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SUMMARY:Nanomaterials-Based Biosensors for Diagnostics Applications
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Arben Merkoçi\, University of Barcelona (E)\nDISTINGUIS
 HED LECTURE IN BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING\n(sandwiches served)\n\nAbstract: \n
 There is a high demand to develop innovative and cost effective devices wi
 th interest for health care beside environment diagnostics\, safety and se
 curity applications. The development of such devices is strongly related t
 o new materials and technologies being nanomaterials and nanotechnology of
  special role. We study how new nanomaterials such as nanoparticles\, grap
 hene\, nano/micromotors can be integrated in simple sensors thanks to thei
 r advantageous properties. Beside plastic platforms physical\, chemical an
 d mechanical properties of cellulose in both micro and nanofiber-based net
 works combined with their abundance in nature or easy to prepare and contr
 ol procedures are making these materials of great interest while looking f
 or cost-efficient and green alternatives for device production technologie
 s. Both paper and nanopaper-based biosensors are emerging as a new class o
 f devices with the objective to fulfil the “World Health Organization”
  requisites to be ASSURED: affordable\, sensitive\, specific\, user-friend
 ly\, rapid and robust\, equipment free and deliverable to end-users. How t
 o design simple paper-based biosensor architectures? How to tune their ana
 lytical performance upon demand? How one can couple nanomaterials such as 
 metallic nanoparticles\, quantum dots and even graphene with paper and wha
 t is the benefit?   How we can make these devices more robust\, sensitiv
 e and with multiplexing capabilities? Can we bring these low cost and effi
 cient devices to places with low resources\, extreme conditions or even at
  our homes? Which are the perspectives to link these simple platforms and 
 detection technologies with mobile communication? I will try to give respo
 nses to these questions through various interesting applications related t
 o protein\, DNA and even contaminants detection all of extreme importance 
 for diagnostics\, environment control\, safety and security.\n \nBio:\nAf
 ter his PhD (1991) at Tirana University\, in the topic of Ion-Selective-El
 ectrodes (ISEs) designs and applications in clinical and environmental ana
 lysis\, Dr. Merkoçi worked as  postdoc at other European research centre
 s and USA in the field of nanobiosensors and lab-on-a-chip technologies. H
 is postdoc periods were followed by leading positions in several laborator
 ies: (1997-2006) at Autonomous University of Barcelona and since 2006 at 
 Institut Català de Nanociencia i Nanotecnologia ICN2.\nProf. Merkoçi's r
 esearch is focused on the design and application of cutting edge nanotechn
 ology and nanoscience-based biosensors. These nanobiosensors are based on 
 the integration of biological molecules (DNA\, antibodies\, cells and enzy
 mes) and other (bio)receptors with micro- and nanostructures and applied i
 n diagnostics\, environmental monitoring or safety and security. He has pu
 blished around 270 peer review research papers\, is editor of books (“Na
 nomaterials Based Biosensing Systems\, by Wiley\; “Electrochemical Senso
 r Analysis”\, of Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry series by Elsevier e
 tc.)\, book chapters and special journals issues (Lab on a Chip\, Electroa
 nalysis\, Microchimica Acta) dedicated to the field of nanomaterials integ
 ration and applications in biosensors. 
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