Spring 2020 Symposium: The Future of Biosensing in Wearables and the Point of Care
Wearable Tech & Healthcare: What’s Next?
The Future of Biosensing in Wearables and the Point of Care: The Inaugural Precision Diagnostics Center Symposium
02.24.20
Boston University Photonics Center
Trisha Andrew, PhD, UMass Amherst
Edward Damiano, PhD, Boston University
James Galagan, PhD, Boston University
Wei Gao, PhD, Caltech
Andrew Jajack, PhD, Amplify Sciences
Nanshu Lu, PhD, UT Austin
Koji Sode, PhD, UNC Chapel Hill
Joseph Wang, PhD, UCSD
Registration and Agenda information below
Our event will be available online! Please register as an Online Attendee on Eventbrite.
Recorded event video available below

Agenda
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM |
Breakfast |
9:00 AM – 9:15 AM |
Welcome
Kenneth Lutchen, PhD – Dean, College of Engineering, Boston University
Catherine Klapperich, PhD – Director, Precision Diagnostics Center, Boston University |
9:15 AM – 10:00 AM |
Mining Microbes to Engineer Novel Biosensors
James Galagan, PhD – Boston University |
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM |
Sensing Human Motion with Smart Garments
Trisha Andrew, PhD – University of Massachusetts Amherst |
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM |
Coffee Break |
11:00 AM – 11:45 PM |
Wireless Electronic Tattoos for Personalized Mobile Sensing and Therapeutics
Nanshu Lu, PhD – University of Texas at Austin |
11:45 PM – 12:30 PM |
Skin-Interfaced Wearable Sweat Biosensors for Personalized Healthcare
Wei Gao, PhD – California Institute of Technology |
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM |
Lunch Poster Session located in the 9th Floor Atrium |
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM |
Wearable Electrochemical Sensors: Toward Chemical Lab on the Body
Joseph Wang, PhD – University of California San Diego |
2:15 PM – 3:00 PM |
The Long and Winding Road to the Bionic Pancreas
Edward Damiano, PhD – Boston University |
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM |
Coffee break |
3:15 PM – 4:00 PM |
Wearable Continuous Biosensing: Frontiers for Devices and Sensors
Andrew Jajack, PhD – Amplify Sciences |
4:00 PM – 4:45 PM |
Creation of Ideal Biomolecules for Innovative Biosensing Technologies
Koji Sode, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
4:45 PM – 5:00 PM |
Closing Statement
Catherine Klapperich, PhD – Director, Precision Diagnostics Center, Boston University |
Location
Boston University Photonics Center
Colloquium Room 906
Boston, MA 02215
Map
Public Transportation
Train
Take the B line (Boston College) and get off at Boston University Central Station
Bus
57 Bus, T Stop St. Mary’s Street
BU Bus
St Mary’s Street (Inbound) or Marsh Plaza (Outbound)