Microchips are one of the most promising analytical platforms due to the great advantages with respect to conventional bench-top equipment. Microfluidic devices are able to offer custom design, high throughput, sensitivity, selectivity and portability. In order to achieve a real point-of-care measurement device, simple instrumentation has to be integrated to drive the injection and separation.
Electrochemical detection (ECD) methods have been widely applied for the detection of bio-compounds because they are less susceptible to decreases in signal
magnitude during miniaturization and are already portable and inexpensive.
For these reasons, we are very interested in studying the design, operation and biological applications of microchips and capillary
electrophoresis. In addition, we are also interested in the rational design of biosensors.
Please visit the associated pages to find more about our projects and most recent publications.
News!
04/13: CDG is the recipient of the 2013 UTSA President's Distinguished Achievement Award for Advancing Globalization!
04/13: Our paper describing assembly of chips made the cover of Anal. Methods. This is the first paper from Samir and Matt!
02/13: Paper describing a comprehensive optical and electrochemical characterization of OTCE to be published in a Special Issue of Electrophoresis
02/13: Our paper describing the synthesis of carbon electrodes from proteins adsorbed/pyrolyzed to be published in Langmuir!
12/12: Beth and Doug joined the lab for their PhDs, welcome to the team!
11/12: CDG received the COS Award for Advancing Globalization
10/12: Samir received the Best Poster award ate the COS Reserach Conference
08/12: We made the cover of Electrophoresis with the paper describing the third prototype of the Lab-on-a-Robot
