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About the µTAS Virtual Journal

The µTAS Virtual Journal is available exclusively in electronic format and comprises an overview of the most important articles in the multi-disciplinary area of micro Total Analysis Systems (µTAS). It provides

• Expert selection of high quality articles from 16 Elsevier Journals
• Fortnightly updates
• FREE Table of Contents alerts of new issues
• FREE abstracts
• Links to featured journals and full text articles

Articles featured in the µTAS Virtual Journal are personally selected by the Editors, Albert van den Berg and Helene Andersson, on the basis of their potential to highlight interesting and important developments in this field.

Topics covered include but are not limited to:

- Physics and chemistry of microfluidics

- Microfabrication technology for µTAS

- Analytical chemical aspects

- Detectors, sensors, arrays for µTAS

- µTAS applications

- DNA analysis

- Microinstrumentation

- Microsystems for combinatorial chemistry

Editors:

Prof. Dr. Ir. Albert van den Berg
Editor : µTAS Virtual Journal
[2001 onwards]

BIOS - the Lab-on-a-Chip group
EEMCS Faculty
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands
Email: a.vandenberg@utwente.nl

Albert van den Berg received his Masters degree in applied physics from the University of Twente, The Netherlands in 1983. In 1988 he finished his thesis at the same university on the topic of chemically modified ISFETs. From 1988 to 1990 he was at the Swiss Center for Microelectronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, project manager in the chemical sensor department. From 1990-1993 he did research on miniaturized chemical sensors and sensor systems at the IMT, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. From 1993 until 1999 he was research coordinator Micro Total Analysis Systems (µTAS) at MESA, University of Twente, later extended to Miniaturized Chemical Systems (MiCS). In 1998 he was appointed as full professor in the Lab-on-a-Chip group.  Albert van den Berg is and has been member of numerous scientific committees (µTAS, MEMS, Micromachine Summit, Transducers, Nanotech) and served as editor of the section µTAS of Sensors and Actuators B. In 2002 he received the “Simon Stevin Master” award from the Dutch Technical Science foundation. He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers and edited several books on Labs-on-a-Chip. His current research interests focus on analysis systems and sensors, microreactors, micro- and nanofluidics and Lab-in-a-Cell.    www.bios.el.utwente.nl

Helene Andersson,
Associate Professor Editor :  µTAS Virtual Journal
[October 2004 onwards]

Silex Microsystems,
Box 595,
Bruttovägen 1,
SE-175 26 Järfälla,
Sweden.
Email:   helene.andersson@silex.se

Helene Andersson was born 1974 in Hudiksvall, Sweden. She received her M. Sc. degree in Molecular Biotechnology in 1998 from Uppsala University, Sweden. Her undergraduate thesis is entitled 'A study of laser induced autofluorescence of ex vivo tissues and living epithelial cells of the human gastrointestinal tract' and was completed at the University of Toronto, Department of Biomedical Physics, Canada. In November 2001 she received her PhD degree at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Her thesis is entitled 'Microfluidic Devices for Biotechnology and Organic Chemical Applications'. Currently she is associate professor (part time) in the MST group. Her research focus is mainly on microfluidic devices for biotech and biology applications. Since January 2002 she is appointed Business Development Manager for Life Science at Silex Microsystems (part time).
 www.silexmicrosystems.com

Petra Mela
Editor : µTAS Virtual Journal
[2001 - 2004]