Rebecca Lai — CBC/RBC Seminar
“Advancement in Electrochemical Biosensing Technologies”
4:00 pm –
5:00 pm
Beadle Center
Room: N172
1901 Vine St
Lincoln NE 68503
Lincoln NE 68503
Additional Info: BEAD
Contact:
Hannah Kahler, 402-472-3173, hannah.kahler@unl.edu
“Advancement in Electrochemical Biosensing Technologies” will be presented by Rebecca Lai, associate professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dr. Lai’s research program focuses on both fundamental and applied aspects of biosensor research. The main objective of her research is the design and fabrication of folding- and dynamics-based electrochemical biosensors. She aims at developing portable real-time biosensors for environmental monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics. The sensing strategy is to link target-induced change in the conformation and/or flexibility of the biorecognition elements (e.g. peptides, nucleic acids) to a robust, electrochemical signaling mechanism. These sensors are reagentless, reusable, and insensitive to non-specific interactions of contaminants, thus enabling them to be employed directly in realistically complex media such as blood, urine, soil extracts, and a wide range of food matrices.
Dr. Lai’s research program focuses on both fundamental and applied aspects of biosensor research. The main objective of her research is the design and fabrication of folding- and dynamics-based electrochemical biosensors. She aims at developing portable real-time biosensors for environmental monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics. The sensing strategy is to link target-induced change in the conformation and/or flexibility of the biorecognition elements (e.g. peptides, nucleic acids) to a robust, electrochemical signaling mechanism. These sensors are reagentless, reusable, and insensitive to non-specific interactions of contaminants, thus enabling them to be employed directly in realistically complex media such as blood, urine, soil extracts, and a wide range of food matrices.