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Bioscience microchips, IBM research. IBM scientist Emmanuel Delamarche handling a silicon wafer that is being used in bioscience research. Delamarche leads research in the Experimental Biosciences department at IBM Research-Zurich, Switzerland. His research includes microtechnology and using surface chemistry and biochemistry to solve problems in biology and medicine. Microchip work here include microfluidics for point-of-care testing diagnostics. Photographed in July 2009.