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.

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): -.

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

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

6. Portable mass spectrometry

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

8. Smartphones and their use as analytical detectors

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

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

11. Applications in food analysis

12. Applications in bioprospecting

13. Applications in water analysis

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

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.

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