4:00 pm
Allen 101X Auditorium
A Start-Up's Efforts in DNA Sequencing via Electron Microscopy
J Provine, PhD
Halcyon Molecular / Stanford University
Abstract--
There has been significant progress in the past decade to improve the
speed and accuracy of genomic sequencing. This technological effort is
reaching critical mass as many commercial and academic efforts have
continued to increase the pace of innovation. The goal for all those
concerned is how to get a complete read of every single base in a genome
for low cost (i.e., < $1000) and at high speed (i.e., less than 1 hour).
In this talk, I will introduce some of the major challenges and
players in this effort, discuss our work at Halcyon Molecular and in
particular the role of nanostructures and micromachining, and finally
give a few short thoughts and lessons learned as a young academic trying
to help a start-up.
Biography--
J Provine received BA (in Physics), BS (Electrical Engineering), and
Masters (also Electrical Engineering) degrees from Rice University in
1998 and 1999. He then received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from
Cornell University in 2005 for work on all optical wavelength routers.
During his PhD he was able to work at the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator
Center where he also was a post-doc for 2005 working on integration of
plasmonic filters and MEMS actuators. Since 2006, he has been a
research associate at Stanford University working with the Center for
Interfacial Engineering in MEMS. In September 2009, he joined Halcyon
Molecular part time to aid in their nanofabrication efforts. Before
November 2008, you could fit everything he knew about DNA sequencing on
this page.
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