Research highlights

(1) Electrical biosensing of foodborne pathogenic bacteria down to 10 cells/mL.

(2) E-cigarettes smoke likely to cause DNA-damage!

(3) Quantum dot decorated whole-bacterial cells as fluorescent reporters to probe cellular damages.

(4) Aptamers as biorecognition elements for cancer detection.

(5) Microbial catalysis of engineered nanomaterials.

Research areas

(1) Synthetic ssDNA aptamers as affinity ligands for cancer biomarkers.

(2) Decorating living cell-surfaces with quantum dots for probing cellular dynamics.

(3) Design and development of biosensors for biomedical and environmental applications.

(4) Microbial catalysis of engineered nanomaterials.