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Date of Award
2-2013
Access Type
Campus Access
Document type
dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Degree Program
Chemistry
First Advisor
Vincent M. Rotello
Second Advisor
Nathan Schnarr
Third Advisor
James J. Chambers
Subject Categories
Biochemistry | Chemistry | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Abstract
Developing effective biosensor for proteins, cells, and tissues would enhance the likelihood of early disease detection and treatment. Traditional specificity -based methods are limited by the requirement of prior knowledge of the specific biomarker(s) and high production cost. My research has been focused on developing a rapid and efficient biosensor based on selective interactions using an unbiased array of supramolecular complexes formed between cationic gold nanoparticles and fluorescent proteins. The sensor is capable of discriminating between mammalian cells, as well as healthy and metastatic tissues with significantly small amount of samples, an important requirement for disease diagnosis in clinics. In addition to the cell/tissue state classification, the sensor array is able to identify protein imbalances in undiluted serum, demonstrating the applicability of the sensor array in physiological matrices. Later, I have developed a triple-channel high-throughput sensor to identify chemotherapeutic drug mechanism that would simplify drug discovery. Overall, the sensor array provides a generic tool for bio-profiling, precluding additional processing steps prior to screening and holds great promise for personalized screening of disease states.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.7275/x19p-bz04
Recommended Citation
Rana, Subinoy, "Effective Biosensor Arrays Using Gold Nanoparticle-Protein Conjugates" (2013). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 453.
https://doi.org/10.7275/x19p-bz04
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/453