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Registration deadline: May 31st 2013

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Invitation to the Workshop

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Delegate List

Dr. Lazar Mathew, Adviser of Medical Sciences at PSG Institute of Advanced Studies
Dr. James McLaughlin, Professor at University of Ulster and CTO of Intelesens
Dr. Patricia Nieva, Associate Professor at University of Waterloo, Director of the Sensors and Integrated Microsystems Lab
Dr. Soumyo Mukherji, Professor of Biomedical Engineering at IITB
Dr. Zhao Lu, Microfluidics Staff Scientist at CMC Microsystems
Dr. Mathilakath Vijayan, Professor and CRC Chair at University of Calgary
Dr. Ravi Selvaganapathy, Professor and CRC Chair in Biomicrofluidics at McMaster University
Ryan Denomme, Founder and CEO of Nicoya Lifesciences
Dr. Dhananjaya Dendukuri, Co-Founder and CEO of Achira Labs
Chandrasekhar Nair, Founder and Director of Bigtec Labs
Dr. B. K. Iyer, Medical Director at Bigtec Labs
Dr. Enakshi Bhattacharya, Professor and Head of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras (tentative)

Workshop Program

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Dr. Ravi Selvaganapathy, McMaster University

Project:
“Simple, fast and inexpensive detection of viability and drug resistance for Tuberculosis bacteria through miniaturization and parallelization”

Cell culture is the gold standard for in TB diagnosis. It is inexpensive, provides viability and drug resistance information, but takes 4-6 weeks. Through miniaturization and parallelization of sample analysis, we propose to reduce the assay time to a few hours and obtain viability information.

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Biography:

Dr. Ravi Selvaganapathy is currently an Associate Professor in the departments of mechanical and biomedical engineering at McMaster University, Canada. He is also the Canada Research Chair in Biomicrofluidics. He completed his B.S. in chemical and electrochemical engineering in 1998 from Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India. He obtained his M.S and Ph.D in electrical engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2002 for his work on developing microfluidic components for genetic analysis. He subsequently was a postdoctoral fellow at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, USA, working on protein separation and detection in microdevices. He joined McMaster University in 2005, where he has established a research center for electrofluidics. The laboratory is active in investigating single phase and two phase electrofluidic phenomena with applications in electronic cooling, drug discovery, drug delivery, environmental diagnosis and microreaction systems. He has over 70 publications in journals and conferences, has written 5 invited book chapters and been issued 4 US patents related to MEMS/microfluidic devices. Some of his research has been featured in scientific media such as Popular Mechanics as wells as in mainstream media such as CBC News, and in newspapers across Canada. He also received the Early Researchers Award from the ministry of research and innovation in 2010 and has been named as a Raising Star in Global Health by Grand Challenges Canada.

Dr. Leyla Soleymani, McMaster University

Project:
“Fast, affordable, easy-to-use TB and MDR-TB handheld tester for use in poor resource settings.”

The incidence of multi-drug resistance tuberculosis is rising in many resource-poor regions of the world, significantly complicating the management of this deadly disease. Dr. Soleymani’s research group at McMaster is developing a handheld electronic platform for inexpensive diagnosis and treatment selection of TB, which will save lives and improve health in the most resource poor regions of the world.

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Biography:

Leyla Soleymani received the B.Eng. degree from McGill University, the M.Sc. degree from University of Southern California, and the Ph.D. degree from University of Toronto. Throughout her research career, Soleymani has taken a multi-disciplinary approach in combining innovations in physics, electrical engineering, materials science, and biochemistry for solving problems in healthcare. She is currently an assistant professor at McMaster University, with research interests in areas of biosensing and nanofabrication. More specifically, she is interested developing in-vivo and in-vitro diagnostic platforms for early disease detection, modeling nano- and micro-scale sensors, fabricating hierarchical and hybrid materials using chemical deposition methods with nanometer resolution, and studying materials growth using in-situ techniques.

CSA Group recently announced at the 2012 Nano Ontario Conference the release of the first Nano Standards document # CSA Z12885, which provides detailed and valuable knowledge on occupational health and safety practices when working with engineered nanomaterials within a Canadian industrial setting.

Please see the CSA Group website for information on how to purchase the first Nano standards report.

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Thank you very much for your participation and support of the Nano Ontario 2012 conference. It was a successful gathering of over 200 registered attendees, featuring over 100 interactive poster presenters, 4 distinguished keynote speakers, 10 highlight technical presentations, several industry sponsors and exhibitors, held in one fabulous facility.

Please take about 5 minutes to answer a short anonymous survey with only 10 questions, which will help us to plan an even better conference experience for 2013. Those who complete the survey will have a chance to win a Free Registration to next year’s conference.

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Thank you once again for your great support of Nano Ontario, and we hope to see you again at next year’s conference.

Sincerely,
The NanoOntario Conference, Program Committee

November 1-2, 2012

2012 International Conference on RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF NANOTECHNOLOGY: CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES; presented by NE3LS Network (Nanotechnology for Ethical, Environmental, Economic, Legal and Social Impact), November 1-2, 2012, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA

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Plus

Annual Meeting of CICN (Canadian Industrial Consortium for Nanotechnology) is co-located with NE3LS International Conference – Nov 1, 2012, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA

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For more information, contact Charles-Anica Endo (President & CEO AGY Consulting) at charles-a.endo@ne3ls.ca