Food Science 720 - Biosensors:Principls&Applictns

Biosensors can be applied to many practical applications. They have been designed to detect analytes such as blood glucose, biowarfare agents and food pathogens. This course will cover the principles of biosensor design including biorecongition elements, transduction elements and mircro/nanofabrication. A review of current journals will give an understanding of the latest technologies. A final project will require the design of a biosensor for a given analyte in a sample matrix.