Welcome to the Biosensor & Biotechnology Group
The Biosensors and Bioelectrical Technology group at the UCSC Baskin Engineering is headed by Dr. Nader Pourmand. For detailed information about the group's projects, please contact him at pourmand@soe.ucsc.edu.
Recent News:
Antibiotic Resistance, Not Shaken or Stirred apperead in Science (9/23/2011)
Promising biotech device bred from undergrad's 'crazy idea', by Tim Stephens appeared on Physorg.com (9/21/2010)
Electronic DNA Sensing and Ion Torrent Systems, Bio-IT World (02/11/2010)
Recent Publications
Molecular probe technology detects bacteria without culture
Richard W Hyman, Robert P St.Onge, Hyunsung Kim, John S Tamaresis, Molly Miranda, Ana Maria Aparicio, Marilyn Fukushima, Nader Pourmand, Linda C Giudice and Ronald W Davis. BMC Microbiology
Acceleration of Emergence of Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance in Connected Microenvironments
Qiucen Zhang, Guillaume Lambert, David Liao, Hyunsung Kim, Kristelle Robin,Chih-kuan Tung, Nader Pourmand, Robert H. Austin, Science
Reversible cation response with a protein-modified nanopipette
Boaz Vilozny, Paolo Actis, R. Adam Seger, Queralt Vallmajo-Martin, Nader Pourmand, Analytical Chemistry