Twelfth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry

Twelfth International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences Welcome! October 12 - 16, 2008 Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Sponsored by Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Thank you Conference Chair Laurie E. Locascio National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA Technical Program Committee Zbigniew Brózka Warsaw University of Technology, POLAND Jenny Eméus Technical University of Denmark, DENMARK Teruo Fujii University of Tokyo, JAPAN Amy E. Herr University of California, Berkeley, USA Stephen C. Jacobson Indiana University, USA Klavs Jensen Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Tae Song Kim Korean Institute of Science and Technology, KOREA Takehiko Kitamori University of Tokyo, JAPAN Jörg P. Kutter Technical University of Denmark, DENMARK James Landers University of Virginia, USA Thomas Laurell Lund University, SWEDEN Abraham Lee University of California, Irvine, USA Ai Qun Liu Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE Laurie E. Locascio National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA Nicole Pamme University of Hull, UK Petra Schwille Technical University Dresden, GERMANY Minoru Seki Chiba University, JAPAN Manabu Tokeshi Nagoya University, JAPAN Jean-Louis Viovy Curie Institute, FRANCE Joel Voldman Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Peng-Yuan Yang Fudan University, CHINA Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Thank you Local Committee Michael Gaitan National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA Brian M. Paegel Scripps Research Institute, USA David J. Ross National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA Wyatt N. Vreeland National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA Board of Directors, Chemical and Biological Microsystems Society Yoshinobu Baba Nagoya University, JAPAN Albert van den Berg Universiteit Twente, THE NETHERLANDS D. Jed Harrison University of Alberta, CANADA Klavs F. Jensen Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Takehiko Kitamori University of Tokyo, JAPAN Thomas Laurell Lunds Universiteit, SWEDEN Andreas Manz Institute of Analytical Sciences, GERMANY M. Allen Northrup Micro. Fluidic Systems Inc. , USA J. Michael Ramsey University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA Shuichi Shoji Waseda University, JAPAN Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Presenting Presentations • 6 Plenary Presentations • 1 Invited Presentation • 65 Oral Presentations • 589 Poster Presentations Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Plenary Speakers Harold Craighead Cornell University, USA Teruo Fujii University of Tokyo, JAPAN Andrew Griffiths Institut de Science et d'Ingenierie Supramoleculaires, FRANCE Tomokazu Matsue Tohoku University, JAPAN Jeremy Nicholson Imperial College London, UK Julio M. Ottino Northwestern University, USA Invited Speaker Jonathan V. Sweedler University of Illinois, USA Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

2008 Abstracts Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Abstracts by Region Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Abstracts by Region 1116 submitted from 36 countries • • • • AUSTRALIA (4) AUSTRIA (7) BELGIUM (5) BRAZIL (2) CANADA (29) CHINA (13) CZECH REPUBLIC (1) DENMARK (17) FINLAND(6) FRANCE (39) GERMANY (44) GREECE (1) HONG KONG (2) • • • • HUNGARY (1) INDIA (2) IRAN (1) IRELAND (13) ISRAEL (1) ITALY (13) JAPAN (175) KOREA (98) MALAYSIA (1) MEXICO (1) NEW ZEALAND (2) POLAND (5) PORTUGAL (2) Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA • RUSSIA (2) • SINGAPORE (38) • SPAIN (8) • SWEDEN (19) • SWITZERLAND (18) • TAIWAN (41) • TURKEY (1) • THE NETHERLANDS (31) • UNITED KINGDOM (34) • USA (439)

Participants by Region as of September 30, 2008 Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Participants 944 participants from 27 countries • • • AUSTRALIA (1) • AUSTRIA (3) • CANADA (30) • CHINA (9) • CZECH REPUBLIC (2) • DENMARK (19) • FINLAND (15) • FRANCE (33) • GERMANY (26) • HONG KONG (1) • IRELAND (10) • ISRAEL (1) • ITALY (2) • • JAPAN (145) • KOREA (84) NETHERLANDS (31) • NEW ZEALAND (2) • • NORWAY (2) Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA POLAND (4) PORTUGAL (1) SINGAPORE (8) SPAIN (6) SWEDEN (21) SWITZERLAND (10) TAIWAN (19) UNITED KINGDOM (24) USA (435)

Contributors Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Art in Science Award Sponsors Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Young Innovator Award Sponsor Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Young Researcher Poster Awards Sponsor Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Widmer Young Researcher Poster Awards Sponsor Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Exhibitors • APP Co Ltd • ASCOMP • Bio. Force Nanosciences, Inc. • Bio. Tray • Bullen Ultrasonics, Inc. • cetoni Gmb. H • Dolomite-US • Enplas Corporation • FLUIGENT • Heidelberg Instruments Inc. • IMT - Institute of Microchemical Technology • Intellegent Micro Patterning LLC • Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering • Lab on a Chip (Royal Society of Chemistry) • Labsmith, Inc. • Life Bio. Science Inc. • MEMStaff Inc. • Micro/Nano Fluidics Fundamentals Focus (MF 3) Center • microfluidic Chip. Shop Gmb. H • micro. LIQUID • Micronit Microfluidics BV • Nano Fusion Technologies, Inc. • OAI • Photron USA Inc. • Sandia National Laboratories • Silex Microsystems • Siloam Biosciences • Takasago Electric, Inc. • Translume, Inc. • Veeco Instruments • Yole Développement Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Conference Banquet Tuesday Evening 18: 00 - 20: 00 Buses will leave from the Bay View Foyer Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

House Keeping • Name badges required at all times • Please return to sessions when chimes ring • Session questions - mic will be brought to you • Exhibitor raffle • Poster award voting • Art award finalists • Recycle canisters throughout hotel • Evaluation Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

Hotel Floorplan Micro. TAS 2008 Conference, San Diego, CA USA

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