Lab-on-a-Chip European Congress 2010

Abstract

On 25 and 26 May 2010, the fourth Lab-on-a-Chip European Congress took place in Dublin, Ireland. This article reviews some key presentations as well as the overall trends observed in the field of microfluidics as presented in this conference. While, as in most microfluidic conferences, no spectacular innovations have been presented indicating a certain maturing of the technology, the widening impact of microfluidics technology in a large variety of application fields can be observed. This was reflected in the multitude of applications presented covering fields as diverse as sport science, protein crystallisation, biosensors in a large variety, cell-based assays and point-of-care diagnostics.

Keywords::

• analytical chemistry
• chip
• Lab-on-a-Chip
• microfluidics