I obtained my Doctorandus degree (equivalent to BSc Hons) in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences at Leiden University, the Netherlands in 1998 and my PhD in 2003 at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. I conducted about 1 year of my PhD research at the Institute for Microtechnology, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. After my PhD, I obtained a fellowship form the Dutch Technology foundation STW for 12 month of research overseas, which I spent at the University of Tasmania to establish the Lab on a Chip research. In 2005, I was awarded an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Career Summary
After her PhD, Dr Guijt obtained a fellowship from the Dutch Technology Foundation STW for 12 months of research at an overseas research institute, which was spent at the University of Tasmania.
In 2005 Dr Guijt was appointed as an Australian Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow(APD/Lecturer).
Research Interests
My research interests lie in the development of microfluidic devices for application in life sciences. These Lab-on-a-Chip devices offer significant advantages compared with existing, large-scale systems. A clean room facility has been constructed within the School of Chemistry for in-house fabrication of microfluidic devices. I have worked on the development of microfabrication techniques as well as on the design, fabrication and use of these devices. I really enjoy interactions between different disciplines and have current collaborations with plant science and engineering.
Current research projects include the development of alternative microfabrication methods using LEDs and budget methods for integrating electrodes. Currently, a contactless conductivity detector is evaluated for electrophoretic and chromatographic separations using a new method for packing particles. Chips are used for the separation of small ions, proteins, DNA and party drugs. In conjunction with plant science, a chip is being developed for monitoring Na+ fluxes in plant roots.
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Selected Publications:- RM Guijt, E Candish, MC Breadmore, 2009, 'Dry film microchips for miniaturised separations', Electrophoresis, Wiley, pgs. accepted
- RM Guijt, MC Breadmore, 2008, 'Maskless photolithography using UV LEDs', Lab on a Chip, 8(8), pgs. 1402-1404
- MC BReadmore, RM Guijt, 2008, 'High intensity light emitting diode array as an alternative exposure source for the fabrication of electrophoretic microfluidic devices', Journal of Chromatography A, 1213(1), pgs. 3-7
- RM Guijt, A Dodge, GWK van Dedem, NF de Rooij, EMJ Verpoorte, 2003, 'Chemical and Physical Processes for Integrated Temperature Control in Microfluidic Devices', Lab on a Chip, 3(1), pgs. 1-4
- RM Guijt, E Baltussen, G van der Steen, J Frank, HAH Billiet, T Schalkhammer, F Laugere, MJ Vellekoop, A Berthold, PM Sarro, and GWK van Dedem, 2001, 'Capillary Electrophoresis with On-Chip Four-Electrode Capacitively Coupled Conductivity Detection for Application in Bioanalysis', Electrophoresis, 22(12), pgs. 2537-2541
- Hutchinson, J. P., C. J. Evenhuis, et al, 2007, 'Identification of Inorganic Improvised Explosive Devices by Analysis of Post-blast Residues using Portable Capillary Electrophoresis Instrumentation and Indirect Photometric Detection with a Light Emitting Diode', Analytical Chemistry, 79(18), pgs. 7005-7013
- Guijt, R. M., C. J. Evenhuis, et al, 2004, 'Conductivity Detection for Conventional and Miniaturised Capillary Electrophoresis Systems', Electrophoresis , 25, pgs. 4032-4057
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