Prasad, Shalini
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Shalini Prasad is the Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor in Systems Biology Science and Professor of Bioengineering. Dr. Prasad is also the leader of the Department of Bioengineering and the Director of the Biomedical Microdevices and Nanotechnology Lab. Her research is multi-disciplinary and "includes the engineering of multi-functional nanomaterials for designing portable devices and platforms for cellular and molecular diagnostics." The goal is to improve devices for faster, more affordable and accurate diagnosis of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, and cardiovascular diseases.Learn more about Dr. Prasad on her Endowed Professorships and Chairs, Department of Bioengineering Faculty page and her laboratory website.
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Enzymatic Low Volume Passive Sweat Based Assays for Multi-Biomarker Detection
(MDPI, 2019-01-16)Simultaneous detection of correlated multi-biomarkers on a single low-cost platform in ultra-low fluid volumes with robustness is in growing demand for the development of wearable diagnostics. A non-faradaic biosensor for ... -
Ultrasensitive and Rapid-Response Sensor for the Electrochemical Detection of Antibiotic Residues within Meat Samples
Antimicrobial use in livestock has emerged as a pressing global issue because of the rise of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Regulatory authorities across the globe have taken steps to discourage the misuse of these ... -
Screen Printed Graphene Oxide Textile Biosensor for Applications in Inexpensive and Wearable Point-Of-Exposure Detection of Influenza for At-Risk Populations
A textile screen-printed biosensor was developed using silver conductive electrodes and graphene oxide transduction film built upon both nanoporous polyamide and consumer utility textiles for the detection of environmental ... -
CLASP (Continuous Lifestyle Awareness Through Sweat Platform): A Novel Sensor for Simultaneous Detection of Alcohol and Glucose from Passive Perspired Sweat
Wearable- IOT based low- cost platforms can enable dynamic lifestyle monitoring through enabling promising and exciting opportunities for wellness and chronic- disease management in personalized environments. Diabetic and ... -
Simultaneous Lancet-Free Monitoring of Alcohol and Glucose from Low-Volumes of Perspired Human Sweat
A lancet-free, label-free biosensor for simultaneous detection of sweat glucose and alcohol was demonstrated using zinc oxide thin films integrated into a nanoporous flexible electrode system. Sensing was achieved from ... -
A New Paradigm in Sweat Based Wearable Diagnostics Biosensors using Room Temperature Ionic Liquids (RTILs)
(Springer Nature, 2018-05-07)Successful commercialization of wearable diagnostic sensors necessitates stability in detection of analytes over prolonged and continuous exposure to sweat. Challenges are primarily in ensuring target disease specific small ... -
Use of Dicationic Ionic Liquids as a Novel Liquid Platform for Dielectrophoretic Cell Manipulation
Separation, characterization and analysis of target cells demonstrate critical cues for diagnosis and monitoring of chronic diseases. Electrokinetic cell separation methods have been previously established to have greater ... -
A Wearable Biochemical Sensor for Monitoring Alcohol Consumption Lifestyle Through Ethyl Glucuronide (EtG) Detection in Human Sweat
We demonstrate for the first time a wearable biochemical sensor for monitoring alcohol consumption through the detection and quantification of a metabolite of ethanol, ethyl glucuronide (EtG). We designed and fabricated ... -
Flexible Nanoporous Tunable Electrical Double Layer Biosensors for Sweat Diagnostics
An ultra-sensitive and highly specific electrical double layer (EDL) modulated biosensor, using nanoporous flexible substrates for wearable diagnostics is demonstrated with the detection of the stress biomarker cortisol ... -
A Novel Approach for Electrical Tuning of Nano-Textured Zinc Oxide Surfaces for Ultra-Sensitive Troponin-t Detection
We have developed a label-free, non-faradaic, electrochemical sensor for ultra-sensitive detection of a cardiac biomarker, troponin-T by utilizing the stoichiometric surface compositions of nanotextured zinc oxide (ZnO) ... -
Nanochannel-Based Electrochemical Sensor for the Detection of Pharmaceutical Contaminants in Water
Effective real-time monitoring is the key to understanding and tackling the issue of pharmaceutical contamination of water. This research demonstrates the utility of an alumina nanochannel-based electrochemical sensor ... -
An Electrochemical Sensor for the Detection of Antibiotic Contaminants in Water
A nanochannel-based electrochemical sensor for the detection of trace amounts of erythromycin has been developed. The sensor is capable of specifically detecting erythromycin, at a sensitivity of 0.001 parts per trillion, ...