Biosensors

The field of biosensor research has had a significant impact in both laboratory research and the commercial sector. Biosensors have revolutionized the care and management of diabetes and have had important impacts in several other areas of clinical diagnostics. Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific have all seen the rise of small and medium-sized companies seeking technical and application niches in the manufacture or use of biosensors. The current activity in both gene and protein “biochips” can be seen as the latest set of tools that allow users who are not analytical science practitioners to make technically complex and reliable measurements with the minimum of intervention. Similarly, the concern about the dissemination of chemical or biological weapons and the need for their rapid and reliable detection will need to be met by devices that have many characteristics in common with biosensors. This book provides a practical introduction to the many skills needed in the highly interdisciplinary field of biosensor technology.

Author Biography

Professor JM Cooper FRSE
Professor of Bioelectronics, University of Glasgow
Department of Electronics
Rankine Building
University Of Glasgow
Glasgow, G12 8LT
01413304931
01413306010
jmcooper@elec.gla.ac.uk
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Visiting Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology, Editor of “Nanobiotechnology“member of the Editorial Boards of “Biosensors and Bioelectronics” and Chemical Communications
Professor AEG Cass FRSC
Professor of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London
Department of Biological Sciences
Biochemistry Building
Imperial College London
South Kensington Campus
London
SW7 2AZ
02075945195
02072250960
t.cass@imperial.ac.uk
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Awarded the Mullard Medal of the Royal Society, Visiting Professor Chinese Academy of Sciences, member of the Editorial Boards of “Biosensors and Bioelectronics” and “Nanobiotechnology”