U.S - Philippines Planning Visit: Nanotechnology Biosensor Applications

该奖项支持一次计划访问，使马里兰大学学院公园的罗梅尔·戈麦斯教授能够在奎松市的菲律宾大学海洋科学研究所会见吉赛尔·康塞普西翁教授。这次访问将有助于制定纳米技术生物传感器应用的合作计划。研究人员？目标是开发用于生物和环境监测的多功能无标签化学传感技术。他们计划开发快速、准确和具有成本效益的方法来检测与生物和环境相关的化合物。他们计划开发的传感器将基于碳纳米管场效应晶体管和类似的纳米结构，旨在检测核酸、多肽和其他无机化合物。这些传感器将被优化用于研究菲律宾独有的海洋物种，这些物种含有具有重要药理学意义的副产品。基于聚合物和半导体纳米线的传感器也将被开发出来，用于监测环境中的重金属、毒素和其他污染物。研究人员在该领域拥有互补的科学专业知识。菲律宾是这种合作的理想之地，这种合作将文化和技术多样化的群体聚集在一起。由于其地理位置和地理位置，这个国家由7000多个岛屿组成，位于赤道地带附近。海洋科学研究所是菲律宾的领先中心，配备了世界级的仪器以及非常热情和高技能的教职员工和学生群体。预计该项目将为两名美国研究生提供独特的培训和教育机会，以获得全球研究经验。科学家和每个国家的学生之间的这些早期合作可能会导致长期的合作，这将使两个机构都受益。

0832563GomezThis award supports a planning visit to enable Professor Romel Gomez at the University of Maryland in College Park, to meet with Professor Giselle Concepcion at the Marine Science Institute of the University of the Philippines in Quezon City. The visit will help develop a collaborative plan for nanotechnology biosensor applications. The researchers? goal is to develop versatile label-free chemical sensing technologies for biological and environmental monitoring. They plan to develop fast, accurate and cost effective methods for detecting biologically and environmentally relevant compounds. The sensors they plan to develop will be based on carbon-nanotube field-effect transistors and similar nanostructures that are designed to detect nucleic acids, peptides and other inorganic compounds. These sensors will be optimized for studying marine species that are unique in the Philippines and contain byproducts that have important pharmacological implications. Sensors based on polymer and semiconducting nanowires will also be developed for monitoring heavy metals, toxins and other pollutants in the environment. The researchers have complementary scientific expertise in the field. The Philippines is ideal for a collaboration of this type that brings together groups that are culturally and technically diverse. Due to its location and geography, this country is comprised of an archipelago of more than 7000 islands situated close to the equatorial belt. The Marine Science Institute is a lead center in the Philippines and is equipped with world-class instrumentation as well as very enthusiastic and highly skilled faculty and student populations. It is anticipated that this project will provide unique training and educational opportunities for two U.S. graduate students to obtain a global research experience. These early collaborations between the scientists and students from each country will likely lead to long-term collaborations that will benefit both institutions.