MARCH 18 – 22, 2018 | New Orleans, LA
ACS National Meeting & Expo |Nexus of Food, Energy & Water
ACS ANYL Featured Symposium
Advancements in Bio-Recognition Element Discovery & Development & Its Translation into Innovative Biosensor Technologies
| Sang Hoon Kim, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea | |
| Bang Hyun Lee, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea | |
| Tiffany Ulep, Biomedical Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ | |
Determining the presence of a target of interest such as a chemical, pathogen, or whole cell will always fulfill a need in our day-to-day lives, whether it be as simple as a glucose meter or pregnancy test or as specialized as patient-specific monitoring such as EKGs or progression of metastatic cancer. But what happens when there is a need for sensing of a target of interest that is new to us, such as the bird flu epidemic in the early 2000s or the recent emergent call for a Zika virus diagnostics? How long does it take for the science community to react and provide a useable biosensor? And what are the types of technologies and pathways available to do so?
This symposium brings together academic, industrial, and government professionals from around the world to discuss the advancements involved in the discovery, development, and translation of different bio-recognition elements for physiochemical sensing. Discovery techniques to be presented include GO-SELEX, combination modeling, in vitro, and high throughput microarray. Unique nanotechnologies showcased are aptamers, nanobots, DNAzymes, Ojogels, semi-synthetic organisms, and photonic crystals. Finally, applications to be discussed include post-surgery assessment, medical diagnostics, environmental detection, wearable technologies, and personalized medicine. Through this symposium we hope to encourage a collaborative and interdisciplinary environment between different sectors along the biosensor production pipeline. This in turn will expand the understanding of the needs, challenges, and future growth of biosensor technologies.