Monday 21st November

Room G29/30, New Horizons Building, Monash University Clayton campus, 20 Research Way

Time (Melbourne)

Time

(Malaysia)

9:00

6:00

Welcome – A/Prof Simon Corrie

9:10

6:10

Prof Joseph Wang (UCSD): Integrated Wearable Bioelectronic Monitoring Platforms

9:50

6:50

Prof Kevin Plaxco (UCSB): Counting molecules, dodging blood cells: real-time molecular measurements directly in the living body

10:30

7:30

MORNING TEA

11:00

8:00

A/Prof Hang Ta (Griffith): Tuning metal and metal oxide nanomaterials for diagnosis and theranostics of diseases

11:30

8:30

Prof Conor Hogan (Latrobe): Instrument-free voltammetric sensing

12:00

9:00

LUNCH

1:00

10:00

Prof Justin Gooding (UNSW): From ultrasensitive to single molecule biosensors that operate in complex biological fluids

1:40

10:40

Prof Vipul Bansal (RMIT): Nanozyme aptasensors: from molecular to cellular detection

2:10

11:10

Mr Robert Batchelor (Nutromics): Wearable sensors for continuous real time in vivo molecular monitoring

2:40

11:40

Prof Joanne MacDonald (University of the Sunshine Coast and Biocifer): From DNA computers to decentralised COVID-19 testing: rapid, safe and smart biosensing

3:10

12:10

AFTERNOON TEA

3:40

12:40

Dr William Yap (Soft Sense): Gold Nanowires soft wearable system for continuous non-invasive cardiac monitoring

4:10

1:10

A/Prof Yulin Wang (Macquarie): Plasmonic nanomaterials for SERS biosensors in cancer diagnostics

4:40

1:40

Prof Sumeet Walia (RMIT): Low Dimensional Materials driven electronics and optoelectronics for solving fundamental and industry challenges

5:10

2:10

Prof Sally McArthur (Deakin): Sensing for 3D cell Cultures

6:00

3:00

Close

Note: Speaker's dinner will commence at approximately 6:30pm at the Monash Club at the Clayton campus. We will walk over together after the close of Monday's session.

Tuesday 22nd November

Time (Melbourne)

Time (Malaysia)

Clayton (G29/G30, New Horizons)

Malaysia (6103)

9:00

6:00

Assemble in G29/G30

9:10

6:10

Prof Daniel Heller (MSKCC): Quantum Defect Nanosensors for Drug Discovery and Diagnostics

9:50

6:50

Prof Heather Clark (Arizona State): Programmable Nucleic Acid Nanostructures as Platforms for Bioresponsive MRI Contrast Agents

10:30

7:30

MORNING TEA

11:00

8:00

Prof Matt Trau (UQ): Catching and directly reading single molecules and exosomes from blood: some clinical applications

11:30

8:30

Prof Qin Li (Griffith): Nanocarbons – a green playfield for sensor development

12:00

9:00

LUNCH

MORNING TEA and Poster Setting

1:00

10:00

Prof Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh (UNSW): Liquid metals for sensing and bio applications

1:40

10:40

Dr Robert Bassett (CSL): Raman Spectroscopy in Upstream Bioprocessing: Real-Time Monitoring of Key Metabolites

A/Prof Kok Sing Lim (Malaya): Phase derivative distributed temperature sensor based on Chirped Grating-Michelson Interferometer for Hyperthermia Cancer Therapy

2:10

11:10

Prof Nam-Trung Nguyen (Griffith): Micro Elastofluidics: Elasticity and Flexibility for Efficient Microscale Liquid Handling

A/Prof Michelle Tan (Nottingham MY): Electrochemical Biosensors: Development from 2D Graphene nanomaterials to post-analysis using Artificial Intelligence towards POC Diagnostic

2:40

11:40

Dr Mia Li (Universal Biosensors): Real-

world electrochemical detection: turning

ideas into product

Prof Gopinath Packirisamy (IIT Roorkee): Nanomaterials-based fluorescent biosensor for cancer biomarker detection

3:10

12:10

AFTERNOON TEA

LUNCH

3:40

12:40

A/Prof Rona Chandrawati (UNSW): Colorimetric sensors to detect food spoilage

4:10

1:10

Prof Jeff Walker (Monash): Towards smart irrigation

A/Prof Khor Sook Mei (Malaya): Optical Detection of Targets for Early Diagnosis of Lifestyle

4:40

1:40

Prof Frank Caruso (Uni Melbourne): Bio-Nano Interactions: Insights for Nanomedicine

Mr. Yusuke and Mr. EngLok (Piezoparts): Recent Market Trends & Applications of QCM in the Industry World

5:20

2:10

Closing Remarks

Poster competition

4:30

High Tea and Close