30 August 2006, Budapest, Hungary

The Session will enable participants to find out more on the current paradigm shift associated with new tools for chemical and biochemical processing and will cover both the fundamental and practical aspects of this new and exciting technology.

If you are interested in finding out more on the current paradigm shift associated with new tools for chemical and biochemical processing then this special event is for you. 

This revolution is based on micro fluidic chip technology in which the operations of today’s chemical laboratory (volumetric flasks, reaction vessels, chromatography, detection) are miniaturized and integrated onto microchip devices.

EuCheMS, at the 1st  European Chemistry Congress in Budapest, invites you to experience this revolution in the short special session event which will cover both the fundamental and practical aspects of this new and exciting technology. 

This session is the inaugural event for EuCheMS Working Party on Chemistry in Microsystems.

About the topic

Lab on a Chip design exploits advances in microfabrication technologies in areas such as micro and nanofluidics, micromachining, surface chemistry and detection.  

Critically important applications that are attracting considerable interest in this emerging technology include genomics, proteomics, medical diagnostics, chemical synthesis, separation science, cell handling, high-throughput screening, drug discovery, environmental and forensic science.
 
Worldwide dedicated scientific groups and centres of excellence are forging ahead to build this miniaturized chemical future, with advances highlighted yearly at International Conferences on Miniaturised Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences.

About the Event

The Special Scientific Session on ‘Miniaturised Chemical Systems: The application of micro fluidics to chemical and biochemical processing’ will be held on Wednesday 30 August, 14.00-16.00 at ELTE Convention Centre (Eötvös Loránd University, address: H-1117, Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1.  ELTE Convention Centre (Eötvös Loránd University, address: H-1117, Budapest, Pázmány Péter sétány 1. 
 
The session will enable participants to find out more on the current paradigm shift associated with new tools for chemical and biochemical processing. The short special session will cover both the fundamental and practical aspects of this new and exciting technology. 

Programme

14.00
Professor Steve Haswell, University of Hull, UK
Welcome and Introduction

14.20
Dr Xunli Zhang, University of Hull, UK
Microreactors as tools for chemical synthesis and measurements

14.45
Professor Sabeth Verpoorte, University off Groningen, The Netherlands
Miniaturized total analysis systems in Bioanalysis

15.10
Jan Eijkel, Univeristy of Twente, The Netherlands
The promise of nanotechnology for chemical separation devices

15.35
Jeremy D. Glennon, University College Cork, Ireland
Nanoparticles in microseparation science

Committee

The Organizing Committee is the EuCheMS Working Party on Chemistry in Microsystems

Chair: Professor Steve Haswell

Secretary: Professor Jeremy Glennon

Registration and fees

Registration is free to all registered participants at the 1st European Chemistry Congress.  Please indicate your interest in attending the special session on  ‘Miniaturised Chemical Systems: The application of micro fluidics to chemical and biochemical processing’ when you register .

Accommodation

Accommodation is available through the online registration system for the 1st European Chemistry Congress.