Spitzer lecture presents Professor George M. Whitesides

Professor George M. Whitesides
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Harvard University Cambridge, MA PresentsSimple Bioanalytical SystemsSimplicity and economy are often the keys to successful technologies. ¡°Simple solutions¡± is the phrase we apply to the idea of using science to provide easily used solution to a variety of problems in bioanalysis, with a particular focus on problems in developing economies. The requirements for low cost, ruggedness, and independence of infrastructure characteristic of problems in developing economies pose remarkably challenging problems for advanced science and technology¡ªand the area is one that will benefit enormously from new ideas. Successful solutions will also be useful both in developing economies and in the developed world: low cost and simplicity are advantages almost everywhere. The flow of problems, ideas, and solutions stimulated by considering these problems is thus a most interesting two-way street. This talk will discuss this class of problems within the specific context of medical diagnostics (how close can one come to ¡°Zero-cost Diagnostics¡±?), and with a focus on three technologies: microfluidic systems based on patterned paper, microanalytical systems using magnetic levitation, and simple microfluidics devices for use with simple organisms.

Location: Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) - 101

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Petra Pearce Sapir