Tiny lab on a chip. Present when sick.
Concordia in the news
Posted on December 28, 2015
Researchers in the news
The scholarly work of Concordia faculty and researchers informs and improves society on many issues that affect our daily lives. Visit the Research section to read news stories involving research at Concordia, or read the most recent items here:
- The Montreal Gazette and the paper's e-edition publish a story featuring Muthukumaran Packirisamy, a professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. The article describes Packirasamy's work on microsystems technology and what is referred to as his "tiny lab on a chip", developed at Concordia's Optical-Bio Microsystems Lab. A number of Packirisamy's research projects are referenced, including the development of a medical diagnostic platform that fits in the palm of a person's hand and the invention of a power cell that can draw clean, renewable electric power from blue-green algae. The article is reprised by Brazil Business Today.
- Numerous media pick up an article about research on the workplace phenomenon of presenteeism, conducted by management professor Gary Johns and University of East Anglia academic Mariella Miraglia: Brisbane Times, The Gulf Today (UAE), Portland Press Herald,The Charlotte Observer, The Columbus Dispatch, Arizona Daily Sun, Arkansas Online, San Fransisco Gate, RIS Media, Sauk Valley, The Columbian, TH Online, Belleville News-Democrat, HR.BLR.com, QConline.com, Republican American, Times Record.