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Walter Reisner

Academic title(s): 

Full Professor
Department of Physics

Associate Member
Department of Bioengineering

Walter Reisner
Contact Information
Phone: 
514-398-3058
Fax number: 
514-398-8434
Address: 

3600 rue University
Montreal, QC
H3A 2T8

Email address: 
walter.reisner [at] mcgill.ca
Department: 
Physics
Areas of expertise: 

My research program, straddling the fields of nanotechnology and soft-matter/biophysics, is devoted to developing the field of ²Ô²¹²Ô´Ç´Ú±ô³Ü¾±»å¾±³¦²õ.Ìý

Nanofluidic devices are networks of fluid-filled structures on a chip, such as nanochannels and nanopores, with dimensions on order of 1-100 nm. Devices with such small dimensions can analyze and manipulate single biomolecules/bioparticles without need for molecular amplification, enabling interrogation of disease critical biological heterogeneity obscured by traditional methods that average over pools of disparate cells/particles/molecules. Hand in hand with developing new types of nanofluidic tools, we elucidate fundamental soft-matter physics and biophysical questions arising in the context of nanoconfined systems.

Research areas: 
Medical Diagnostics and Therapeutics
Area(s): 
Nanotechnology
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