FACULTY NEWS:
Royal Society of Chemistry cites David Beebe
as pioneer of miniaturization
he journal Lab on a Chip,
the European-based Royal Society of Chemistry, and Corning Inc. have
awarded the first-ever Pioneers of Miniaturization prize to Professor
David
Beebe.
An award for young- to mid-career scientists, the
prize recognizes Beebe’s outstanding contributions to the understanding
and development of miniaturized systems. Beebe, who holds more than
20 patents or patents pending for microfluidic devices and related applications,
received the award in early November at the μTAS 2006 (the 10th international
conference on miniaturized systems for chemistry and life sciences)
in Tokyo.
Beebe develops and applies microtechnology to solve
problems in biology and medicine. Among his recent projects are a patch
for delivering large-molecule drugs — for example, a time-release
overnight dose of insulin for juvenile diabetes sufferers — and
a family of microfluidic-based tools for studying basic cell biology
questions related to cancer, developmental biology and stem cells.
In addition to his patents in microfluidics and miniature
systems, Beebe also has co-founded three biotechnology companies —
Vitae LLC, Ratio Inc., and Salus Discovery LLC — that are commercializing
his technologies.
Read more about Beebe and his work at www.engr.wisc.edu/news/headlines/2005/Sep29_extra.html
and at www.engr.wisc.edu/news/headlines/2006/Aug02.html.
