Travel Award

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Biosensors, I am very pleased to announce that the winner of the 2017 Travel Award, sponsored by Biosensors, is Ke Du, a Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, who will be supported with 800 Swiss Francs towards travel expenses to attend international conferences in 2017.

Dr. Du has developed and evaluated an automated microfluidic sample preparation multiplexer for Ebola virus detection. Combined with amplification-free counting of single molecules using an optofluidic chip, a limit of detection of 0.21 pfu/mL for clinical samples was achieved. To advance the technology closer to clinical trials, the research was extended to detect Ebola virus in whole blood samples, which, combined with a virus processor, allowed automatic processing of 80 samples on a single chip. The technique is compatible with a finger prick blood test and satisfies the requirements for POC detection of Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus (HFV) and other infectious diseases.

Less than three years after completing his PhD, Ke has already co-authored 23 publications, and has presented his work at many conferences via oral presentations and posters. He has also been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships.

Yours sincerely,
Dr. Jeff D. Newman
Editor-in-Chief, Biosensors

 
Biosensors 2017 Travel Award
 
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

Shichao Ding
University of California San Diego

Award Committee

Prof. Giovanna Marrazza Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Benoît PIRO
Université de Paris
Dr. Francesco Dell'olio
Politecnico di Bari
Dr. Iva Chianella
Cranfield University
Dr. Eden Morales-Narváez
Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Prof. Larry Cheng
Penn State University

Winner

Dmitry Kireev
The University of Texas at Austin

Award Committee

Prof. Giovanna Marrazza Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Benoît PIRO
Université de Paris
Prof. Nae Yoon Lee
Gachon University
Prof. Heidi Ottevaere
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels Photonics (IR-TONA)
Prof. Dr. Cecilia Cristea
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Prof. Tibor Hianik
Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University

Winner

Amir Hatami
Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Mahmoud Amouzadeh Tabrizi
University Carlos III of Madrid | Leganés Campus

Award Committee

Prof. Giovanna Marrazza Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Cecilia Cristea
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Prof. Dr. Antonio Lanatà
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Chun-yang Zhang
Dr. Eden Morales-Narváez
Centro de Física Aplicada y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Prof. Chung-Chiun Liu
Case Western Reserve University

Winner

Mengdi Bao
Rochester Institute of Technology
Yichi Su
Stanford, School of Medicine, Neurobiology

Award Committee

Prof. Giovanna Marrazza Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Jing Wei
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Prof. Larry Cheng
Penn State University
Dr. Paolo Bollella
University of Bari Aldo Moro
Prof. Mengqiang Zhao
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Dr. Thomas Hughes
Montana Molecular

Winner

Fabio Di Nardo
University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Award Committee

Prof. Giovanna Marrazza Chairman
University of Florence
Prof. Dr. Luigi Campanella
Dr. Martina Piano
Prof. Chung-Chiun Liu
Case Western Reserve University
Prof. Robert Marks
Prof. Dr. Maria Carmen Blanco-Lopez
University of Oviedo
Dr. Michael Thompson
University of Toronto
Prof. Dr. Yanhua Luo
Shanghai University
Prof. Eithne Dempsey
Maynooth University

Winner

Ulri Lee
University of Washington

Winner

Alain Lombard
University of Grenoble

Winner

Ke Du
University of California at Berkeley

Winner

Peng Zheng
West Virginia University
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