Beyond Microarrays: Nano-Scaled Devices for High Throughput Biomolecular Sensing

目前纳米科学和纳米技术的发展在改变我们的工业基础、改变生物学、医学和实践方面有很多希望。该项目致力于实现其中的一些目标，首次建造和测试具有“读取”海量生物信息能力的纳米级设备。随着人类基因组计划最近的完成，只要能够开发适当的高通量生物读数装置，就存在着在人类健康保健方面提供惊人进步的重大机会(例如，通过个性化药物)。在开发此类设备的过程中，该项目还旨在大大促进澳大利亚纳米技术/生物技术产业的发展。

Current developments in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology hold many promises in terms of revolutionising our industrial base, transforming biology, medical science and practice. This project strives to achieve some of these aims by, for the first time, building and testing nano-scaled devices with the capability to 'read' massive amounts of biological information. With the recent completion of the Human Genome project, major opportunities exist to provide spectacular advances in human health care (eg, via personalised medicine) provided that appropriate high-throughput biological reading devices can be developed. In developing such devices, this project also aims to substantially catalyse the Australian Nanotechnology/Biotechnology industry.