications.
Date: 11 - 13 Jul 2022
Location: EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Deadline(s):
Abstract submission: Closed
Registration (On-site): Closed
Registration (Virtual): Closed
Organisers:
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Christoph Merten
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany and EPFL, Switzerland -
Angela Wu
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Contact: Iva Gavran