BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology

Part I. Application of Microarray Technologies: Electronic Microarray Technology and Applications in Genomics and Proteomics.- Gene Expression Profiling Utilizing Microarray Technology and RT-PCR.- Microarray and Fluidic Chip for Extracellular Sensing.- Cell Physiometry Tools Based on Dielectrophoresis.- Hitting the Spot:The Promise of Protein Microarrays.- Use of Electric Field Array Devices for Assisted Assembly of DNA Nanocomponents and Other Nanofabrication Applications.- Peptide Arrays in Proteomics and Drug Discovery.- From One-bead One-compound Combinatorial Libraries to Chemical Microarrays.- Part II. Advanced Microfluidic Devices and Human Genome Project.- Plastic Microfluidic Devices for DNA and Protein Analyses.- Centrifuge Based Fluidic Platforms.- Sequencing the human genome: A historical perspective on challenges for systems integration.- Part III. Nanoprobes for Imaging, Sensing and Therapy.- Hairpin Nanoprobes for Gene Detection.- Fluorescent Lanthanide Labels with Time-resolved Fluorometry in DNA Analysis.- Role of SNPs and Haplotypes in Human Disease and Drug Development.- Control of Biomolecular Activity by Nanoparticle Antennas.- Sequence-dependent Rigidity of DNA: Influence on DNA-protein interactions and DNA in Nanochannels.- Engineered Ribozymes: Efficient Tools for Molecular Gene Therapy and Gene Discovery.

Dr. Mihri Ozkan is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at UC-Riverside with a research focus in nanotechnology and its applications in biology and engineering. She received her Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC-San Diego and her M.S. degree in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University. She has over four years of industrial experience including at Applied Materials, Analog Devices and at IBM Almaden Research Center. Her awards and honors include "Emerging Scholar Award of 2005" by the American Association of University Women, "Invited participant of Kecks Future Initiative" (2005) by the National Academy of Science, "Regents Faculty Excellence Award" (2001 and 2004), "Visionary Science Award" (2003), "Technical Ingenuity Award" (2003), "Research Leadership Award" (2003), "Selected US team member in US-Japan Nanotechnology Symposium" (2003), and "Best graduate student awards" from the Materials Research Society, the Society of Biomedical Engineering and Jacobs School of Engineering (1999, 2000, 2001). Dr. Ozkan's research is recognized as "frontier research" by the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology (edited by Dr. David Awschalom) and featured many times in public newspapers, on the cover of journals, online news sites and newsletters. She is an active board member and treasurer in the International Society for BioMEMS and Biomedical Nanotechnology. Her editorial activities include the Journal of Sensors and Actuators B and the Journal of Biomedical Microdevices. She holds more than 25 patent disclosures and about 8 US-patents.