26114 - BIOSENSORI (BIOSENSORS)

Academic Year 2007/2008

  • Docente: Luca Benini
  • Credits: 5
  • SSD: ING-INF/01
  • Language: Italian
  • Moduli: Luca Benini (Modulo 1) Christine Nardini (Modulo 2)
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LS) in Bioinformatics (cod. 0443)

Learning outcomes

1. Understanding of the basic transduction principles of the most commonly used biosensors
2. Knowledge of the hardware-software architectures of the most common biosensor systems
3. Practical familiarity with the basic digital signal processing techniques for biosensor signals

Course contents

1. Biosesors: transduction principles
2. Architecture of biosensors. Hadware for signal conditioning
3. Architecture of biosensors. Systems for bio.sensing
4. Digital elaboration of bio-sensors signals
5. Practical (commercial/laboratorry) biosensing systems and applications

Readings/Bibliography

Chemical Sensors and Biosensors
Brian R. Eggins
ISBN: 0-471-89914-3
Paperback 298 pages March 2002
John Wiley & Sons

Online:
 http://www.sensorsportal.com/

Teaching methods

Lectures
Non-compulsory course projects (bibliographical search or experimental work)

Assessment methods

Written examination and oral examination or project review

Teaching tools

1. lectures' slides
2. software tools for simulation of bio-sensors (for students involved in  projects)

Links to further information

http://www-micrel.deis.unibo.it/~benini/files/biosensors08

Office hours

See the website of Luca Benini

See the website of Christine Nardini