Sample Prep East 2013

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