Sample Prep East 2013 is a conference dedicated to sample preparation technologies and R&D developments for identification, detection, analysis and diagnostics of biological, biomedical and chemical substances, agents and threats in laboratory, point-of-care and field settings. Topics include:
- Critical role of sample prep in early diagnostics
- Robust methodologies for sample collection, (pre-)concentration, lysis, and target extraction
- Point-of-care sampling, detection and analysis
- Rapid sample-to-sequence techniques
- Sample prep-on-a-chip
- Sample preparation with microfluidics
- Alternative amplification techniques for sensitive sample prep
- Robust sampling methodologies (automation, high-throughput, combinatorial approach in sample prep)
- End-user prospective for biodetection and sampling technologies and devices
- Sample preparation as a separate system vs. an integrated module approach
- Field-ready devices: compatibility/reliability/scalability
- Alternative and disruptive approaches to sample preparation and applications
- Isolation of dilute objects on cell and molecular levels
- Target enrichment and background depletion techniques
- Novel methods of extraction from tough (non-filterable) matrices
- Immiscible phase purification
- Nanotechnology and miniaturization challenges for sample preparation
- Nucleic acid and protein based sample prep for next generation sequencing
- Standardization and regulatory issues in sample preparation across different applications
- New assay and sequencing technologies for sample preparation, detection and analysis
- Sample prep technologies for detection/diagnostics vs. pharma
