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The 1st International Electronic Conference on Biosensors
Part of the International Electronic Conference on Biosensors series
2–17 Nov 2020
Multianalyte Biosensors, Synthetic Receptors, Nanobiosensors, Bioelectronics, Microfabrication
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- A. Technologies for innovative biosensors
- B. Bioengineered and biomimetic receptors
- C. Microfluidics for biosensing
- D. Biosensors for emergency situations
- E. Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for biosensors
- F. Intra- and extra-cellular biosensing
- G. Advances applications in clinical, environmental, food safety and cultural heritage fields
- H. Biosensors for pathogens
- I. Posters
- Event Details
The 1st International Electronic Conference on Biosensors has ended successfully online with over 150 submissions and 1000 attendees. We would like to thank you for your participation and contribution.
All participants are welcome to submit their extended work to the Special Issue "Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Biosensors (IECB 2020)".
Welcome from the Chairs
Dear Colleagues,
It is our pleasure to invite you to join the 1st International Electronic Conference on Biosensors (IECB) that will be hosted online from 2 to 17 November 2020 at https://IECB2020.sciforum.net.
The birth of biosensors dates back to the early 1960s, when Clark and Lyons (1962) introduced the concept of using an enzyme coupled with an electrode as a reagent. After decades of intense research, biosensors attracted the attention of a large scientific community, and they currently have a very wide range of applications due to their simplicity, low cost, and precision that aim at improving quality of life. This range covers their use for environmental monitoring, disease detection, food safety, defense, drug discovery, and many more.
The scope of this online conference is to get together worldwide well-known experts who are currently working in biosensors technologies and to provide an online forum for presenting and discussing new results.
Throughout this event, we aim to cover, among others, the following topics:
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Technologies for innovative biosensors
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Bioengineered and biomimetic receptors
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Microfluidics for biosensing
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Biosensors for emergency situations
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Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for biosensors
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Intra- and extracellular biosensing
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Advanced applications in clinical, environmental, food safety, and cultural heritage fields
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Biosensors for pathogens
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Posters
We hope you will join us and present your work at IECB to be part of this stimulating online experience.
Kind regards,Giovanna Marrazza and Sara Tombelli
Conference Chairs
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Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence, via della Lastruccia 3, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, (Fi), Italy
Dr. Giovanna Marrazza is the Editor-in-Chief of Biosensors, an open access journal devoted to studies related to the science and technology of biosensors and biosensing. Dr. Giovanna Marrazza has served as Associate Professor in Analytical Chemistry at Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff” of the University of Florence since 2001 and is currently President of the study course for the Chemistry degree at this University. She is a distinguished Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine & Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca (Romania) and member of the steering board of Italian Sensors and Microsystems Group (AISEM). Marrazza’s research focuses on electrochemical, piezoelectric, and optical nano(bio)sensors based on enzymes, antibodies, bacteria, DNA, molecularly imprinted polymers, and aptamers. Her research is focused on new biosensing principles containing nanomaterials and modified interfaces, design procedures suitable for biosensor devices as flow injection analysis, microflow systems, thick-film technology, and nanodispensing technologies. She has co-authored more than 130 papers in leading international journals in addition to numerous book chapters.
giovanna.marrazza@unifi.it
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Istituto di Fisica Applicata Nello Carrara, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Madonna del PIano 10,
50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
Website
Tombelli, Sara graduated in Chemistry at the University of Florence, Italy, in 1996. She received the PhD in Environmental Sciences with full marks in 2001 at the Department of Chemistry (Florence, Italy). She is now senior researcher at the Institute of Applied Physics (IFAC-CNR) in Florence, Italy. Her research activity is focused on analytical chemistry, biosensor development and surface modifications with bio-molecules, such as antibodies, enzymes, aptamers and nucleic acid probes. She has also experience in intracellular nanosensors and nanoparticle manipulation. On the above topics she has contributed more than 130 publications on international refereed journals, books and conference proceedings (H-index=36, Scopus). She participated in several European Projects (Nanodem, Hemospec, Careman, Gapogrowth) and in other national and international projects. She is now research unit scientific leader in the national project PRIN “Development of novel DNA-based analytical platforms for the rapid, point-of-use quantification of multiple hidden allergens in food samples”. She has been reviewer and referee for the evaluation of international projects such as proposals under the ERC Ideas Specific Programme and the FET programme. She received the National Scientific Habilitation (ASN) as full and associate professor in Analytical Chemistry (Italian Ministry for Research).
s.tombelli@ifac.cnr.it
Plenary Speakers
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Dr. Shelley D. Minteer
Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA (Website)
minteer@chem.utah.edu
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Prof. Dr. Luisa Torsi
Dipartimento di Chimica Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Via Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy (Website)
luisa.torsi@uniba.it
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Prof. Dr. Michael J. Schöning
Director, Institute of Nano- and Biotechnologies, Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Heinrich-Mußmann-Str. 1, 52428 Jülich, Germany (Website)
schoening@fh-aachen.de
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Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann
Ruhr-Universitat Bochum, Bochum, Germany
wolfgang.schuhmann@rub.de
Keynote Speakers
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jemn@dtu.dk
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M. Teresa Fernández Abedul received her Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1995 at the University of Oviedo, Spain. She was working as Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry at this University since 2002, and as Full Professor since 2019. She is co-author of more than 80 JCR indexed articles, 30 books chapters and is editor of the book “Laboratory Methods in Dynamic Electroanalysis” (Elsevier, 2020). She has been co-advisor of 9 PhD Thesis, 11 Master Thesis (and 8 PhD Research Seminars) as well as 13 Degree Thesis and other research works. Her current research interests are the development of low-cost electroanalytical (bio)devices using innovative approaches (e.g. paper-based assays) and the integration of electrochemistry with bioassays (e.g. DNA isothermal amplification) for interesting applications.
mtfernandeza@uniovi.es
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Nanobiointeractions & Nanodiagnostics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), 16163 Genova, Italy (Website)
pierpaolo.pompa@iit.it
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Department of Life Sciences and Ilse Katz Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 8410501, Israel (Website)
alfontal@bgu.ac.il
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Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Health and Society, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden (Website)
Sergey Shleev received his PhD in biochemistry from A.N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, in 2001. After that, he held various positions at Swedish Universities (Lund and Malm;) until 2011, when he became an Associate Professor in biomedical technology at Malmö University, Sweden. During the same year he also habilitated at the Institute of Biochemistry, Russia. From 2013 he is a Professor in biomedical technology at Malmö University. His main scientific and technological interests are studies of complex redox enzymes and their applications in bioelectronics operating in vivo and ex vivo. Due to his interest in advanced biomedical analysis and technology, especially non-invasive devices including wearables, in 2017 he established a private Swedish company, APTUSENS AB (www.aptusens.com), which provides advanced, combined biomedical and IT services to fitness-oriented and health-conscious individuals, as well as private and public organizations. His current publication record includes 5 book chapters, 3 monographs, 14 review papers, 116 research articles, and 9 patents/patent applications (h-index: 46; i10-index: 110; Google Scholar Citations, July 2020).
sergey.shleev@mau.se
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Department of Chemistry, U-60 and Department of Surgery and Neag Cancer Center (Health Center) 55 N. Eagleville Rd., University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-3060, USA (Website)
james.rusling@uconn.edu
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Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, 8 Clarkson Avenue, Potsdam, NY 13699-5810, USA
eandrees@clarkson.edu
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Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Potsdam University, Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
uwollen@uni-potsdam.de
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Department of Chemistry and Drug Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy
riccarda.antiochia@uniroma1.it
Invited Speakers
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mariagam@quim.ucm.es
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susanacr@quim.ucm.es
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Department of Chemical and Geological Sciences – Università di Modena and Reggio Emilia; Via G.Campi, 103 – 41125 Modena, Italy ( Website)
chiara.zanardi@unimore.it
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mg.almeida@fct.unl.pt
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mdl28@bath.ac.uk
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dcompagnone@unite.it
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marcospita@icp.csic.es
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pedro.bertemes@udesc.br
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Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
matteo.grattieri@utah.edu
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Biosystems Technology, Institute of Applied Life Sciences, Technical University of Applied Sciences Wildau, , 15745 Wildau, Germany
riedel@th-wildau.de
Conference Committee
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Chemistry Department, University Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris , France
Benoît Piro, 47 y.o., H-factor 35, 3500+ citations, is professor in Chemistry, Université de Paris, France, laboratory ITODYS associated to CNRS. He developed biosensors based on original electrochemical transduction schemes such as "reagentless" and "signal-on", directed to DNA, miRNA, proteins, peptides, antibodies, organic pollutants... and participated to their economic valorization (patents, private contracts). Since 2010, he developed novel activities related to printed organic electronics, in particular electrolyte-gated OFET adapted to work in aqueous media, which paves the way for applications in the medical and environmental fields. He is member of the French Printed Organic Electronics Association.
bioelectrochemistry; biosensors; bioelectronics; transistor; nanomaterials
piro@univ-paris-diderot.fr
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Departement of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica, Rome, Italy
Associate professor at University of Rome Tor Vergata, since 2014. The research activity of Prof. Micheli is focalized on the development of disposable electrochemical tools using bio/immunosensors and interference-free biosensors, based on screen printed electrodes (SPEs) for the determination of several analyte in food, in clinical and cultural heritage fields, using for their validation spectrophotometric and chromatographic methods. She is involved in the development of new analytical methods for integrated diagnostics and application of non-invasive protocols to the study of the materials of Cultural Heritage, with particular reference to paper and wood artworks.
electrochemical immuno/biosensors for analytical application; screen printed electrode; flow injection analysis; chromatography; application of electrochemical sensors in food; clinical and cultural heritage analysis
laura.micheli@uniroma2.it
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Raffaele Velotta graduated (M.Sc.) at University of Naples in 1987 and earned his PhD in 1992 at the same university. He joined the Physics Department of University of Naples in 1995 as lecturer becoming full professor in 2015. In 2000 he visited the Blackett Laboratory at Imperial College to carry out research on high-order harmonic generation from aligned molecules. For several years his research concerned the ultrashort laser pulses interaction with molecules and the generation of attosecond pulses. Subsequently, he turned his interests to biosensing with particular attention to QCM functionalized by an innovative technique based on the UV activation of antibodies (PIT, Photochemical Immobilization Technique). In recent years, such a surface functionalization technique has shown its effectiveness even when applied to gold nanoparticles as well as to nanostructured surfaces paving the way to the realization of cost-effective plasmonic immunosensors for use in food-safety, environmental monitoring and medical diagnostics. Moreover, the application of PIT to gold-coated magnetic nanoparticles lends itself as a powerful tool for analyte separation in complex matrices.
immunosensors; surface plasmon resonance (SPR); localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR); magnetic biosensors
rvelotta@unina.it
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Istituto di Cristallografia, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy
Since 1986 he studied new bioanalytical methods by means of electrochemical biosensors in food, clinical and environmental analysis. Senior researcher at the two biggest research institutes in Italy, ENEA "Italian Institute of sustainable development" and then at CNR "Italian National Council", he taught, as an adjunct professor, Environmental Bioanalytical Chemistry in several Italian Universities and research Institutes. Visiting scientist in Paris and Nice (FR), Stuttgart and Braunschweig (DE), Lund (SE), Izmir (TR), Ceske Budejovice (CZ), Karaikudi (IN). He was chairman or member of the scientific committee of international conferences on biosensors, From 2006 he was an elected member of the executive committee then (2015-2018) he was Vice-president of IAEAC "International Association on Environmental Analytical Chemistry" from 2015 to 2018. He is now the Editor in chief of the International Journal on Environmental Analytical chemistry of Taylor and Francis and a member of the editorial boards of two MDPI Journals: Sensors and Biosensors.
electrochemistry; environmental analytical chemistry; biosensors; sensors and sensing; continuous flow monitoring; immobilization techniques; enzyme inhibitors; lab on a chip; nanostructured electrodes; screen-printed electrodes; herbicides; pesticides
roberto.pilloton@cnr.it
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Dr. Chan (KAC) have more than 20 years research experience in developing novel applications of FTIR and Raman spectroscopic imaging for studying pharmaceutical systems such as tablet compaction, dissolution and drug polymorphism and biological systems such as skin tissues and live cells. He has developed with Prof. Kazarian an FTIR imaging method for studying live cells in a microfluidic device by solving the long standing chromatic and spherical imaging aberrations when imaging through a liquid flowcell in transmission mode. This has significantly improved the imaging quality when imaging live cells in a flowcell.
ka_lung.chan@kcl.ac.uk
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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College Station, Texas A&M University, TX, USA
Laszlo B. Kish is a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of Texas A&M University. His main research interests are unidentified problems, and the laws, limits and applications of stochastic fluctuations (noise), and physical informatics. The applications include several ones of his own inventions, including: fluctuation-enhanced sensing; noise-based logic; unconditionally secure communications with the KLJN scheme; physical communications without emitted signals; unconditionally secure computers, hardware, credit/debit cards and physical unclonable functions (PUF). He was the recipient of the Benzelius Prize of the Royal Society of Science of Sweden (2001); the Doctor of Science (Physics) title from the Hungarian Academy of Science (2001); Honorary Doctorate from Uppsala University, Sweden (2011); Honorary Doctorate from University of Szeged, Hungary (2012); the Honorary Professor (2013-2016) and the Distinguished Guest Professor (2015-2018) titles from Hunan University, China; and the Medal of Honor from the Technical University of Gdansk, Poland (2017). Up to now (2020), he has 400+ publications http://noise.ece.tamu.edu/publist.pdf . He founded the journal Fluctuation and Noise Letters (Editor-in-Chief: 2001-2008; currently: Honorary Editor); the conference series Unsolved Problems of Noise (1996 - present); and SPIE's “Fluctuations and Noise Symposium” series (Symposium Chair: 2003 - Santa Fe, 2004 - Canary Islands, and 2005- Austin, TX); and Co-Chaired the "Hot Topics of Physical Informatics" conference (2013, Changsha).
physical informatics; sensors; unconditional security;nanomaterials/structures; aging/degradation; percolation; fluctuation-enhanced sensing; noise-based computation; thermal demons/engines
Laszlokish@tamu.edu
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Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow at Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), is leading a research team working on Integrated Devices and Intelligent Diagnostics. After finishing her PhD under the supervising of Prof Justin Gooding in 2006 at UNSW, Liu conducted her postdoctoral research at CSIRO and UNSW, respectively before she was appointed as an Associate Professor at Central China Normal University in 2009. In 2015 Liu moved back to Australia and worked at Macquarie University before she was awarded the prestigious Australia Research Council. Future Fellow at Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), is leading a research team working on Integrated Devices and Intelligent Diagnostics. After finishing her PhD under the supervising of Prof Justin Gooding in 2006 at UNSW, Liu conducted her postdoctoral research at CSIRO and UNSW, respectively before she was appointed as an Associate Professor at Central China Normal University in 2009. In 2015 Liu moved back to Australia and worked at Macquarie University before she was awarded the prestigious Australia Research Council Future Fellowship in 2016. Liu is recognised for her interdisciplinary and translational research with close end-user engagement in the area of biosensors, point-of-care diagnostics, intelligent nanoparticles, and medical devices. She worked in AgaMatrix Inc. for 4 years as a R&D Manager, China, and then continues her industry engagement through a strong record of partnering with biomedical firms such as AstraZeneca, AgaMatrix Inc, and Regeneus Ltd. She is a co-founder at Bio-Sens Tech Pty Ltd. Liu has published 11 patents, 1 book chapter and 92 journal papers. Among her many prestigious awards, she received the Rising Star Award by Australian Association of Chinese Biomedical Scientists in 2018 and was shortlisted by Australian Georgina Sweet Award for women in quantitative biomedical science (2016).
biosensors; point-of-care diagnostics; microfluidic-paper-based analytical devices µPADs); intelligent nanoparticles; medical devices
guozhen.liu@unsw.edu.au
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Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA
Paolo Bollella is a Research Assistant Professor at Clarkson University in the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science since September 2019. He received his MSc in Analytical Chemistry in 2014 at the Faculty of Science of Sapienza University of Rome. He started his PhD studies in Pharmaceutical Science with speciality in Electroanalytical Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Riccarda Antiochia at the Department of Chemistry and Drug Technologies. During this period, he moved for at least two years to the Division of Biochemistry and Structural Biology – Department of Chemistry at Lund University in Sweden. In this department, he joined to the bioelectrochemistry laboratory led by Prof. Lo Gorton, working on the development of new nanostructuration approaches to study the electron transfer between redox enzymes and solid electrodes for applications into carbohydrate amperometric biosensors and enzymatic fuel cells. After his PhD, he was involved in a collaboration with Prof. Anthony E.G. Cass (Imperial College) about the modification of microneedle electrode array for non-invasive detection of different biomarkers (e.g., glucose, lactate etc.). In August 2018, he joined the Department of Analytical Chemistry at Åbo Akademi in Turku (Finland) with a Johan Gadolin PostDoc fellowship awarded from the board of Johan Gadolin Process Chemistry Center. In October 2018, he joined the group of “Bioelectronics & Bionanotechnology” led by Prof. Evgeny Katz. In March 2019, he was awarded with the Minerva Prize for the Scientific Research – Merit Mention for the achievements obtained during his doctoral thesis based on the study of “Mediated/Direct Electron Transfer of Redox Protein for Biosensors and Biofuel Cells Applications. He is author of 48 papers on peer-reviewed international journals (Hirsh-index 14), 3 book chapters, 1 student book, 2 proceedings and almost 60 oral or poster contributions to national and international conferences.
pbollell@clarkson.edu
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Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Professor Michael Thompson obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Wales, UK and his PhD in analytical chemistry from McMaster University. Following a period as Science Research Council PDF at Swansea University he was appointed Lecturer in Instrumental Analysis at Loughborough University. He then moved to the University of Toronto where he is now Professor of Bioanalytical Chemistry. He has held a number of distinguished research posts including the Leverhulme Fellowship at the University of Durham and the Science Foundation Ireland E.T.S Walton Research Fellowship at the Tyndall National Institute, Cork City. He is recognized internationally for his pioneering work over many years in the area of research into new biosensor technologies and the surface chemistry of biochemical and biological entities. He has made major contributions to the label-free detection of biological macromolecule interactions and surface behavior of cells using ultra high frequency acoustic wave physics. He has also pioneered the development of anti-fouling surface modification, in particular anti-thrombogenic and anti-microbial adhesion materials. Thompson has served on the Editorial Boards of a number of major international journals including Analytical Chemistry, The Analyst, Talanta, Analytica Chimica Acta and Biosensors and Bioelectronics. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the monograph series “Detection Science” for the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. He has been awarded many prestigious international prizes for his research including The Robert Boyle Gold Medal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, E.W.R. Steacie Award of the Chemical Society of Canada, the Theophilus Redwood Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry and the Fisher Scientific Award in Analytical Chemistry of the Chemical Society of Canada. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1999.
biosensor technology; acoustic wave detection; chemical sensors; biocompatibility; surface chemistry and analysis
m.thompson@utoronto.ca
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Department of Biochemistry, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Dr. Petr Skladal is Associated Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University in Brno. He received his Ph.D. in the field of amperometric biosensors in 1992. After completing research stays (1991, 1993) at the University of Florence, Italy, with Marco Mascini, he continued to investigate biosensors at Masaryk University. He currently also heads the Nanobiotechnology Research Group at the Central European Institute of Technology in Brno. His research is focused on enzyme and immunochemical biosensors using electrochemical and piezoelectric transducers, affinity kinetics with surface plasmon resonance systems, nanocantilever-based sensing and applications of atomic force microscopy in life sciences. He published 160 peer reviewed papers with 5000 citations, H-index 38 (WoS).
immunosensors; enzyme electrodes; piezoelectric sensors; atomic force microscopy; nanoparticles; detection of pathogens; bioelectronic tongues
skladal@sci.muni.cz
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Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Daniela Uberti is a Professor of Pharmacology, at the Medical School, University of Brescia. She acquired her degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technology, at University of Milan and PhD in Neuroscience at the University of Brescia. She heads a REDOX Biology laboratory involved in the identification, development and validation of novel Biomarkers in medical science and food science. For more than 20 years she has been focused on the identification of a specific blood based profile in Alzheimer’s disease. She is also involved in the development of screen-printed biosensor using nanostructure technology for early biomarker detection. Further, recently she is approaching the use of electrochemical biosensor to study proteins electrochemical properties. She is a co-author of more than 80 peer-reviewed publications, and 3 patents all related to diagnostic tools for Alzheimer’s disease.
biomarker development; bioassay analytical and clinical validation; electrochemical biosensors; sensors for cell culture monitoring
daniela.uberti@unibs.it
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Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650, Australia
Sam Adeloju is a Professor of Chemistry and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Science at Charles Sturt University, Albury (NSW), Australia and Editor-in-Chief of the Chemistry Section of the Applied Sciences Journal (MDPI). He has made original and innovative contributions to the design, fabrication, and characterization of conducting polymers, biosensors, nanobiosensors, nanomaterials and microbial fuel cells. Sam’s research activities is focused on the development and utilization of advances in bioanalytical and biological chemistry coupled with nanotechnology for fabrication of novel advanced nanodevices and nanoanalytical systems, including nanobiosensors, medical diagnostics and microbial fuel cells. In particular, he has made significant contributions to the development of biosensors and nanobiosensors for clinical, environmental and food analyses, as well as in the development of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for power generation from wastewaters. He has published extensively in international journals, books and proceedings. He was awarded the Royal Australia Chemical Institute (RACI) awards for Applied Research Medal (2009), R.H. Stokes Medal for Electrochemistry (2011), Doreen Clark Medal for Analytical Chemistry (2013) and Citation Award for Excellence in Leadership and Service (2017). Sam is also an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Sensors (Chemical Sensors), member of the International Advisory Board for Sci Journal (MDPI), member of the Editorial Board for Biosensors (MDPI), and other international journals. He has been appointed on several occasions as a visiting professor of chemistry in Sweden, UK, Tasmania, China, and Malaysia.
nanobiosensors; nanomaterials; conducting polymers; electroanalytical chemistry; environmental chemistry; microbial fuel cells
sadeloju@csu.edu.au
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Department of Chemical Sciences and Technologies, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Present Position: Full Professor in Analytical Chemistry at the Chemical and Technology Department, University of Rome Tor Vergata. Research Activity: 33 chapters on books, 201 papers on international and national scientific journals, 4 patents, 36 proceedings, 2 videos, more than 300 oral and poster presentations at scientific meetings. H-index 50, with 6973 citations (Scopus, May 2020). Responsible of projects funded by CNR on Biotechnology, by the Ministero della Salute, Ministero degli Esteri and by MIUR (COFIN 2003, PRIN 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017) and by private companies (Menarini Diagnostic Division, Radim, Etatron, Systea). In the recent years she has been involved, in the frame of projects funded by the European Community, in the development of immunosensors and interference-free biosensors based on screen printed electrodes (SPEs), also modified with nanomaterials, for the development of new analytical methods and of microsensors and array of electrochemical sensors in the field of environmental, clinical and food analysis. Her latest research concerns the realization of paper-based "all-in-one" electrochemical devices and wearable devices. Editor of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, the principal international journal devoted to research, design, development and application of biosensors and bioelectronics (IF2018: 9.518), member of the Editorial Board of Biosensors, MDPI since 2017, and editor of a special issue of Sensors titled “Paper-based sensors” and Reviewer for 30 International scientific journals.
electrochemical immunosensors; screen-printed sensors; glucose biosensor; flow systems; in vivo biosensors; nanomaterial-based (bio)sensors; (bio)sensors applied in biomedical and agri-food sectors
danila.moscone@uniroma2.it
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Laboratory for Biosensors and Biomaterials, Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
Igor Medintz received his Ph.D. in molecular, cellular and developmental biology from the City University of New York in 1998. He is currently the Navy’s Senior Scientist for biosensors and biomaterials at the Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. His research is focused on creating light harvesting systems with DNA technology, active DNA nanostructures, and understanding biological activity at a nanoparticle interface.
igor.medintz@nrl.navy.mil
Sessions
B. Bioengineered and biomimetic receptors
C. Microfluidics for biosensing
D. Biosensors for emergency situations
E. Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for biosensors
F. Intra- and extra-cellular biosensing
G. Advances applications in clinical, environmental, food safety and cultural heritage fields
H. Biosensors for pathogens
I. Posters
List of accepted submissions (82)
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sciforum-033042 | Real-time pathogen determination by optical biosensing based on graphene oxide |
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Edwin J. Ortiz-Riaño ,
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Pathogenic bacterial contamination in food is a public health concern. It represents a health and safety consumer risk that could cause several diseases and even death. Currently, the food industry uses culture-based assays to determine the presence of pathogens as a gold standard method. Although this method is highly accurate, it is often time-consuming and expensive.[1,2] In this regard, the development of biosensing platforms results as an alternative for the reduction of time and cost of pathogenic bacteria detection in food.[2] In this work, we report the development of a single-step bacterial detection platform based on graphene oxide. Non-radiative energy transfer between graphene oxide coated microplates (GOMs) and photoluminescence bioprobes (PLBs) is presented in absence of the target analyte, but in presence of analyte, PLBs exhibit strong photoluminescence due to the distance between GOMs and PLBs. These PLBs are a quantum dot- antibody complex, thereby resulting as a biorecognition and interrogation element. Escherichia coli was used as model analyte. In optimal conditions, the bacterial detection platform reached a limit of detection around 2 CFU mL-1 in 30 minutes, enabling a fast and sensitive alternative for bacterial detection. The biosensing platform was also used to test food industry samples achieving a qualitative response, that allows determining the presence of E. coli during the first 45 minutes of the assay. This biosensing strategy potentially offers a low-cost and quick option for the food industry to assure the quality of the product and consumer safety.[3] References [1] M. Majdinasab, A. Hayat, J. L. Marty, TrAC Trends Anal. Chem. 2018, 107, 60. [2] Y. Wang, T. V. Duncan, Food Biotechnol. • Plant Biotechnol. 2017, 44, 74. [3] M. D. Avila-Huerta, E. J. Ortiz-Riaño, D. L. Mancera-Zapata, E. Morales-Narváez, Anal. Chem. 2020, DOI 10.1021/acs.analchem.0c02200. |
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sciforum-033164 | Quenching of fluorescence caused by Graphene Oxide as an immunosensing platform in a microwell plate format |
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Nowadays immunoassays are used to detect chemical or biological species; therefore, they are an essential tool in a wide range of applications such as drug development, clinical diagnostics, environmental monitoring or food quality control [1]. However, conventional immunoassays, such as ELISA (Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay), require several procedures such as blocking, separations and washing steps. Thus, it takes at least 6 hours to get the respective results. Besides, it involves two antibodies and a sensing surface attaching and labelling the biochemical target (analyte). Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) is a very useful phenomena to improve immunosensing sensitivity and avoid cumbersome procedures due to its simplicity. Graphene and its derivatives have been used as acceptors in FRET due to their wide absorption spectra, which make them outstanding quenchers of fluorescence. With this in mind, we developed a novel and single-step biosensing platform based on fluorescence quenching caused by graphene oxide, which was used for the detection of two analytes: H-IgG (which is a type and also the most common antibody found in human blood circulation) and PSA (prostate specific antigen). A single antibody conjugated with a fluorophore (FITC for H-IgG detection and quantum dots for PSA detection) is used in the capture and detection processes. When the analyte and the antibody (conjugated with the fluorophore) are added, a kinetic analysis is performed throughout 2 hours with real-time interrogation of the respective fluorescence intensity, observing that the higher analyte concentration, the less quenching of fluorescence of the immunosensing probe (antibody-fluorophore immunocomplex) due to the low affinity and the relatively long distance between GOµWs (microwells plate coated with Graphene Oxide) and immunosensing probe [2]. References [1] In Introduction to Biophotonics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2004, pp. 311–356. [2] E. Ortiz-Riaño, M. Avila-Huerta, D. Mancera-Zapata, E. Morales-Narváez, Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2020, 165, 112319. |
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sciforum-033511 | Newly developed system for Listeria monocytogenes detection in food products based on a bioelectric cell biosensor |
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Lazaros Dougiakis ,
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Human food-borne diseases have been significantly increased in the last decades, causing numerous deaths, as well as money and time loss in the agri-food sector and food supply chain worldwide. The standard analyses that are currently used for bacteria detection have significant limitations regarding cost, special facilities, highly trained staff, and a long procedural time that can be crucial for foodborne pathogens with high hospitalization and mortality rates, such as Listeria monocytogenes. Improved and accurate techniques that provide fast detection are of great importance since it is very crucial to detect pathogenic microorganisms and withdraw the contaminated products from the markets before their distribution to consumers. Aim of this study was to develop a biosensor able to perform robust and accurate detection of L. monocytogenes in various food substrates within 3 minutes. For this purpose, a cell-based biosensor technology (BERA) and a portable device developed by EMBIO Diagnostics called B.EL.D (Bio Electric Diagnostics), were used. Biosensors were created for L. monocytogenes detection using anti-Listeria monocytogenes antibodies and tests were conducted in ready-to-eat lettuce salads, milk, and halloumi cheese samples. Results indicated that the biosensor managed to differentiate samples with and without Listeria with 90%, 89% and 91% accuracy in ready-to-eat lettuce salads, milk, and halloumi samples, respectively, after a primary enrichment step. Method’s sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values ranged from 83-95%, while the limit of detection was determined to be 102 CFU mL-1 or g-1 in all food substrates. |
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sciforum-033698 | Development and optimisation of an amperometric immunosensor for the detection of banned antibiotic residues in honey |
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Céline Hédou ,
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Eric Verdon
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Veterinary drugs could contaminate animal derived food products for human consumption. Some antibiotic residues (eg. chloramphenicol, nitrofuran metabolites) are banned in foodstuffs of animal origin (eg. milk, honey, etc.) in European Union because of toxicological risks for the consumer. Screening methods are the first stage of food control and so are essential for food safety monitoring. There is always a need to develop novel screening methods for antibiotic residues detection, preferably with the potential for the field-testing (eg. farm control, self-control). Electrochemical biosensors make it possible to develop a promising and economically interesting approach. An innovative and cheap electrochemical method based on disposable Screen Printed Carbon Electrodes (SPCE), coupled to magnetic beads (MB), allowing the simultaneous detection of 3 families of antibiotics in milk, was published by a Spanish academic team [1]. This system was applied to develop a screening method for banned antibiotic residues in honey. We faced two major issues: firstly, the very low levels of residues to be reach (ie. Regulatory limits usually below 1 µg/kg), secondly the complexity of honey matrix. There is not a single honey matrix, but a wide variety of honeys. Honey composition and colour varies considerably depending on the botanical origin. Moreover some honey ingredients can interfere with the electrochemical detection, especially substances with antioxidant activities (eg. polyphenols). Therefore in parallel with the optimization of the electrochemical method to reach the required sensitivity, a lot of work had to be done to improve sample extraction to reduce matrix effects. The results will be presented to the conference, discussing the advantages and drawbacks of amperometric biosensors for the screening of antibiotic residues in food products. 1. Conzuelo F, Ruiz-Valdepeñas Montiel V, Campuzano S, Gamella M, Torrente-Rodríguez RM, Reviejo AJ, Pingarrón JM. 2014. Anal. Chim. Acta. 820:32-38. |
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sciforum-033708 | A smart colorimetric sensor for the enzymatic detection of L-lactate in screening analysis | , , , , | N/A | N/A |
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Lactate is a metabolite biomarker of tissue oxygenation and it can be used in medicine to evaluate a pathology or in sport activities to evaluate physical performance. Lactate level assessment is also important for the food industry. This acid is found in food and beverages and the concentration level can be correlated with the freshness, stability and quality of several products. In this work, we present a smartphone-based enzymatic biosensor utilizing the unique colorimetric properties of the poly(aniline-co-anthranilic acid) (ANI-co-AA) composite film coupled with lactate oxidase-horseradish peroxidase (LOx-HRP) enzymes. The enzymes are immobilized on the composite polymer film by adsorption and they catalyze a reversible redox color change of the host polymer from green to blue in the presence of L-lactate as the substrate. A smartphone was applied as color detector, for image acquisition and data handling. The free-of-charge ColorLab® application for Android OS was used to enable easy and clear display of the sensor’s response indicating remarkable changes in the optical features. The results were confirmed by spectrophotometric measurements. The developed colorimetric enzymatic biosensors were studied and optimized in relation to different experimental parameters. Moreover, the colorimetric enzymatic biosensors were applied to food and clinical analysis. It has been shown by these studies that the colorimetric biosensors are promising as quick and simple tests for handheld analysis in various fields. |
IECB Live Online Sessions Information
During the conference, a number of live online sessions will be programmed. Each session will feature highly respected scholars in the field and will be moderated by a chair. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and interact with the speakers during the Q&A session.
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IECB Live Online Sessions Programs
Session 1
Date: 2 November 2020
Time: 3:00pm (CET) | 9:00am (EDT) | 9:00pm (CST Asia)
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Time (CET) |
Plenary Talk Prof. Luisa Torsi, University of Bari |
3:00pm - 4.00pm |
Keynote 1: Carbon-based sensors for the monitoring of biomarkers in sweat Prof. Chiara Zanardi, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia |
4.00pm - 4.30pm |
Invited Talk 1: A glucose/oxygen enzymatic fuel cell exceeding 1.5 V based on glucose dehydrogenase immobilized onto polyMethylene blue-carbon nanotubes modified double-sided screen printed electrodes: Proof-of-concept in human serum and saliva Prof. Rosa Celeste Zumpano, Sapienza University of Rome |
4:30pm - 4:45pm |
Open Discussions |
4:45pm – 5:00pm |
Short Break |
5:00pm – 5:10pm |
Invited Talk 2: Light as trigger for biocatalytic sensors Dr. Marc Riedel, Wildau University |
5:10pm – 5:25pm |
Invited Talk 3: Potentiometric detection of ATP based on the transmembrane proton gradient generated by ATPase reconstituted on a gold electrode Dr. Marcos Pita, Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry |
5:25pm – 5:40pm |
Keynote 2: Nanobiosensors as new diagnostic tools for SARS, MERS and COVID-19: from past to perspectives Prof. Dr. Riccarda Antiochia, Sapienza University of Rome |
5:40pm – 6:10pm |
Open Discussions |
6:10pm – 6:25pm |
Session 2
Date: 4 November 2020
Time: 3:00pm (CET) | 9:00am (EDT) | 9:00pm (CST Asia)
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Time (CET) |
Plenary Talk: Biosensors with field-effect capacitors - 25 years of review and current trends Prof. Michael Schoening, Aachen University |
3:00pm - 4.00pm |
Keynote: 2D and 3D Lab-on-a-Chip systems for life science applications Prof. Jenny Émneus, Technical University of Denmark |
4.00pm - 4.30pm |
Invited Talk 1: Biosolar cells and self-powered herbicides monitoring Dr. Matteo Grattieri, University of Utah |
4:30pm - 4:45pm |
Invited Talk 2: Perspectives and challenges on the use of microbial fuel cell technology as environmental sensor Dr. Mirella Di Lorenzo, University of Bath |
4:45pm – 5:00pm |
Open Discussions |
5:00pm – 5:15pm |
Short Break |
5:15pm – 5:25pm |
Invited Talk 3: Reliable diagnosing and staging of colorectal cancer through multiplexed bioelectroanalyical approaches Prof. Susanna Campuzano Ruiz, Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
5:25pm – 5:40pm |
Invited Talk 4: Oligopeptides and hairpin DNA as sensing elements in electtonic noses Prof. Dario Compagnone, University of Teramo |
5:40pm – 5:55pm |
Open Discussions |
5:55pm – 6:10pm |
Session 3
Date: 6 November 2020
Time: 3:00pm (CET) | 9:00am (EDT) | 9:00pm (CST Asia)
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Time (CET) |
Plenary Talk: From the design of redox polymers to nanobiosensors and self-powered bioanalytical devices Prof. Wolfgang Schuhmann, Ruhr University Bochum |
3:00pm - 4.00pm |
Keynote 1: Genetically Expanded Biosensing Prof. Lital Alfonta |
4.00pm - 4.30pm |
Keynote 2: 3D-printed biosensor arrays: Cancer and COVID-19 Diagnostics Prof. James Rusling, University of Connecticut |
4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Open Discussions |
5:00pm – 5:15pm |
Short Break |
5:15pm – 5:25pm |
Invited Talk 1: Poly(amidoamine) dendrimer/gold nanoparticles nanocomposite based disposable immunoplatforms for the determination of neurodegenerative disorders biomarkers Dr. Maria Gamella, Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
5:25pm – 5:40pm |
Invited Talk 2: Sensing Interfaces for Bioelectrocatalytic Stimulated Release Dr. Madeline Masi, Clarkson University |
5:40pm – 5:55pm |
Open Discussions |
5:55pm – 6:10pm |
Session 4
Date: 9 November 2020
Time: 3:00pm (CET) | 9:00am (EDT) | 9:00pm (CST Asia)
Speaker |
Time (CET) |
Plenary Talk: Self-Powered Biosensors Prof. Shelley Minteer, University of Utah |
3:00pm - 4.00pm |
Keynote 1: Non-invasive electrochemical (bio)sensors operating in human physiological fluids Prof. Sergey Shleev, Malmö University |
4.00pm - 4.30pm |
Invited Talk 1: Electrochemically stimulated molecule release associated with interfacial pH changes Dr. Madhura Bellare, Clarkson University |
4:30pm - 4:45pm |
Invited Talk 2: Development of an electrochemical cyanide biosensor based on the multihemic cytochrome c nitrite reductase- the relevance of the carbon interface Dr. M. Gabriela Almeida, Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
4:45pm – 5:00pm |
Keynote 2: (Bio)electrochemical lab-on-paper devices Prof. Dr. M. Teresa Fernández Abedul, Universidad de Oviedo |
5:00pm - 5:30pm |
Open Discussions |
5:30pm – 5:45pm |
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Technologies for innovative biosensors
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Bioengineered and biomimetic receptors
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Microfluidics for biosensing
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Biosensors for emergency situations
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Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for biosensors
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Intra- and extracellular biosensing
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Advanced applications in clinical, environmental, food safety, and cultural heritage fields
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Relevant Special Issues
Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Biosensors (IECB 2020)
Guest editors: Giovanna Marrazza and Sara Tombelli
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2021.
Dear Colleagues,
The 1st International Electronic Conference on Biosensors (IECB 2020) will be held from 2 to 17 November 2020 (https://sciforum.net/conference/IECB2020), verifying the great interest of the related community in this Conference Series. The e-conference will be hosted on sciforum.net, an online platform developed by MDPI for scholarly exchange and collaboration.
During the event, a large number of excellent contributions covering key areas of opportunity and challenge will be presented. More specifically, the following areas will be covered:
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Technologies for innovative biosensors
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Bioengineered and biomimetic receptors
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Microfluidics for biosensing
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Biosensors for emergency situations
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Nanotechnologies and nanomaterials for biosensors
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Intra- and extra-cellular biosensing
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Advances applications in clinical, environmental, food safety, and cultural heritage fields
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Biosensors for pathogens
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Posters
This Special Issue welcomes selected papers from the IECB 2020 that promote and advance the exciting and rapidly changing field.
Submitted contributions will be subjected to peer review and—upon acceptance—will be published with the aim of rapidly and widely disseminating research results, developments, and applications.
It should be noted that submitted manuscripts should have at least 50% additional, new, and unpublished material as compared to the IECB 2020 published paper.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Giovanna Marrazza
Dr. Sara Tombelli
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B. Bioengineered and biomimetic receptors
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