A UK Microsystems Network workshop on engaging with Microfluidics Industry – the Microfluidics SIG will be hosting this on the 18th of June at Manchester Metropolitan University on how the academic community can engage with the UKs microfluidics industry.
This workshop is a satellite event to the 3rd UK Microfluidics Conference (held on 19th June 2026) which will focus on how researchers can engage with the UK microfluidics industry. It will be the perfect opportunity to foster interaction, engagement and collaboration between the academic, policy, and industrial sectors, offering not only the opportunity for face-to-face meetings but clear guidance and considerations for how best to engage across these sectors.
Members of industry will be invited to give short tech talks, including keynotes from prominent members of the community, with following breakout discussions.
Keynotes
Dr Holger Becker, CSO, Microfluidic ChipShop: “The hitchhiker‘s guide to industrial microfluidics” – https://www.microfluidic-chipshop.com/
Dr Tom Osbourne, CEO, Blacksheep Sciences: “Making microfluidics invisible: realising value through usability” – https://www.blacksheepsciences.com/
Dr Gareth Evans, Senior Development Engineer, “The Great Lab Rat Escape – How Microphysiological Systems are Transforming Drug Discovery with Human-Relevant Data” – https://cn-bio.com/
Tech talks
Dr Christabel Tan, Associate Professor, Biodetection Technologies Hub: https://biodetectionhub.herts.ac.uk/
Paul Marshall, CEO, Rapid Fluidics: https://www.rapidfluidics.com/
Dr Nasr Esfahani, Director, Guaranta: https://www.guaranta.co.uk/
Colin Grant, Technical Sales and Applications Engineer, CN Tech: https://www.cntech.co.uk/
Tom Swann, Territory Manager, Harvard Apparatus: https://www.harvardapparatus.com/
Ian Walker, Project Manager, Ginolis: https://www.ginolis.com/
If you are interested in attending this event, you can register here.
Following this event, the 3rd UK Microfluidics Conference will take place on 19th June, bringing together researchers from across the UK for a one-day forum and provide the ideal setting to explore recent progress in the field, covering diverse areas from fluid dynamics to clinical diagnostics, environmental monitoring to organ-on-a-chip, and much more: https://www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/detail/uk-microfluidics-conference-2026.
