Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship 2017 winner announced

ROYSTON, U.K. - July 4, 2017 - PRLog -- The Pioneers of Miniaturization Lectureship 2017, sponsored by Dolomite Microfluidics and Lab on a Chip, has been awarded to Professor Aaron Wheeler in recognition of his contribution to digital microfluidics, a technique which involves manipulating discrete microfluidic droplets on the surface of an array of electrodes coated with a hydrophobic insulator. Professor Wheeler is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, and has been the Canada Research Chair of Bioanalytical Chemistry at the University of Toronto since 2005. He will receive a certificate, a $2,000 prize and the opportunity to present a short lecture at the 2017 MicroTAS conference, which runs from the 22^nd to the 26^th of October at the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center in Georgia, USA.

All registered MicroTAS participants are invited to enter the 2017 MicroTAS Video Competition, which opens for submissions on the 7^th of July and welcomes videos that are either scientifically or educationally focused on micro- or nanofluidics. Entries can be fun, artistic, surprising or just unusual, and should be uploaded to the MicroTAS website (www.microtas2017.org) by the 23^rd of October for a chance to win $1,500 to spend on Dolomite Microfluidics equipment. Results will be announced at the MicroTAS 2017 conference.

For more information on Professor Wheeler's research, visit http://microfluidics.utoronto.ca

For more information of Dolomite Microfluidics, visit http://www.dolomite-microfluidics.co.uk