Lab on a Chip Blog

The µTAS 2017 Conference was held during 22 – 26^thOctober in Savannah,Georgia,USA.  Maria Southall,  Deputy Editor ofLab on a Chip,attended this conference and announced the prestigiousLab on a Chipawards which include thePioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship(in partnership withDolomiteMicrofluidics),the Widmer Young Researcher Poster Prize,theArt in 新利手机客户端Science competition(in partnership withNIST) and theµTAS video competition(in partnership withDolomiteMicrofluidics).The competition was tough,but we are pleased to announce this year's Prize Winners below.

"Pioneers of Miniaturization" Lectureship

Professor Aaron Wheeler(University of Toronto)was announced as the winner of the 12th "Pioneers of Miniaturization" Lectureship,sponsored byDolomiteandLab on a Chip.The "Pioneers of Miniaturization" Lectureship rewards early to mid-career scientists who have made extraordinary or outstanding contributions to the understanding or development of miniaturised systems. Professor Aaron Wheeler received a certificate and a monetary award,and delivered a short lecture titled "A Pioneer's Trail: from Savannah to Toronto to Kakuma and Beyond" at the conference.

Art in 新利手机客户端Science Competition

Darwin Reyes from the National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) andLab on a Chippresented the Art in 新利手机客户端Science award to Maria Cristina Letizia (EPFL,Switzerland).The award aims to highlight the aesthetic value in scientific illustrations while still conveying scientific merit.Check our her winning photograph "Give Bubbles a Chance" below.

µTAS Video Competition

Dolomite andLab on a Chipannounced Aniruddha Kaushik (Johns Hopkins University) as the winner of the 2017 µTAS video competition. µTAS participants were invited to submit short videos with a scientific or educational focus.The winning video "Droplet Microfluidics Rap" can be viewed on ourYouTube channel, along with the runner up video "Bubbles in Complex Microgeometries at Large Capillary Numbers" by Martin Sauzade (Stony Brook University). Mark Gilligan of Dolomite presented the winner with a voucher for Dolomite equipment.

Widmer Young Researcher Poster Prize

The Widmer Young Researcher Poster Prize was awarded toJin Ko,PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania for their poster on the prognosis of traumatic brain injury using machine learning based miRNA signatures in nanomagnetically isolated brain-derived exosomes.

Congratulations to all the winners at the conference!We look forward to seeing you atµTAS 2018in Kaohsiung,Taiwan!