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December 2013
Ricky Lu received the Mary Gates Research
Scholarship for his project to develop capillary-programmed diagnostics with nanopatterned surfaces (collaboration with Deok-Ho Kim).
Congratulate Ricky!
November 2013
Project Syndicate posted our article on “Diagnostics
for Global Health” (with Elain Fu, Oregon State
University)
http://depts.washington.edu/bioe/barry-lutz-diagnostics-for-global-health/
November 2013
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
highlights Lutz’s talk on paper microfluidics at the
2013 Gordon Research Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics,
“Modern Microfluidics via Lab-on-a-Chip.” http://www.genengnews.com/gen-articles/modern-microfluidics-via-lab-on-a-chip/5063/
September 2013
Our project on HIV drug resistance testing
was featured in an article by Seattle Children’s Hospital. The project is a
collaboration with Dr. Lisa Frenkel
(Children’s) and James Lai (UW BioE). http://www.seattlechildrens.org/about/stories/working-to-eliminate-pediatric-hiv-developing-world/
August 2013
Our Lab
on a Chip “sugars” paper highlighted in a Viewpoint article by George Whitesides in Lab on
a Chip, “Viewpoint on ’Dissolvable fluidic time delays for programming
multi-step assays in instrument-free paper diagnostics’” Lab on a Chip (2013) DOI:
10.1039/C3LC90066E.
June 2013
Lutz will present session-opening “tutorial”
on paper microfluidics at the Gordon Research
Conference on Physics and Chemistry of Microfluidics,
"A Tour of Physical Principles in Paper Microfluidics:
The Ancient, The Old, and The New" – in Italy! That will be fun.
June 2013
Aqueduct Neurosciences awarded a
commercialization grant from the Life Sciences Discovery Fund to develop a
smart system to drain fluid from the brain in ICU settings. http://www.lsdfa.org/documents/pdfs/LSDF_Grant_Awards_Press_Release_Backgrounder_6-27-13.pdf
May 2013
Our Lab
on a Chip “sugars” paper highlighted in Chemistry
World, ”Microfluidic sugar paper,” Chemistry World, May 30, 2013.
February 2013
Dr. Sam Browd
presents on our hydrocephalus project at the UW Mini Med School session on
“Special babies with special needs,” February 26, 2013. Available
on UW TV.
December 2012
Pranav Venkataraman
also received the UW BioE Senior Capstone Scholarship
for his project to develop a fluidic brain model for testing smart shunts. Congratulate Pranav
again!
December 2012
Pranav Venkataraman
received the Mary Gates Research Scholarship for his project to develop a
fluidic brain model for testing smart shunts.
Congratulate Pranav!
August 2012
Our hydrocephalus project featured in a CNET
article, “My cyborg sister: When life-saving gadgets
break down.” http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57487897-1/my-cyborg-sister-when-life-saving-gadgets-break-down/
August 2012
Aqueduct Neurosciences highlighted as a
featured startup by AngelMD. http://angelmd.co/blog/featured-startup-aqueduct-neurosciences/
March 2012
Lutz presents on diagnostics for the
developing world at UW Mini Med School graduation night on “Predicting and
preventing disease – early diagnostics for all,” March 13, 2012. Available
on UW TV.
February 2012
Chenyi Wang received the Mary
Gates Research Scholarship for his project to develop a failure resistant
shunt. Congratulate Chenyi!
November 2011
Our project to develop an improved
hydrocephalus shunt was highlighted in an article by Seattle Children’s
Hospital. The project is a collaboration with Dr. Sam Browd (also co-founder of our company Aqueduct Neurosciences). http://www.seattlechildrens.org/healthcare-professionals/aar/2011/developing-a-modern-shunt/
June 2011
Our project to develop a new hydrocephalus
shunt highlighted in a video produced by the UW Center for
Commercialization. http://depts.washington.edu/uwc4c/news-events/aqueduct-neurosciences/
May 2011
Student team won the Best Technology Idea Award
in the UW Business Plan Competition for the Aqueduct SmartShunt.
Team: Daniel Butts, Evening MBA; Jennifer Davis, MBA; Erik Feest,
PhD Bioengineering; Paula Kim, MBA; Samuel Browd;
Thomas Clement; and Barry Lutz. http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/entrepreneurship/businessplancompetition/Pages/2011bpcwinners.aspx