Journal Papers
This is a survey of publications at the formal end of the project, Oct. 2008. 


[1]   Moreau C.J., Dupuis J.P., Revilloud J., Arumugam K., Vivaudou M.,  “Coupling ion channels to receptors for biomolecule sensing” , Nature Nanotechnology 3:620-5, 2008.

[2]   S. Furini, C. Domene, M. Rossi, M. Tartagni, S. Cavalcanti, “Model-based prediction of the α-Hemolysin structure in the hexameric state”, Biophys. J., vol.95, pp 2265-2274, 2008.

[3]   S. Aghdaei, M. E. Sandison, M. Zagnoni, H. Morgan, “Formation of artificial lipid bilayers using droplet dielectrophoresis”, Lab. Chip, 8, 1617-1620, 2008.

[4]   M. Zagnoni, M. E. Sandison, H. Morgan, “Microfluidic array platform for simultaneous lipid bilayer membrane formation”, Biosens. Bioelectron., 2008, doi:10.1016/j.bios.2008.07.022.

[5]   P. Marius, M. Zagnoni, M. E. Sandison, J. M. East, H. Morgan and A. G. Lee, “Binding of Anionic Lipids to at Least Three Non-Annular Sites on the Potassium Channel KcsA is Required for Channel Opening” , Biophys. J., 2008, 94, 1-10.

[6]   Dimitrios P. Nikolelis, Garyfallia Raftopoulou, Nikos Psaroudakis, Georgia-Paraskevi Nikoleli, “Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor for the Rapid Detection of Carbofuran Based on Air Stable Lipid Films with Incorporated Calix[4]arene Phosphoryl Receptor”, Electroanalysis, Volume 20, Issue 14, Date: July 2008, Pages: 1574-1580

[7]   Dimitrios P. Nikolelis, Nikolaos Ntanos, Georgia-Paraskevi Nikoleli and Konstantinos Tampouris1, “Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor for the Rapid Detection of Naphthalene Acetic Acid in Fruits by Using Air Stable Lipid Films with Incorporated Auxin-Binding Protein 1 Receptor”, Protein & Peptide Letters, 2008 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

[8]   Dimitrios P. Nikolelis, Tzanetos-Ioannis Chaloulakos, Georgia-Paraskevi Nikoleli, Nikos Psaroudakis, “A portable sensor for the rapid detection of naphthalene acetic acid in fruits and vegetables using stabilized in air lipid films with incorporated auxin-binding protein 1 receptor”, Talanta, Volume 77, Pages 786-792, 2008

[9]   Dimitrios P. Nikolelis, Garyfallia Raftopoulou, Maria Simantiraki, Nikos Psaroudakis, Georgia-Paraskevi Nikoleli, Tibor Hianik, “Preparation of a selective receptor for carbofuran for the development of a simple optical spot test for its rapid detection using stabilized in air lipid films with incorporated receptor”, Analytica Chimica Acta, Volume 620, Issues 1-2, 14 July 2008, Pages 134-141.

[10] Dimitrios P. Nikolelis, Garyfallia Raftopoulou, Nikos Psaroudakis, Georgia-Paraskevi Nikoleli, “Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor for the Rapid Detection of Carbofuran Based on Air Stable Lipid Films with Incorporated Calix[4]arene Phosphoryl Receptor”, Electroanalysis, Volume 20, Issue 14, Date: July 2008, Pages: 1574-1580.

[11] Dimitrios P. Nikolelis, Nikolaos Ntanos, Georgia-Paraskevi Nikolelis and Konstantinos Tampouris, “Development of an Electrochemical Biosensor for the Rapid Detection of Naphthalene Acetic Acid in Fruits by Using Air Stable Lipid Films with Incorporated Auxin-Binding Protein 1 Receptor”, Protein & Peptide Letters, 2008, 15, 000-000 1 0929-8665/08 $55.00+.00 © 2008 Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.

[12] Dimitrios P. Nikolelis, Garyfallia Raftopoulou, Maria Simantiraki, Nikos Psaroudakis, Georgia-Paraskevi Nikoleli, Tibor Hianik, “Preparation of a selective receptor for carbofuran for the development of a simple optical spot test for its rapid detection using stabilized in air lipid films with incorporated receptor”, Analytica Chimica Acta, Volume 620, Issues 1-2, 14 July 2008, Pages 134-141.

[13] M. Tartagni, “Challenging Biomorphic Sensing: the Receptronics Project”, Nanotechnology Perceptions, vol. 3, pp. 35-42, 2007.

[14] M. Zagnoni, M. E. Sandison, P. Marius, A. G. Lee and H. Morgan, “Controlled delivery of proteins into bilayer lipid membranes on chip” , Lab On a Chip, 2007, 7, 1176 -1183.

[15] M. E. Sandison, M. Zagnoni, and H. Morgan, “An Air-Exposure Technique for the Formation of Artificial Lipid Bilayers in Microsystems” , Langmuir, 2007, 23, 8277-8284.

[16] M. E. Sandison, M. Zagnoni, M. Abu-Hantash and H. Morgan, “Micromachined glass apertures for artificial lipid bilayer formation in a microfluidic system”, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 2007, 17, S189-S196.

[17] Dimitrios P. Nikolelis, Garyfallia Raftopouloua, Nikos Psaroudakisb and Georgia-Paraskevi Nikolelia, “Development of an Electrochemical Chemosensor for the Rapid Detection of Zinc Based on Air Stable Lipid Films with Incorporated Calix[4]arene Phosphoryl Receptor”, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry - manuscript ID GEAC-2008-0161.R2, accepted for publication, in press).

[18] M. Zagnoni, M. E. Sandison, P. Marius, H. Morgan, “Bilayer Lipid Membranes from Falling Droplets”, accepted for publication, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

 


Conferences



[1]  M. Bennati; F. Thei; M. Rossi; M. Crescentini; G. D'Avino; A. Baschirotto; M. Tartagni, “Sub-pA Delta-Sigma Current Amplifier for Single Molecule Nanosensors”, International Solid State Circuit Conference ISSCC 2009, San Francisco 8-12 February 2009

[2]  Varnier, T. Plénat, L. Ghenim, F. Marcel-Kermarrec, N. Picollet-d’Hahan, V. Agache, F. Sauter, F. Chatelain, and A. Fuchs, “Highly passivated silicon chips with micron aperture for the pA measurements of single ion channels”, Proceedings of Nanotech 2008: Life Sciences, Medicine & Bio Materials, Volume 2, Boston, June 1 -5, 2008, pp. 562 – 565.

[3]   M. Zagnoni, M. E. Sandison, H. Morgan, “Microfluidic Bilayer Array System for Electrophysiology”, Biosensors 2008, Conference Proceedings, Shanghai, 2008.

[4]   M. E. Sandison, M. Zagnoni, H. Morgan, “Rapid Micromachining of Glass Apertures for Ion-Channel Based Biosensors”, Biosensors 2008, Conference Proceedings, Shanghai, 2008.

[5]   H. V. B. Achar, M. Rossi, S. Cavalvcanti, E. Giordano, E. Sangiorgi and M. Tartagni “Single Particle Counter Using Nanopores: Multiphysics Simulations and Experiments” Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Nanotechnology and Applications (NANA2008), pp. 37-40, 2008.

[6]   F. Lodesani; M. Bennati; C. Fiegna; M. Tartagni, “Quantitative Detection by Single Ion Channel Event Statistics: an Algorithmic Approach”, Nanotech 2007, pp.563-566, Santa Clara 20-24 May 2007

[7] M. Bennati; F. Lodesani; M. Crescentini; A. Mariani; M. Tartagni, “A Delta-Sigma Approach for Ion Channel Based Biosensor Arrays”,  Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference 2007 - TRANSDUCERS 2007 International , pp.835-838, Lyon 10-14 June 2007

[8] M. Rossi; M. Bennati; F. Lodesani; S. Branchetti; M. Tartagni, “A Compact System for Single Ion Channel Recording”, Sensors 2007 IEEE , pp.1136-1139, Atlanta 28-31 Oct. 2007

[9] F. Lodesani, M. Bennati, M. Tartagni, “An Electronic Approach for Stochastic Sensing”,  European Materials Research Society (EMRS) Spring Meeting, 2007;

[10] S. Aghdei, M. E. Sandison, M. Zagnoni, N. Green, H. Morgan, “Lipid bilayer formation by electrowetting”, Proceedings of the Conference Nanotech Montreaux, Montreux, 2007.

[11] M. Zagnoni, M. E. Sandison, H. Morgan, “Simultaneous Lipid Bilayer Membrane Formation in a Microsystem Array”, Proceedings of the Conference Nanotech Montreaux, Montreux, 2007.

[12] M. E. Sandison, M. Zagnoni, H. Morgan, “Micromachined Glass Apertures for On-Chip Electrophysiology”, Proceedings of the Conference Nanotech Montreaux, Montreux, 2007.

[13] Varnier, T. Plénat, L. Ghenim,, D. Fajolle, V.Agache, F. Sauter, F. Chatelain  and A. Fuchs, “ELECTRICAL DETECTION OF ION CHANNEL ACTIVITY IN AN ARRAY OF SUSPENDED LIPID BILAYERS”, Proceedings of µTas 2007, 7 – 11 October 2007, Paris, FRANCE, pp. 491-493.

[14] V. Agache, F. Sauter, C. Pudda, R. Blanc, C. Chabrol, P. Caillat, T. Plenat, A. Varnier, L. Ghenim, and A. Fuchs, “Fabrication and packaging of nanoporous membrane chips for label- free ion-channel transducer based biosensor”, Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Conference On Solid-state Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Transducers '07 & Eurosensors XXI., Lyon, France, June 10-14, 2007, pp. 819-822.

[15] M. Zagnoni, M. E. Sandison, R. J. Wood, P. L. Roach and H. Morgan, “Controlled Delivery of Calcium-Gated MthK Channels into an on-chip Bilayer Lipid Membrane for Electrophysiology Measurements”, Proceedings of mTAS 2006, The 10th Int. Conf. on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, 1342-1344, 2006.

[16] M. E. Sandison, M. Zagnoni, H. Morgan, “On-chip formation of lipid bilayers using an air-exposure technique”, Proceedings of the Conference Nanotech Montreaux, Montreux, 2006.

 

Invited Talks

 
  •  Towards Stochastic Molecular Sensing: the Receptronics Project”. World Congress on Lab-on-a-chips, M. Tartagni, 2007.

 

  • Talk session concerning “Bright field and epifluorescence microscopy of lipid bilayer membranes”, at the Imaging Services Workshop, Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK, 2007.
  • Talk session concerning “The formation of artificial lipid bilayers in microfabricated systems and the development of protein delivery methods”, at the Bionanotechnology Seminars, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 2007.
  • Talk session concerning “The delivery of protein to artificial lipid bilayers within microfabricated systems”, at the DTC/IRC bionanotech module, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, 2007.

 
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