Archive for the ‘Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship’ Category

Lab on a Chip author and Pioneer Lectureship winner Ali Khademhosseini to receive US Presidential Early Career Award

Congratulations are in order for Lab on a Chip author Ali Khademhosseini, who is to receive the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers it was announced by The White House last month.  This is the highest honour bestowed by the US government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.

Professor Khademhosseini writes a regular Research Highlights feature for Lab on a Chip, covering exemplary research in recent literature and also received the 2011 Pioneers of Miniaturisation Lecture at the 2011 MicroTAS meeting in Seattle earlier this month.  The Pioneers of Miniaturisation Lectureship is awarded by Lab on a Chip and Corning Inc. to early to mid-career scientists for extraordinary or outstanding contributions to the understanding or development of miniaturised systems.

Why not take a look at some recent work in Lab on a Chip from Professor Khademhosseini:

An integrated microfluidic device for two-dimensional combinatorial dilution
Yun-Ho Jang, Matthew J. Hancock, Sang Bok Kim, Šeila Selimović, Woo Young Sim, Hojae Bae and Ali Khademhosseini

Microfabricated polyester conical microwells for cell culture applications
Šeila Selimović, Francesco Piraino, Hojae Bae, Marco Rasponi, Alberto Redaelli and Ali Khademhosseini

A cell-based biosensor for real-time detection of cardiotoxicity using lensfree imaging
Sang Bok Kim, Hojae Bae, Jae Min Cha, Sang Jun Moon, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Donald M. Cropek and Ali Khademhosseini

We are now accepting nominations for the 2012 Lab on a Chip/Corning Inc. Pioneers of Miniaturisation Lectureship. Nominations should be sent to Harp Minhas, Editor, Lab on a Chip.

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Pioneers of Miniaturisation Lecture 2011 – call for nominations

The Pioneers of Miniaturisation Lecture is awarded annually to an early to mid-career scientist for extraordinary or outstanding contributions to the understanding or development of miniaturised systems. This year’s presentation of the award will take place during the uTAS conference in Seattle, USA in October 2011. The Lectureship is jointly awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Lab on a Chip journal and Corning Incorporated and includes $5000 ($2000 of which may be used to attend the µTAS Symposium).

Nominations are now invited for this award – the deadline for nominations is 20th May 2011. Full details of the criteria and how to submit the nominations are to be found on the Pioneers of Miniaturisation Lecture webpage which also provides more information about the award.

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Stephen Quake wins Pioneers of Miniaturisation Lectureship

Congratulations to Professor Steve Quake from Stanford University who is the 2010 winner of the Lab on a Chip/Corning Inc. Pioneers of Miniaturisation Lectureship.

The prize was presented during the uTAS meeting held in Groningen, Netherlands this year. It is awarded annually to an early to mid-career scientist for extraordinary or outstanding contributions to the understanding or development of miniaturised systems and includes a prize of $5000 ($2000 of which may be used to attend the µTAS Symposium).

Professor Quake’s research interests include biological automation tools, microfluidic large scale integration (demonstrating the first devices with thousands of integrated mechanical valves), single molecule DNA sequencing and much more.

Take a look at the webpage for more details about the prize jointly sponsored by Corning Inc.

View the photos and further information from about the 2010 uTAS meeting in Gronongen.

Read Steve Quake’s recent article in Lab on a Chip with reference to ‘biotic games’

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