Monthly Archives: November 2009

Dec 1st CIMIT Forum: Life Science Innovation

I’ve posted about the CIMIT forum before — it’s a terrific series of talks on the integration of technology and medicine.  This week there’s an especially cool program on investing in life science innovation, including speakers Juan Enriquez of Excel Medical Ventures and Biotechonomy and Luis Barros of the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center. In [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Global microfluidics map

I’ve continued adding to the list of microfluidics/lab-on-a-chip companies and wanted to get a sense of where these efforts are located (similar to the Nanotechnology Map). To do this, I’ve created a Google Map to help visualize commercial microfluidics activity worldwide:
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale from Felice Frankel and George Whitesides

The multi-talented George Whitesides has once again teamed up with scientific photographer Felice Frankel to lead us on a tour of the nanoworld through their latest book, No Small Matter: Science on the Nanoscale. From the publisher, Harvard University Press: A small revolution is remaking the world. The only problem is, we can’t see it. This [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

BioMEMS by any other name

In researching microfluidics companies to add to the list, I’ve realized that outside of academia almost no one uses the term BioMEMS when discussing microelectromechanical systems applied to biology. Instead it’s “microfluidics” or “lab on a chip.” The term BioMEMS is a spin-off of the acronym MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), itself a term that has not [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Joel Voldman on microfluidic manipulation of cells and their environment

Recently I ran across a video of my former advisor at MIT, Joel Voldman, speaking as part of the 2008 CIMIT Summer Education Series: Frontiers of Microfluidics and Microsystems in Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Medicine. In the video below (and available directly from CIMIT here), Joel highlights his group’s work using microfluidic technology and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment