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28 february 2012: lecture by Prof. Dr. Paul van Loosdrecht, University of Groningen

sfeerbeeld 28 february 2012: lecture by Prof. Dr. Paul van Loosdrecht, University of Groningen
IMO-IMOMEC anounces the lecture by Prof. Dr. Paul van Loosdrecht of the Zernike institute for advanced materials, University of Groningen: 'Watching magnons fly: magnetic heat transport in quantum spin chain and quantum ladder compounds' 28 february 2012, 15:00-16:00h in aula H5, Hasselt University campus Diepenbeek read more

29 february 2012: PhD thesis of Marc Saitner

sfeerbeeld 29 february 2012: PhD thesis of Marc Saitner
on Wednesday 29th February 2012, at 15:00h in auditorium H3. read more

Meet the directors


Interview with the current director Prof. Dr. Dirk Vanderzande and the former directors Prof. Dr. L. Stals, Prof. Dr. L. De Schepper and Prof. Dr. Harry Martens. read more

Biosensors - UHasselt

Biosensors

 

The BIOSensor group was launched in 2001 from very small beginnings as a pilot initiative to explore the potential of novel materials such as conjugated polymers and wide-bandgap materials in the context of emerging bioanalytical techniques. Since then, BIOS has grown continuously and as of today we are active in the following fields:

  1. Characterization of DNA fragments with respect to single-nucleotide polymorphisms,
  2. Detection of cardiovascular disease markers in human blood serum
  3. Detection of small, pharmaceutically relevant molecules in various matrices, which also opens up applications in food safety and environmental monitoring
  4. Development of recognition- and characterization systems for blood cells
  5. Polyfunctional micro- and nanoparticles for biomagnetic separation and intracellular diagnostics and drug delivery.

All biosensing activities follow the principle of label-free detection in the natural matrix of the molecules under study. The most important readout techniques are electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and microbalances, while we also employ reference techniques such as ELISA tests, microfluorescense, optical spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, and constant-capacity techniques. Globally, we aim at user friendly, economical sensor concepts, which can easily be applied in field studies or point-of-care diagnostics. Important assets in this are the renowned expertise in covalent linking techniques between bio receptors and sensor surfaces as well as the development of stable and specific synthetic receptors.

The group is multidisciplinary and consists of researchers with diverse backgrounds, including materials physics, photonics, chemistry, biomedical sciences, and electro technical engineering. Moreover, BIOS is an international team with members from Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Lebanon, and India. BIOS members regularly act as invited speakers at international conferences and the Ph.D. students of BIOS have collected not less than ten young-scientist awards for outstanding posters and oral presentations.

BIOS also offers internships for motivated students at various levels of their career (Bachelor / Master / PhD) and has a leading role in the international Master programme on Bioelectronics and Nanotechnology, a joint initiative between Hasselt University and Maastricht University (see our webpage www.uhasselt.be/bioelectronics-master).