Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Spain
Dr. Daniel Quesada-González is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Nanobioelectronics and Biosensors Group, at ICN2. He is a Ph.D. in Chemistry with a M.Sc. in Nanotechnology and Materials Science. His expertise focuses on the development of rapid diagnostic tests using different types of nanomaterials for immunological and molecular biosensing, applied for both environmental and healthcare applications. He also gives lessons at Autonomous University of Barcelona in the field of nanomaterials application for diagnostics. For 4 years he acted as Head of Product Development in the spin-off company Paperdrop diagnostics, where he acquired experience in entrepreneurship, laboratory management, and product development, among others.
Talk Title: Lateral flow biosensors: what, how and why
Lateral flow biosensors are widely used for in vitro diagnostics and point-of-care, with standing applications such as pregnancy tests and SARS-CoV-2 detection.1,2 In this workshop it will be explained what lateral flow biosensors are, how they work, their advantages and drawbacks, why to use them, and potential applications others than healthcare, as for example environmental monitoring3 and food safety
Know4Nano
This project is funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe GA 101159710