Trends in (Bio)-sensing: Analytical Applications and Challenges - AM323024
Title: Trends in (Bio)-sensing: Analytical Applications and Challenges
Guaranteed by: Department of Food Analysis and Nutrition (323)
Faculty: Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology
Actual: from 2025 to 2025
Semester: summer
Points: summer s.:3
E-Credits: summer s.:3
Examination process: summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
Qualifications:  
State of the course: taught
Language: English
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan
enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: Tsagkaris Aristeidis doc. M.Sc., Ph.D.
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
This course will introduce novel concepts recently emerged within the chemical analysis to assess important parameters such as food safety and quality. A variety of prinicples will be discussed including i) bioaffinity recognition, e.g., antibody recognition, ii) spectroscopy, iii) portable mass spectrometry and iv) method miniaturisation for testing at the point-of-need. Special focus will be paid on the emergence of smartphones as analytical detectors introducing unprecendented features such as one-click results and real-time result communication. Practical challenges such as sample preparation and quality assurance will be discussed while cases studies will be presented to provide clear examples on how to integrate (bio)-sesning into chemical testing.
Last update: Tsagkaris Aristeidis (06.01.2025)
Course completion requirements -

To pass this course, a two-stage assessment will be performed:

i) During the first stage, students will be allocated into groups (2-3 students per group) and prepare a presentation summarizing case studies of biosensing/screening methods. The students will present their presentations during week 14 of the semester. Passing this oral presentation will allow them to participate in the final exam.

ii) The final written exam contains multiple choice questions and questions requiring a short answer. An oral exam might follow depending on the assessed performance.

Last update: Tsagkaris Aristeidis (10.12.2024)
Literature

Recommended:

  • Joost Nelis and Aristeidis S. Tsagkaris. Smartphones for chemical analysis, from proof-of-concept to analytical applications. : , , 370 s. ISBN 978-0-443-13405-0.

  • Beate Escher, Peta Neale and Frederic Leusch. Bioanalytical Tools in Water Quality Assessment. : IWA Publishing, 2021, 480 s. ISBN 9781789061970.

  • Harsshit Agrawaal, J.E. Thompson. Additive manufacturing (3D printing) for analytical chemistry. In Talanta Open. (2021): -.

  • Marek Domin, Robert Cody. Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry. : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014, 508 s. ISBN 978-1-84973-926-9.

  • Keru Duan, Helen Onyeaka,Gu Pang,Zeyuan Meng . Pioneering food safety: Blockchain's integration in supply chain surveillance. In Journal of Agriculture and Food Research. (2024): -.

Last update: prepocet_literatura.php (19.12.2024)
Requirements to the exam -

The topics covered within the syllabus will be included in the exam.

Last update: Tsagkaris Aristeidis (13.12.2024)
Syllabus -

1. Introductory lecture on (bio)-sensing: Setting the concept

2. Biorecognition: the use of biomolecules into the selective recognition of analytes

3. Sample preparation and (bio)-sensing

4. Paper- and membrane-based biosensors

5. Electrochemical biosensors

6. Spectroscopy-based sensing: lab-based and portable applications

7. Portable mass spectrometry

8. Lab-on-a-chip and microfluidic sensing

9. Smartphones and their use as analytical detectors

10. Blockchain technology to trace the food supply chain: The role of (bio)-sensing

11. Validation requirements and quality assurance in (bio)-sensing

12. Applications in food analysis

13. Applications in bioprospecting

14. Applications in water analysis

15. Presentation of individual students works, discussion, preparation for final test

Last update: Tsagkaris Aristeidis (18.12.2024)
Learning resources -

After completing each topic, short tests will be uploaded on the MS Teams group of the course. The students will have the opportunity to reply the uploaded questions and after evaluation the correct answers will be provided alongside discussion.

Last update: Tsagkaris Aristeidis (10.12.2024)
Entry requirements -

Students must hold a Bachelor's degree with background on Analytical chemistry, Food chemistry, Chemical Analysis or other science related field.

Last update: Tsagkaris Aristeidis (09.12.2024)