Invited Talks/Conference Papers/ Posters

Invited Talks

 

  • ‘Roll-to-roll microfluidics for point-of-care diagnostics’, Europe Manufacturing Event, Jan. 2024.
  • ‘New approach to scale production of biosensor integrated microfluidics’, VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland, July 2023.
  • ‘Professional careers’, University of Tehran, Iran, June 2023.
  • ‘Digital health technology platforms and precision diagnostics’, University of Isfahan, Iran, May 2023.
  • ‘New diagnostic platforms for rapid disease diagnosis and wearable biosensing’, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, March 2023.
  • ‘Lab-on-a-chip technology that offers a combination of capillary self-powered microfluidics and electrochemical nano-biosensors’, Discovery Labs, March 2023.
  • ‘Point-of-care Diagnostics’, University of Calgary, Jan. 2023.
  • ‘Opportunities and challenges for translating biosensors for precision diagnostics’, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 2022.
  • ‘Point of care diagnostic devices’, McGill University, Quebec, Canada, June 2022.
  • ‘Emerging diagnostic technologies’, York University, Ontario, Canada, March 2022.
  • SATIM, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, November 2021.
  • Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, October 2021.
  • Discovery Lab, Biosensors for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2, Edmonton, July 2021
  • Panelist, IEEE Nano Council Webinar, "Microdevices and Pandemics", January 2021
  • Prion 2020 Scientific Meeting, Sensor integrated blood-brain barrier, Edmonton, November 2020.
  • Rapid COVID-19 test, Schulich School of Engineering’s COVID-19 panel, University of Calgary, Calgary, May 2020.
  • ALS Brain Canada Symposium, Toronto, May 2019.
  • Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2018.
  • Frontiers in Mathematical Sciences, The Institute for research in fundamental sciences, Tehran, Iran, December 2017.
  • Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, 2017.
  • Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran, August 2017.
  • Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, March 2017.
  • Professional careers, University of Manitoba, Canada, July 2016.
  • Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, 2016.
  • School of Engineering, University of Alberta, Alberta, 2016.
  • 4th International Conference of Biosensors & Bioelectronics-2015, Atlanta, USA, 2015.
  • NanoGroup, University of Calgary, 2015.
  • Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBC 2014) Conference, August 26-30, Chicago, USA, 2014.
  • Plant Biology 2014 Conference, Portland, Oregon, USA, July 2014.
  • ICETE-13, India, May 2013.
Conference papers/Presentations
  • Abdollahi S, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Engineering biointerfaces for microphysiological gut-on-chips”, µTAS 2025, Adelaide, Australia, Nov. 2025.
  • Shahsavari L, Federico S, Sanati-Nezhad A, “A 3D microfluidic platform to model load-dependent biomarker release in neuronal injury, validated by finite element simulation”, Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference 2025, Canmore, Canada, Oct. 2025.
  • Mohammadi M, Bishop S, Zarin B, Sanati-Nezhad A, Lewis A, “Crosstalker: A modular platform for decoding metabolic crosstalk in microbial and mammalian communities”, Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA 2025), Banff, Canada, Sept. 2025.
  • McIntosh S, Penner L C, Crowder K, Tabor J, Sanati-Nezhad A, Debert C., “Ready assessment of diagnostics and prognostics (RAPID) for concussion: preliminary analysis of blood biomarkers and persistent post-concussion symptoms”, 15th World Congress on Brain Injury, Montreal, Canada, Mar. 2025.
  • Khalghollah M, Zare A, Sanati-Nezhad A, Far B, Komeili A, “An integrated algorithm for capillary microfluidic chip development”, µTAS 2024, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 2024.
  • Harding J, Groizeleau J, Moosavi S, Hassani M, Sanati-Nezhad A, Arrieta M, “Development of a point-of-care method to improve microbiome care in premature infants”, Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference 2024, Banff, Canada, Oct. 2024.
  • Farrokhnia M, Babamiri B, Ashani M, Sanati-Nezhad A. “Plasma separation microfluidic biosensor chip for real-time detection of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) biomarker”, µTAS 2024, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 2024.
  • Babamiri B, Farrokhnia M, Mohammadi M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “A microfluidic plasma separation device incorporated with a molecular imprinted polymer biosensor for detection of metabolites in whole blood”, µTAS 2024, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Oct. 2024.
  • Jalali P, Abdollahi S, Vatani M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “MICFLOW: A capillary-driven microfluidic device for rapid and accurate determination of minimum inhibitory concentrations of antimicrobial substances, µTAS 2024, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 2024.
  • Hassani M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Capillary-based microfluidic platform for nanoparticle filtration”, µTAS 2024, Banff, Canada, Oct. 2024.
  • Zare A, Khalghollah M, Komeili A, Sanati-Nezhad A “Predicting capillary fluid flow in tapered microchannels: experimental insights”, Canadian Society for Biomechanics Biennial Conference, Edmonton, Canada, Aug. 2024.
  • Khalghollah M, Shakeri E, Zare A, Sanati-Nezhad A, Far B “Advanced deep learning models for fluid path segmentation in microfluidic chip video frames”, IRI 2024 (IEEE 25th International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration), San Jose, USA, Aug. 2024.
  • Farrokhnia M, Babamiri B, Ashani M, Sanati-Nezhad A “Innovative strategy for quality control of preparing molecularly imprinted polymer biosensor for GFAP detection”, Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Toronto, Canada, Jul. 2024.
  • Hassanpour-Tamrin S, Sanati-Nezhad A, Sen A. “Microfluidic electro-filtration of exosomes: a dynamic isolation platform towards early diagnosis of cancer”, 16th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies, Rome, Italy, Jul. 2024.
  • Babamiri B, Farrokhnia M, Ashani M, Sanati-Nezhad A “Electro-fabrication of molecular imprinted polymer biosensor: efficient approach to achieve reliable and reproducible biosensors”, Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Toronto, Canada, Jul. 2024.
  • Vajhadin F, Sanati-Nezhad A., “Wearable microfluidic biosensor for real-time cortisol monitoring: sweat biomarker monitoring”, Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (CMBE 2024), Jun. 2024.
  • Farrokhnia M, Babamiri B, Ashani M, Sanati-Nezhad A. “Innovative strategy for quality control of preparing molecularly imprinted polymer biosensor for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) detection”, Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (CMBE 2024), USA, Jun. 2024.
  • Hassani M, Sanati-Nezhad A., “Capillary microfluidic systems for precise microparticle separation”, Computational and Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (CMBE 2024), USA, Jun. 2024.
  • Mousavisani Z, Komeili A, Sanati-Nezhad A., “Optimizing storage conditions for Graphene@PEDOT:PSS-carbon screen-printed electrodes”, Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 2024.
  • Barin Z, Vatani M, Abdollahi S, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Metabolic reprogramming of host cells induced by cancerous cells: implications for pre-metastatic niche formation”, Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 2024.
  • Khalghollah M, Shakeri E, Zare A, Far B, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Fluid path detection model for lab-on-a-chip images using deep learning-based segmentation approach”, Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS 2024), Florida, USA, May 2024.
  • Mohammadi M, Farrokhnia M, Babamiri B, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Smart-POC: Multi-omics biosensor for rapid, reliable, and ultrasensitive detection of metabolites and proteins”, 5th Annual Canadian Metabolomics Conference 2024, Vancouver, Canada, Feb. 2024.
  • Kuruvinashetti K, Vajhadin F, Jalali P, Rosenegger D, Komeili A, Sanati-Nezhad A “Wearable microfluidic sweat pH sensor”, Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Toronto, Canada, May 2024.
  • Babamiri, Farrokhnia M, Mohammadi M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “A molecularly imprinted electrochemical biosensor for the monitoring of metabolites in complex fluids”, 24th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 2023.
  • Vajhadin F, Hassani M, Kuruvinashetti K, Khalghollah M, Zarin B, Rosenegger D, Komeili, Sanati Nezhad A, “Optimizing Hormone Separation from Saliva”, 24th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference Program and Proceedings, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 2023.
  • Farrokhnia M, Babamiri B, Mohammadi M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Comparative analysis of equilibrium time in molecularly imprinted polymer biosensor in different flow systems: bulk solution, stationary droplet, semi-stationary and continuous”, 24th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 2023.
  • Hassanpour-Tamrin, Sanati-Nezhad A, Sen A, “Microfluidic method and device for electroseparation of charged biological nanoparticles”, Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference (CSChE 2023), Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 2023.
  • Kuruvinashetti K, Vajhadin F, Jalali P, Rosenegger D, Komeili A, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Wearable microfluidic sweat pH sensor”, 2023 Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference, Vancouver, Canada, Vol. 45, May 2023.
  • Salahandish R, Khetani S, Debert C, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Nanoporous carbon immunosensor for highly accurate and sensitive clinical detection of glial fibrillary acidic protein in traumatic brain injury, stroke, and spinal cord injury”, 10th Annual Concussion Research Symposium, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 21, 2023.
  • Shajari S, Salahandish R, Bains J, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Non-invasive sweat cortisol detection using a flexible screen-printed modified graphene electrochemical biosensor”, IEEE International Conference on Flexible and Printable Sensors and Systems, Vienna, Austria, July 2022.
  • Shajari S, Salahandish R, Sanati Nezhad A, “Wearable patch for monitoring stress biomarkers”, 2nd Global Conference on Advanced Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials, Berlin, Germany. July 2022.  
  • Sadabadi H, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Application of IF-WS2 nanoparticles in lubricants to enhance load carrying capacity of plain bearings” 10th AIP Conference Proceedings; Proceedings of the 10th International Advances in Applied Physics And Materials Science Congress & Exhibition, Fethiye, Turkey, June 2022.Sadabadi H, Sanati Nezhad A, “Application of IF-WS2 nanoparticles in lubricants to enhance load carrying capacity of plain bearings”, AIP Conference Proceedings 2380 (1), 050002 (Nov 2021).
  • Phani A, Khetani S, Sanati Nezhad A, S Kim, “Heterogeneous surface energy maps of differentiated-Cath-A cancer cells revealed via transitional tapping atomic force microscopy (TT-AFM)”, 240th ECS Meeting,Orlando, Florida (October 10-14, 2021)
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, “Point-of-care detection kits for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2”, Discovery Labs, Edmonton, June 2021.
  • Haghayegh F, Salahandish R, Sanati Nezhad, “Design and development of a microfluidic integrated electrochemical nano-biosensor for detection of Parkinson’s Disease protein biomarker”, Hotchkiss Brain Institute Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, May 2021.
  • Salahandish R, Haghayegh F, Sanati Nezhad A, “GFAP electrochemical nano-biosensor for rapid detection of patients with mild traumatic brain injuries”, Hotchkiss Brain Institute Research Day, Calgary, Alberta, May 2021.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, “Exosome isolation and detection kit for rapid detection of bladder cancer”, Discovery Labs, Edmonton, Oct. 2020.
  • Sadabadi H, Zarifi M, Sanati Nezhad A, “Thin-layer microfluidics with modular microwave sensing: a sensitive platform for biomedical and organ-on-chip applications”, 3rd International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT '2020), Oct. 2020.
  • Pahlevaninezhad M, Huang Y, Pahlevani M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “High-resolution endoscopic OCT using a miniature nano-optic endoscope”, Photonic West, Feb. 2020
  • Khetani S, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Biosensors for the detection of Spinal cord injury’, 5th BMES-2019, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 2019
  • Besler B, Butterworth S, Lijnse T, Loughery K, Smith K, Khetani S, Sen A, Murari K, Sanati-Nezhad A, “MicroDrop: a multi-analyte portable detection device’, BMES-2019, Philadelphia, USA, Oct. 2019.
  • Mohammadi M, Samanian Y, Xufan Huang, Sanati-Nezhad A, Lewis I, “A novel, high-throughput fluidic platform for the metabolomic characterization of bacterial cross-feeding”, 2019 Alberta Epigenetics Network Annual Summit, Canmore Alberta, Canada, May 2019.
  • Zargartalebi H, Salahandish R, Sanati-Nezhad A, “A new approach for removing bubble in microfluidic systems”, MHMT'19, Rome, Italy, April 2019.
  • Agbojo OM, Khetani S, Sen A, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Factors affecting the performance of electrochemical biosensors”, 42nd Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (CMBEC-42), Ottawa, Canada, May 2019.
  • Manshadi M, Mohammadi M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Magnetic drug delivery in arterial flow for atherosclerosis therapy”, 5th International Conference on Applied Research Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nov. 2018.
  • Narang R, Mohammadi S, Mohammadi M, Sadabadi H, Sanati-Nezhad A, Zarifi M.H, “Residual bacterial detection in microfluidic channels using microwave ring-resonator technology for real-time and non-invasive monitoring”, 2018 IEEE Life Science Conference, Montreal, Canada, Oct. 2018.
  • Azarmanesh M, Bwezeer S, Mohamad A, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Dynamics of powdered emulsions via a hybrid microfluidic device”, International Conference of Computational heat, Momentum and Mass Transfer, Cracow, Poland, May 2018.
  • Pan B, Zhang Y, Sanati-Nezhad A, Hejazi H, “Custom-built wetting properties in microchips with geomaterials by using layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly technology”, InterPore 10th Annual Meeting, Jubilee, New Orleans, USA May 2018.
  • Janmaleki M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Electrical recording of neural differentiation”, ALS Canada Research Forum, Toronto, Canada, April 2018.
  • Khetani S, Kollath V, Nguyen MD, Debert C, Sen A, Karan K, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Polyethyleneimine modified Graphene electrode for the detection of central nervous system (CNS)”, The Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBEC-41), April 2018.
  • Narang R, Mohammadi S, Ashani M, Zarifi M.H, Sadabadi H, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Real-time monitoring of bacterial growth in pH-controlled environments using microfluidic-microwave sensor”, Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering: 68th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Oct. 2018.
  • Janmaleki M, Pahlevaninezhad M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Enhanced cell-substrate impedance sensing for neuronal differentiation monitoring”, 18th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Oct. 2018.
  • Hassanpour Tamrin S, Sanati-Nezhad A, Sen A, “An integrated electrokinetic microfluidic device to study exosome isolation”, 19th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Oct. 2018.
  • Kuervers E, Janmaleki M, Moezzi M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Tuning the elastic modulus of bio compatible hydrogels”, 19th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Oct. 2018.
  • Janmaleki M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Consistent cellular impedance sensing requires auxiliary information during neuronal differentiation”, 19th Alberta Regenerative Medicine Workshop, Feb. 2018.
  • Bazazi P, Sanati-Nezhad A, Hejazi H, “Microscale modeling of the effect of silica nanoparticles and surfactants on heavy oil displacements”, Interpore 2018, May 2018.
  • Manshadi M, Mohammadi Ashani M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Investigation of non-Newtonian blood effects on magnetic drug delivery for chemotherapy applications in an artery vessel”, 5th International Conference on Applied Research in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Oct. 2018.
  • Yong K, Sanati Nezhad A, Sen A, “Paracrine effects of mesenchymal stem cells on in vitro cardiac fibrosis model”, 19th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Banff, Canada, Oct. 2018.
  • Zhang Y, Sanati-Nezhad A, Hejazi H, “A universal surface modification approach to functionalize microchip devices with rocks/soils surface chemistries”, InterPore 2018, May 2018.
  • Narang R, Mohammadi Ashani M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing using novel microwave-microfluidic sensor”, 19th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Banff, Canada, Oct. 2018.
  • Narang R, Zarifi M, Daneshmand M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Non-invasive microfluidic-microwave sensor for contactless pH analysis of E. Coli”, 19th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Banff, Canada, Oct. 2018.
  • Yong K, Sanati Nezhad A , Sen A, “Paracrine effects of mesenchymal stem cells on in vitro cardiac fibrosis model”, 18th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, November 10-12, Banff, Alberta, Canada, Oct. 2017.
  • Janmaleki M, Pahlevaninezhad M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Enhanced cell-substrate impedance sensing for neuronal differentiation monitoring”, 18th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, November 10-12, Banff, Alberta, Canada 2017.
  • Mohammadi M, Rydzak T, Groves R, Samanian Y, Church D, Lewis I, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Novel metabolomics based microfluidic chip for ultra-rapid antibiotic susceptibility testing”, 18th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, November 10-12, Banff, Alberta, Canada 2017.
  • Kuervers E, Janmaleki M, Moezzi M, Senati-Nezhad A, “Tuning the elastic modulus of bio compatible hydrogels”, 18th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, November 10 12, Banff, Alberta, Canada 2017.
  • Narang R, Zarifi M, Daneshmand M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Non-invasive microfluidic-microwave sensor for contactless pH analysis of E. Coli”, 18th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, November 10-12, Banff, Alberta, Canada 2017.
  • Khetani S, Kundra V, Debert C, Whelan P, Sen A, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Miniaturized biosensor for the diagnosis of Central nervous system (CNS) injuries”, 18th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, November 10-12, Banff, Alberta, Canada 2017.
  • Zhang Y, Sanati-Nezhad A, Hejazi H, “Layer-by-layer (LbL) surface modification of microfluidic chips with geo-materials: towards subsurface energy applications”, 7th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 22 – 25, 2017.
  • Bazazi P, Sanati-Nezhad A. Hejazi H, “Application of Surface-Modified Cellulose Nanocrystals for Enhanced Oil Recovery, 7th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 22 – 25, 2017.
  • Zhang Y, Sanati-Nezhad A, Hejazi H, “Custom-built wetting properties in microchips with geomaterials by using Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly technology”, 7th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 22 – 25, 2017.
  • Bazazi P, Sanati-Nezhad A. Hejazi H, “Water-based heavy oil recovery: a microfluidic approach, 67th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 2017.
  • Hassanpour-Tamrin S, Hasani-Sadrabadi H, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Localized electromagnetic field for neural stem cell differentiation”, Annual Campus Alberta Student Conference on Health 2017, Lister Conference Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, September 15-16, 2017.
  • Bazazi P, Sanati-Nezhad A, Hejazi H., “Unravelling the mechanism of dynamic emulsion formation in transparent porous medium micromodels”, 9th International Conference on Porous Media & Annual Meeting, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 2017.
  • Bazazi, P, Sanati-Nezhad A, Hejazi H. “A microfluidic platform for biodegradable and environmentally friendly chemical oil recovery, 9th International Conference on Porous Media & Annual Meeting. Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 2017.
  • Khetani S, Patrick Reeves J, Sen A, Whelan P, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Thin film silicon biosensor for the detection of spinal cord injury (SCI)” The Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society CMBEC-40), Winnipeg, Canada May 2017.
  • Hasanpour-Tamrin S, Sanati-Nezhad A, Hasani-Sadrabadi H, “Electromagnetic field and neural stem cell differentiation”, HBI’s Research Day 2017, Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, May (19th) 2017.
  • Bazazi P, Hejazi H, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Microfluidic directed synthesis of silica nanoparticles for efficient nanofluid performance”, SPE Canada Technical Conference, Calgary, Alberta Canada, Feb 16 2017.
  • Zhang Y, Sanati Nezhad A, Hossein Hejazi S, “Layer-by-layer (LbL) Surface Modification of Microfluidic Chips with Geo-materials: towards Subsurface Porous Media”, 9th International Conference on Porous Media & Annual Meeting, Rotterdam, Netherlands May 8 - 11, 2017.
  • Khetani S, Kundra V, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Synthesis of highly sensitive graphene nanocomposite for biosensing glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)”, Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (CMBEC40) 2017, Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada, May 2017.
  • Lewis I, Sanati-Nezhad A, Church D, “Microscale metabolomics for antibiotic testing”, 2nd Industrial Day, University of Calgary, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.  
  • Gillrie M. R, Sanati-Nezhad A, Ho M, Yipp B, “Host-pathogen interaction in micromodel of endothelial barrier”, 2nd Industrial Day, University of Calgary, Alberta Canada, Nov 2017.
  • Janmaleki M, Pachenari M, Seyedpour S M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Mechanical properties of endothelial cytoskeleton and weightlessness”, 17th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.
  • Bazazi P, Hejazi H, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Microfluidic-based synthesis of colloidal silica particles”. 17th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.
  • Samanian Y, Janmaleki M, Sanati-Nezhad A. “Lung endothelium on-chip for studying host-pathogen interaction”, 17th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.
  • Khetani S, Nguyen M. D, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Label-free voltammetric technique for diagnosis of spinal cord injuries, 17th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.
  • Khater A, Mohamad A, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Droplets generation in microfluidic devices using flow focusing configuration”, 17th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.
  • Sadabadi H, Nguyen M. D, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Microfluidics for high-throughput localized stimulation of neurons towards drug development”, 17th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.
  • Patrick Reeves J, Janmaleki M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Migration of cancer cells under mechanical and chemical stimuli in a 3D microfluidics”, 17th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.
  • Shamsi M, Soleimani S, Saghafian M, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Chaotic tumor vasculature exacerbates tumor microenvironment acidity: insights from a computational model”, 17th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.
  • Akbarpour Ghazani M, Soleymani S, Saghafian M, Salimpour M R, Sanati-Nezhad A, Pishevar A R, “Simulation of tumor growth: coupling angiogenesis and avascular tumor growth”, 17th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.
  • Khetani S, Nguyen M D, Ho M, Yipp B, Sanati-Nezhad A, “3D vascularture on-chip for studying atherosclerosis”, The International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology, Banff, Alberta Canada Sep 2016.
  • Khetani S, Aburashed R, Janmaleki M, Sen A, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Biosensing platform for the detection of traumatic injuries”, The Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society (CMBEC), Calgary, Alberta Canada, May 24-27 2016.
  • Khetani S, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Diagnosis of SCI biomarker using electrochemical biosensors”, 12th HBI Research Day, Calgary, Alberta Canada 2016.
  • Janmaleki M, Abasi S, Abdolahad M, Shahghadami R, Sanati-Nezhad A, “Cell impedance alteration: promising biomarker for monitoring neuronal differentiation”, 17th Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2016.
  • Khetani S, Sen A, Whelan P, Sanati-Nezhad A, "Electrochemical biosensor for the diagnosis and management of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) on the surface modified screen printed graphene electrode microchip”, 16th Annual Alberta BME Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2015.
  • Janmaleki M, Sanati-Nezhad A, "Cell impedance alteration: promising biomarker for neuronal differentiation monitoring", 16th Annual Alberta BME Conference, Alberta Canada, Nov 2015.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Mousavi Shaegh S A, Zhang Y S, Dokmeci M, Khademhosseini A, "Optical-based integrated oxygen sensor for long-term O2 monitoring for use in organ-on-chip platforms", Biosensors and Bioelectronics­ 2015, Atlanta, USA Sep 2015.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Packirisamy M, Geitmann A, "Whole plant-cell microfluidic-based biosensor for toxicity testing of environmental pollutants", Biosensors and Bioelectronics­ 2015, Atlanta USA, Sep 2015.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Mousavi Shaegh S A, Zhang Y S, Dokmeci M, Khademhosseini A, "Integrated luminescent oxygen sensor for long-term and sensitive monitoring of O2 consumption in a bioreactor ", 5th International Symposium on Micro and Nano Technology, Calgary Canada, May 2015.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Ghanbari M, Packirisamy M, Geitmann A, "Navigating a Maze - sensing and responding to mechanical obstacles during cellular Invasive Growth", Biophysical Journal 2015, vol. 108(2), pp. 12a, January 2015.
  • Hernandez-Castro J A, Sanati-Nezhad A, Turner K, Juncker D, "Hemi-functionalized silicon filters for simultaneous capturing and typing of circulating tumor cells", MicroTAS 2014, San Antonio Texas, Oct 2014.
  • Sanati-Nezhad, Turner K, Hernandez-Castro J A, Juncker D, "Double-filter based enrichment of circulating tumor cells increases efficiency and purity of captured CTCs", BMES 2014, Oct 22-25, San Antonio Texas 2014.
  • Turner K, Sanati-Nezhad A, Hernandez-Castro J A, Juncker D, "Live imaging of microfilters to optimize the purity of isolated circulating tumor cells", BMES 2014, Oct 22-25, Texas 2014.
  • Hernandez-Castro J A, Sanati-Nezhad A, Turner K, Juncker D, "CTC capture and characterization with hemi-functionalized silicon filters", BMES 2014, Oct 22-25, Texas 2014.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Turner K, Hernandez-Castro J A, Juncker D, "See-Through cartridge for real time monitoring of tumor cells capturing on microfilters", 40th Annual Northeast Bioengineering    Conference, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, April 25-27, 2014.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Turner K, Hernandez-Castro J A, Juncker D, "Novel cartridge with transparent viewport for characterizing tumor cells isolation over microfilters", 1st Annual Montreal Postdoctoral Research Day, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, April 15, 2014.
  • Chebli Y, Agudelo A, Sanati-Nezhad A, Ghanbari M, Naghavi M, Packirisamy M, Geitmann A, "TipChip or MEMS-based platform for experimentation of tip growing cells", Biophysics Conference, Sep 10-11, Nagoya, Japan, 2014.
  • Agudelo A, Sanati-Nezhad A, Ghanbari M, Naghavi M, Packirisamy M, Geitmann A, "MEMS       (microelectromechanical systems) technology in combination with high-resolution live cell imaging", 18th International Microscopy Congress, Sept 7-12, Prague, Czech Republic, 2014.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Packirisamy M, Geitmann A, "Aiming at a moving target - Using microfluidics to locally administer drugs to growing or crawling cells", OOAC-MATCH Symposium 2014, Toronto, Canada, May 29-30, 2014.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Ghanbari M, Agudelo C, Packirisamy M, Geitmann A, "Modeling invasive cellular growth", Multiscale Methods and Validation in Medicine and Biology, Berkeley, California, USA, February 13-14, 2014.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Packirisamy M, Geitmann A, "Quantitative determination of cell wall mechanical properties using microfluidics", Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, San Francisco, California, USA, February 15-19, 2014.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Naghavi M, Packirisamy M, Geitmann A, "Mechanics of cellular invasive growth", Mechanobiology of Proteins and Cells, Sep 30-Oct 3, Salisbury Cove, Maine, 2013.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Packirisamy M, Bhat R B, Geitmann A, "Buckling approach on pollen tube for measuring growth force", Advanced in Microfluidics & Nanofluidics, Indiana, USA, May 25-26, 2013.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Packirisamy M, Bhat R, Geitmann A, "Measuring growth force of pollen tube using vertical microcantilever", 10th International Workshop on Nanomechanical Sensing, Stanford University USA, May 2013.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Naghavi M, Packirisamy M, Bhat R, Geitmann A, "Quantification of force generation during invasive cellular growth using microfluidics and reverse engineering", Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, Philadelphia USA, February 2013.
  • Agudelo C, Sanati-Nezhad A, Ghanbari M, Naghavi M, Packirisamy M, Geitmann A, "Combining live cell imaging and MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) technology", Annual Meeting of Microscopical Society of Canada, University of Victoria, British Columbia Canada, June 2013.
  • Sanati-Nezhad A, Naghavi M, Packirisamy M, Geitmann A. "A tight grip releases sperm cells in plants", Eastern Regional Meeting of the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists, Waterloo Canada, Nov 2012.
  • Naghavi M, Sanati-Nezhad A, Ghanbari M, Agudelo C, Fayant P, Packirisamy P, Geitmann A, "Invasive cellular growth in pollen tubes", 7th Plant Biomechanics International Conference, Clermont-Ferrand, France, Aug 20-24, 2012.