Disposable Sensors for Next-Generation Diagnostics

Disposable sensors are low-cost and easy-to-handle sensing devices for short-term or single-shot measurements. Over the last decade, they have become increasingly important for different applications, including environmental, forensic, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and food monitoring to diagnostics, especially point-of-care testing and wearables. In this webinar hosted by the Optical Biosensors Technical Group, Can Dincer will first give a short introduction to disposable sensors. Afterward, a broad spectrum of different biosensing approaches for next-generation on-site testing will be presented, including:

1. Multiplexed on-site therapeutic drug monitoring of antibiotics from invasive and non-invasive samples toward personalized antibiotherapy,
2. CRISPR-powered electrochemical biosensors for nucleic-acid-amplification-free, simultaneous and on-site detection of multiple RNAs and other biomolecules for COVID-19 management,
3. Wearable microfluidic immunosensing devices for lab-on-a-bird applications and beyond,
4. Low-cost electrochemical paper-based wearable sensors that can be integrated to any type of facemask for wearable and continuous monitoring of breath biochemistry and/or testing of the infectious diseases such as coronaviruses from exhaled breath, and
5. Light-controlled dynamic bioassays using optogenetic switches (OptoAssays) for wash- and pump-free point-of-care diagnostics.

Subject Matter Level: Intermediate - Assumes basic knowledge of the topic

What You Will Learn:
• Overview of disposable sensors and their role in next-generation diagnostics, with emphasis on their low cost, ease of use, and suitability for point-of-care and wearable applications.
• Insights into advanced biosensing technologies, including CRISPR-based electrochemical sensors, wearable immunosensing devices, and paper-based sensors for breath analysis.
• Applications of innovative diagnostic tools.

Who Should Attend: 
• Researchers and professionals in biomedical engineering, diagnostics, and biosensing, interested in cutting-edge technologies for point-of-care and wearable health monitoring.
• Healthcare innovators, clinicians, and diagnostic device developers seeking low-cost, portable solutions for personalized medicine and rapid testing.
• Graduate students and academics in life sciences, chemistry, or electronics who want to explore interdisciplinary approaches combining biology, engineering, and technology in diagnostics.

About the Presenter: Can Dincer from Technical University of Munich

Associate Professor of Sensors and Wearables for Healthcare at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) since October 2024. Research interest is the development of bioanalytical materials, sensors and microsystems, as well as their combination with data science and artificial intelligence for One-Health: human and animal health, and the shared environment. Focus is on disposable sensing devices for point-of-need testing and wearable applications. Graduated in microsystems engineering from the Technical Faculty of the University of Freiburg, Germany. PhD degree with summa cum laude in 2016. Between June 2017 – June 2019, visiting researcher at the Department of Bioengineering at the Imperial College London, UK. Since September 2019, Associate Editor of the journal "Biosensors and Bioelectronics” (Elsevier). Editorial board member of the journals “Advanced Sensor Research” (Wiley) and “The Innovation Materials” (Cell Press).