As part of the "Nanoinnovation 2024" conference, FBK's Georg Pucker and Cristina Potrich take part in the Photonic biosensing for point-of-care diagnostic systems session.
Photonic biosensing for point-of-care diagnostic systems
In the last years medicine has taken advantages of the interdisciplinary technology innovations in healthcare through the multitude of the point-of-care tests (POCTs) with the final aim of rising the population health and wellbeing converging preventive, personalized and precision medicine. These modern diagnostic devices are getting common in many near-patient and critical care settings including operating rooms, intensive care units, emergency departments, and many primary care clinic settings as well as enhancing patient care by expanding the opportunities for healthcare services at different patient and population levels. Photonic biosensors have emerged as a potential solution for disease diagnostics and therapy follow-up at the point-of-care (POC). These biosensor platforms could overcome some of the challenges faced in conventional diagnosis techniques offering label-free assays with immediate results and employing small and user-friendly devices. Furthermore, the capability to integrate photonic biosensors with microfluidics and the compatibility of most of the photonic architectures and materials with electric readouts make them the most suitable candidates for the development of lab-on-a-chip systems to be integrated in point-of-care instruments. This BreakOut session will delve into the photonic platforms with the focus on whispering gallery mode resonators representing an interesting class inside the silicon-based optical biosensors that merge the advantages coming from the microelectronic technology in terms of scalability, spatial resolution and the optical confinement of the light, resulting in high accuracy, sensitivity, speed and high signal-to-noise ratio.
Program
Georg PUCKER and Mattia MANCINELLI
FBK & University of Trento
Photonic sensing technologies: status and outlook
Carlo GUARDIANI§
Fast prototyping of Nitride Electro-photonic Sensors (FANES project)
Cristina POTRICH
FBK
Surface functionalization approaches for biosensing
Nicola BELLOTTO
University of Padua
A photonic sensor for multiple salivary biomarker detection in diagnostics
Massimiliano LANZAFAME and Giovanni MORI
The Importance of Early Diagnosis in the Treatment of Sepsis
