Lab-on-a-chip company Dolomite will be exhibiting a range of new microfluidic devices at Pittcon 2008, to be held in New Orleans, USA on the 3-6 March 2008
Pittcon attracts 20,000 to 30,000 attendees from industry, academia and government from 80 countries worldwide.
It is an event where around 1200 companies exhibit and which boasts over 2000 technical papers and presentations.
"Microfluidics is a hot topic at the moment," said Gillian Davis, commercial director of Dolomite.
"This event will be a great place to showcase our most recent microfluidic designs and systems and to discuss how this technology is enabling smaller, more powerful lab equipment and accelerating drug discovery".
Lab-on-a-chip is an emerging technology based on microfluidics and Mems (micro electro mechanical systems).
This exciting new field of science and engineering enables very small-scale fluid control and analysis, allowing instrument manufacturers to develop smaller, more cost-effective and more powerful systems.
With lab-on-a-chip technology, entire complex chemical management and analysis systems are created in a microfluidic chip and interfaced with, for example, electronic and optical detection systems.
"We'll be exhibiting devices such as our novel Edge Connector and T-junction chip," said Gillian.
The Edge Connector enables the rapid connection of up to four fluidic inputs and outputs in any combination with straight-in flow paths and will enable engineers and scientists to interface to microfluidic chips more easily.
Another Dolomite device is the microfluidic flow reactor module, which enables the fast and efficient processing of chemicals for test and analysis.
Microfluidics is a technology that has the potential to massively impact such diverse areas as DNA testing, environmental control, clinical diagnostics and a broad range of biotech applications.
