Tarragona Sescelades Campus Seminari 111 - DEM
12:00 h
On Wednesday 10/12 Dr. Amadeo Sena will be giving the talk Malaria diagnosis and prognosis with an electrokinetic-driven aptamer-based lateral flow assay (MalDiProT).
The talk will present work on aptamer selection conducted in the Stojanović group at Columbia University, focused on identifying aptamers against malaria diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers for translation into electrophoretic paper-based sensing devices. In addition, the presentation will cover the development of aptamer-based detection strategies for the antibiotic vancomycin implemented in lateral flow assay formats, highlighting pathways for practical point-of-care applications.
Dr Sena's research career has focused on the intersection of biotechnology, nanotechnology, materials science, and bioanalytical chemistry, with the overarching aim of developing biosensing solutions for clinical diagnostics and food safety. Over the past nine years, he has progressed from contributing to highly interdisciplinary projects during his PhD to independently leading research lines as a postdoctoral researcher. This work has resulted in 29 publications (14 as first or co-first author and 9 as corresponding author), 2 patent applications, and 3 international research stays, the most recent as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, as well as the co-supervision of 7 undergraduate students and 1 PhD student. This trajectory reflects a stable and strategically planned development path that has equipped him with the expertise required to lead his own research line on wearable biosensors as an emerging frontier in biomedicine, biotechnology, and chemistry.
