Nano and Micro DNA/RNA Biosensors

A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Nano- and Micro-Technologies in Biosensors".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2024 | Viewed by 1825

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Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, Rio, 26504 Patras, Greece
Interests: biosensors; lateral flow assays; nanotechnology in biosensing; analytical methods; diagnostics; genomics; liquid biopsy; food authentication
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Dear Colleagues,

Nano and Micro Biosensors are state-of-the-art analytical tools with many applications. They have gained the interest of scientists due to the unique characteristics of the micro-, and especially, nanomaterials used, providing signal enhancements and high sensitivity/detectability along with a rapid analysis time, cost effectiveness, simplicity in fabrication and use, portability and increased multiplexity. On the other hand, nucleic acids, DNA and RNA, are usually the preferred analytes due to their stability in diverse environmental conditions or during extensive processing. Thus, Nano and Micro DNA/RNA Biosensors are a valuable alternative to convention methods of nucleic acid analysis. Moreover, the use of micro- and nanomaterials enable the easy immobilization of various recognition biomolecules on the surface of biosensors for target analyses and interdisciplinary applications.

Both original research and review articles on novel systems or approaches to electrochemical DNA/RNA biosensors are welcome.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Innovative concepts in sensitive DNA/RNA detection;
  • New materials and nanomaterials used in DNA/RNA Biosensor devices, e.g., Carbon nanotubes, graphene, nanoparticles, and other organic-based semiconductors;
  • Devices and microfluidic systems, including electrochemical DNA/RNA biosensors;
  • Electrochemical DNA/RNA detection analysis in situ and in vivo.

Dr. Despina P. Kalogianni
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Keywords

  • biosensors
  • DNA, RNA, nucleic acids
  • nanotechnology
  • nanomaterials
  • nanoparticles
  • microtechnology
  • microparticles
  • nanofabrication
  • microfabrication

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Molecular Rapid Test for Identification of Tuna Species
by Isidora P. Gkini, Panagiotis Christopoulos, Alexis Conides, Despina P. Kalogianni and Theodore K. Christopoulos
Biosensors 2024, 14(2), 82; https://doi.org/10.3390/bios14020082 - 02 Feb 2024
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Abstract
Tuna is an excellent food product, relatively low in calories, that is recommended for a balanced diet. The continuously increasing demand, especially for bluefin-tuna-based food preparations, and its relatively high market price make adulteration by intentionally mixing with other lower-priced tunas more prospective. [...] Read more.
Tuna is an excellent food product, relatively low in calories, that is recommended for a balanced diet. The continuously increasing demand, especially for bluefin-tuna-based food preparations, and its relatively high market price make adulteration by intentionally mixing with other lower-priced tunas more prospective. The development of rapid methods to detect tuna adulteration is a great challenge in food analytical science. We have thus developed a simple, fast, and low-cost molecular rapid test for the visual detection of tuna adulteration. It is the first sensor developed for tuna authenticity testing. The three species studied were Thunnus thynnus (BFT), Thunnus albacares, and Katsuwonus pelamis. DNA was isolated from fresh and heat-treated cooked fish samples followed by PCR. The PCR products were hybridized (10 min) to specific probes and applied to the rapid sensing device. The signal was observed visually in 10–15 min using gold nanoparticle reporters. The method was evaluated employing binary mixtures of PCR products from fresh tissues and mixtures of DNA isolates from heat-treated tissues (canned products) at adulteration percentages of 1–100%. The results showed that the method was reproducible and specific for each tuna species. As low as 1% of tuna adulteration was detected with the naked eye. Full article
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