Code: BIOL-495
Semester: H
Course Type: Elective
ECTS units: 4 
Hours per week: Theory - 2 hours

Instructor

Professor: Gizeli Electra
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Office phone number:  +30 2810 394373
Lab phone number:  +30 2810 394093

Description

Course contents: The course is designed for students interested to become familiar with contemporary technologies and their application to biology and medical diagnostics. Briefly, the course will include in the first part, a description of the principle of operation of biosensors followed by their application to (i) the study of biomolecular interactions and (ii) molecular diagnostics for DNA, protein and bacteria detection. The second part will deal with the description of other platforms such as microarrays and “lab-on- chip” systems for the development of integrated point-of-care diagnostics. Finally, the application of nanoparticles to clinical analysis will be presented. A short introduction into practical considerations will be provided during a visit into Biosensors’ Laboratory.  For the successful attendance of the course, good knowledge of Biochemistry I and structural biology is required.