Seminar

Lab-on-chip and biochips for real-time analyses of biosystems

Prof. Rosaria Rinaldi

Some possible approaches for the implementation of biosensors and Lab-on-chip devices will be presented, based on polymeric materials, exploiting membrane receptors, hybrid systems, colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs), novel materials and interfaces and different fluorescence or electrical sensing schemes, for highly sensitive real-time analysis of biomolecules. Some recent strategies for the development of cell chips for diagnostic and drug screening based on different detection methods for real-time monitoring of morphological changes and/or of specific cellular processes will be also described.