Pedro Estrela's blog
Updates from the Biosensor Research Laboratory
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new paper accepted in Electrochimica Acta
Edward M. Regan, Andrew J. Hallett, L.C. Caleb Wong, Ibrahim Q. Saeed, Emily E. Langdon-Jones, Niklaas J. Buurma, Simon J.A. Pope, Pedro Estrela: "A novel cobalt complex for enhancing amperometric and impedimetric DNA detection", Electrochimica Acta 128 (2014) 10-15
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Jules Hammond - new PhD in the group
Jules Hammond joins the group as a PhD student with an EPSRC Doctoral Training Award. Project: “Development of micro- and nano-gap structures for biosensing applications”
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visits to Rhodes University, South Africa
Nello Formisano spent 2 weeks in September working in the group of Prof Janice Limson at the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Biotechnology, Rhodes University, South Africa. Pedro Estrela also visited Rhodes during this period. The visits were funded by...
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Pawan Jolly - placement at Slovak Academy of Sciences
Pawan Jolly is spending 1 month working in the laboratory of Dr Jan Tkac at the Department of Glycobiotechnology, Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. This placement is part of the training provided within the PROSENSE ITN.
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Sarah Rafiee - new PhD student in the group
Sarah Rafiee joins the group as a PhD student with a PROSENSE Marie Curie Fellowship. Project: “Electrochemical localised surface plasmon resonance for detection of novel prostate cancer biomarkers”
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New Summer project student
Menelaos Demetriou joins the group as a Summer project student working on the setup of a quartz crystal microbalance measurement system.
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Participation in PROSENSE Workshop
Pawan Jolly and Pedro Estrela take part on the PROSENSE Workshop "The production and application of antibodies and their use in biosensors and arrays" in Dublin (2-3 July 2013)
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Participation at "2nd Prostate Cancer Translational Research in Europe Meeting"
Pedro Estrela attends the 2nd Prostate Cancer Translational Research in Europe Meeting (PCTRE) in Malmö, Sweden (27-28 June 2013)
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Participation at "Great Western Electrochemistry Meeting"
PhD students present their work at the Great Western Electrochemistry Meeting (Bath, 3 June 2013): - Nello Formisano (oral): “A new method of detection for small molecules using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy” - Pawan Jolly (oral): “Aptamer-based biosensor for prostate specific...
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Visit to University Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern
Pedro Estrela visits the group of Prof Sven Ingebrandt at the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern in Zweibrucken, Germany (28-29 May 2013)