Wednesday, November 7, 2007: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM
Room 355 F (Salt Palace Convention Center)

Topical 3: 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Electrophoreses Society (AES) (T3)

#337 - Advances in Ce and Microdevice Technology for Genomic Analysis (T3007)
Microfluidic-based DNA and protein separation systems are beginning to emerge from the research laboratory and appear as commercially available products for use in a variety of genomic analysis applications. If sufficient miniaturization can be achieved, these microfabricated systems will enjoy a tremendous cost advantage over today’s conventional macroscale systems, thereby ensuring a central role in future genomic analysis efforts such as the ambitious goal of sequencing a genome for $1,000 or less. Strategies to develop improved sieving media based on a variety of polymeric and non-polymeric materials incorporating uniform and reproducible microstructures promise to generate tremendous improvements in the achievable level of separation performance. In addition, separation matrices composed of nanofabricated structures constructed directly on the surfaces of silicon, glass, and plastic substrates offer exciting possibilities in terms of exerting precise control over pore size and sieving properties. Novel techniques to analyze DNA and proteins by directly probing the motion of single molecules either through nanoscale fluidic channels or through membrane channel nanopores also show enormous potential. Chemical engineers continue to make important contributions in these areas, and we invite abstracts related to any aspect of the development or study of biomolecule separation technology at the microscale, or on miniaturized devices.
Chair:Michael T. Bowser
CoChair:Kevin D. Dorfman
8:30 AMElectrophoresis Of DNA Molecules Confined In Virtual Nanochannels
Gary W. Slater, Martin Bertrand
8:55 AMMolecular Dyamics Simulations Of Dynamic Coatings For Quenching Electroosmotic Flow
Owen A. Hickey, Gary W. Slater
9:20 AMThe Nanoporous Morphology Of Hydrogel Separation Matrices For DNA Electrophoresis
Jian Wang, Hugo Y. Acosta, Victor M. Ugaz
9:45 AMEngineered Entangled Polymer Networks And System Design For Improved Four-Color Sequencing Of DNA By Microchip Electrophoresis
Daniel G. Hert, Christopher P. Fredlake, Annelise E. Barron
10:10 AMMicrofabricated Microemulsion Droplet Generator Enables The Pcr Colony Front End Of The Microbead Integrated DNA Sequencer
Palani Kumaresan, Chaoyong James Yang, Richard A. Mathies
10:35 AMMicrofluidic Selection Of Aptamers
Michael T. Bowser, Bryan R. Fonslow, Renee K. Mosing, Ryan Turgeon

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