Cells Dancing to Maxwell's Equations Seminar
- Time:
- 16:00 - 18:00
- Date:
- 7 March 2012
- Venue:
- Building 6 (Nuffield Theatre) Room 1081
For more information regarding this seminar, please telephone Janette Thompson on 023 8059 7280 or email ifls@southampton.ac.uk .
Event details
IfLS Seminar Series: Professor Ron Pethig, University of Edinburgh
Engineers can use the electric polarisation theories and dimensional analysis techniques introduced by Maxwell to make cells 'dance' under the command of electrical signals in lab-on-chip devices. This lecture will map the journey from Maxwell's demonstration of the world's first colour photograph, to the development at Edinburgh of the world's smallest TV screen, and show its potential to switch on and program networks of neurons. These technologies offer new methods for diagnosing disease for drug discovery and repairing tissue damage. Many cells, but only one equation (an object of beauty) will be shown.
The lecture will commence at 16:00, teas and coffees will be available at the end of the lecture, from 17:00.
Speaker information
Professor Ron Pethig,University of Edinburgh, is Professor of Bio-electronics in the School of Engineering and Electronics at the University of Edinburgh. His research objectives are directed towards developing generic tools, based on dielectrophoresis and related electrokinetic effects, for applications in drug discovery, toxicology and cell therapy.