Author: Deirdre Meldrum
Affiliation: University of Washington
Title: Automated Systems for Genome Analyses
Keywords: biomechatronics, microscale systems, nanotechnology, single cell, human health
Issue Date: July 15, 2006

Bibliography: Deirdre Meldrum, "Automated Systems for Genome Analyses", Journal of the Robotics Society of Japan, Vol. 24, No. 5, pp.570-572, 2006.

Abstract:
Research in the Genomation Laboratory and the Microscale Life Sciences Center at the University of Washington is focused on developing automated robotic nano-, micro-, and macro-scale systems for high-throughput processing of DNA, RNA, proteins and cells. The long term goal is to enable experiments by scientists to understand diseases and improve human health.

References:
[1] Patrick Ngatchou et al., “A real-time qPCR analyzer compatible with high-throughput automated serial processing in 5 uL glass capillaries,” IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, in press, 2006.
[2] Mary E. Lidstrom and Deirdre R. Meldrum, “Life-on-a-Chip,” Nature Reviews Microbiology vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 158-164, November 2003.