Biomolecular Sensors

RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• Heath - Developing Protein Capture Agents That Can Satisfy Military Specifications
• Manalis - Suspended Microchannel Resonators for Pathogen Detection
• Meinhart & Moskovits - Microfluidics/SERS for Real-Time Detection of Hazardous Chemicals
• Pennathur & Meinhart - Nanofluidic Technology for Label-Free Bioanalytical Studies
• Plaxco, Soh & Kippin - Advanced Measurement Strategies for in vivo Molecular Detection
• Plaxco & Theogarajan - Ligand-gated Nanopores for Chemo-regulated Molecular Delivery
• Squires - Microfluidic Hydrogel Structures for Controlled Concentration Gradients and Rapid Solution Swapping
• Turner - Nonlinear Dynamic Enhancement of Sensing Technology Based on Noise
• Weiss - Implementation of Fast Yeast Sentinels Based on Designer Phosphorylation Networks

OBJECTIVES:
The ICB integrates the sensitivity and specificity of biomolecular recognition with innovations in optical and electronic transduction, microfluidics and microfabrication. These powerful new technologies detect a broad spectrum of biomolecules and other agents in air, food, water and blood.

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