Sensors in Medicine Conference 2013

Wellcome Collection London 6-7 March

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Sensors in Medicine 2013

THE CONFERENCE

Sensors in Medicine 2013 was held on 6-7 March 2013 at the Wellcome Collection in London

The Conference objectives were to: Bring together the academic and business communities with a

common interest in healthcare applications of sensors Showcase innovative commercial applications of sensors in

medicine Explore leading edge research in sensor technology applicable

to healthcare


THE COMMITTEE

Dr. Michael Brand Captum Capital Limited

Dr. Stuart Hendry Sphere Medical Limited

Dr. Danny O’Hare Imperial College, London


THE VENUE: THE WELLCOME COLLECTION The Wellcome Collection houses over 1 million objects relating to medicine and health collected by the late Henry Wellcome, co-founder of the pharmaceutical company Burroughs-Wellcome. Open to the “incredibly curious”, the Collection explores the connections between medicine, life and art in the past, present and future.


THE 2013 PROGRAM

Wednesday 6th March Point of Care Diagnostics

Future Technology

Reception

Thursday 7th March Breath Analysis

Wearable Sensors

Panel Discussion


ENABLING POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTICS WITH SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES

Dr. Paru Deshpande Program Director Life Science Technologies IMEC, Belgium


THE NEXT GENERATION OF POINT OF CARE SENSORS FOR INTENSIVE CARE

Dr. Shaw Fox VP Product Development Sphere Medical Limited UK


SENSORS IN HEALTHCARE: OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCCESS FACTORS

Proportion of GDP spent on healthcare is growing and will continue to do so Technology alone cannot guarantee success New sensor technologies will not succeed alone, innovation also needs to win on cost and other features Existing sensor applications could become or remain successful if the context of their application is considered as part of a greater care pathway

Dr. John Rippeth Principal Consultant in Technology and Innovation PA Consulting UK


MINIMALLY INVASIVE SENSORS FOR PERSONALISED THERAPY

Professor Tony Cass Dept of Chemistry & Institute for Biomedical Engineering Imperial College, London UK


NEW APPROACHES TO PROBING HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS

Dr. Danny O’Hare Department of Bioengineering Imperial College, London UK


Non-fluorescent precursors

Strongly fluorescent Cy3 λem = 570 nm

PNA1 PNA2

DNA or RNA

Dr. Sylvain Ladame Lecturer in Biosensor Development Dept of Bioengineering Imperial College, London UK

OLIGONUCLEOTIDE-TEMPLATED FLUOROGENIC REACTIONS: A POWERFUL TOOL FOR BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS


LABEL-FREE NANOMECHANICAL DETECTION OF BIOMARKERS WITH A HOME-MADE OPTICAL-READOUT SYSTEM

Dr. Zhugen Yang Dept of Chemistry University of Cambridge UK


MICROFLUIDIC BASED SENSOR SYSTEMS – REAL TIME DETECTION OF TISSUE FAILURE IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

Professor Martyn Boutelle Professor of Biomedical Sensors Engineering Dept of Bioengineering Imperial College, London UK


SIMILIA-SIMILIBUS, OR HOW HOMOLOGOUS GENES SENSE EACH OTHER FROM A DISTANCE

Professor Alexei Kornyshev Dept of Chemistry Imperial College, London UK

Cortini R, Kornyshev AA, Lee DJ, Leikin S. Electrostatic braiding and homologous pairing of DNA double helices. Biophys J. 2011;101(4):875-84.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21843478


THE RECEPTION Conference Cocktail: The Gimlet • 60 ml Sacred Gin • 10 ml lime juice • 10 ml agave syrup • ice

Keynote speakers from Imperial College: (l to r) Prof Boutelle; Prof Cass; Prof Kornyshev; Dr. O’Hare

Wellcome Collection Medicine Now Gallery

Delegates enjoy networking


CLINICAL BREATH ANALYSIS: PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE – A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE

Professor Emeritus Terence Risby Johns Hopkins University Maryland USA


BREATH ANALYSIS: CLINICAL RESEARCH TO THE END-USER MARKET

Trevor Smith Managing Director Bedfont Scientific Ltd UK


THE BREATH PRINT OF GASTRIC CANCER A NANO-MEDICAL ARTIFICIAL OLFACTORY SYSTEM FOR DETECTING VOLATILE BIOMARKERS OF CANCER

Dr. Yoav Y Broza The Department of Chemical Engineering and The Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute Technion- Israel Institute of Technology Israel


BREATH ANALYSIS: AN EFFECTIVE POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTIC FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASE

Dr. Victor Higgs Managing Director Applied Nanodetectors Ltd UK


FROM MANAGING ILLNESS TO MANAGING HEALTH: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WEARABLE SENSORS

Professor Chris van Hoof Program Director Wearable Healthcare (HUMAN++) and Director Body Area Networks Imec Belgium


TEXTILES WITH ELECTRONIC FUNCTIONALITY

Professor Tilak Dias Advanced Textiles Research Group School of Art and Design Nottingham Trent University UK


PANEL DISCUSSION: THE FUTURE OF SENSORS IN MEDICINE

Dr. Michael Brand Sensor100

Dr. Raman Minhas ATPBio Ltd

Dr. Danny O’Hare Imperial College

Prof. Chris van Hoof Imec

Panelists

Technology Year Adopted?

Artificial pancreas 2030

Continuous blood pressure monitor 2021

Lab-on-a-chip disease detection 2020

Breath analysis cancer detection 2019

Nanopore DNA sequencing 2021


Objectives

Promote innovative new commercial sensor technology

Highlight leading academic research near to commercial use

Provide a platform for emerging sensor companies

Explore trends in medical applications of sensor technology

Facilitate formation of partnerships for investment and technology transfer


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