Topic 1 : From Science to Business—Using In-Vitro Diagnostic Rapid Test as Example
Prof. Yu-Cheng Lin
- Associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Sensors Letters
- Senior editor of the Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS
- Associate editor of IEEE Sensors Journal
- Editorial advisory board member of Sensors and Actuators A: Physical
Prof. Yu-Cheng Lin received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1996. He is a Distinguished Professor and department Chair in the Department of Engineering Science at National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. His main research interests include bio-MEMS, microfluidic systems and nanotechnology in biomedical applications. He is currently an associate Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Sensors Letters, a senior editor of the Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, an associate editor of IEEE Sensors Journal, and an editorial advisory board member of Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. He was the Vice President of Conferences of IEEE Sensors Council for 2014-2017. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2008, a Fellow of the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) in 2012, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in 2013.
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are diagnostic assays designed for use at the point-of-care (POC). RDTs can be adapted for use in low-resource settings. This talk begins with the introduction of in vitro diagnostic rapid tests from a historical perspective and a technological perspective, and then moves on to discussion of the opportunities and challenges of RDTs, including product realization,risk assessment, market analysis and future development.