Emerging Technologies for Point-of-Care Analysis

Various modern instruments have been developed for biological assays, disease diagnosis, environment monitoring, and homeland security and defense. However, many of such instruments are expensive and bulky, which limits their use in resource-poor settings. There is an increasing demand for simple, rapid and sensitive point of care (POC) testing in various situations, such as low-income countries or in the field. Recently, the research area of POC testing has attracted increasing attention, especially due to the advent of the lab-on-a-chip technique, nanotechnology, and wearable sensors. We propose this symposium to invite experts to highlight advances of POC testing using a number of aforementioned platforms for various biomedical and environmental applications. The significance of POC application, exciting research topics, and high-impact experts are expected to draw a broad audience.