University of Michigan Professor Robert Kennedy will discuss “The NanoLiter Lab: Using Droplets for Chemical Analysis, Screening and In Vivo Neurochemical Sensing,” Sept. 12 at UNC.
Kennedy, the Hobart H. Willard Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, will deliver the Oscar K. Rice Lecture in Chemistry at noon in Wilson Library’s Pleasant Family Assembly Room. The event is free to the public.
Manipulating samples as droplets within microfluidic devices has emerged as an interesting approach for chemical analysis and screening. In segmented flow, one embodiment of this technology, nanoliter samples are manipulated in microfluidic channels as plugs separated by an immiscible fluid, such as air or fluorinated oil. These plugs serve as miniature test-tubes in which reactions can be performed at high throughput.
The lecture is the first in a series of Carolina Colloquia in Chemistry. The Rice lecture is held in honor of Oscar K. Rice, a former member of the faculty.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, visit http://www.chem.unc.edu/.
