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October 20-22, 2016 Rome, Italy
11th International Conference and Expo on
Nanoscience and Molecular Nanotechnology
Volume 7, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Nanomed Nanotechnol 2016
ISSN: 2157-7439 JNMNT an open access journal NanoScience 2016
October 20-22, 2016
Accurate and simultaneous biological targets identification by optically active nanoprobes
Nekane Guarrotxena
Spanish National Research Council, Spain
The ability to quantify multiple proteins in parallel using a single sample allows researchers and clinicians to obtain wide and
important information with minimal assay time, sample volume, and cost. Such multiplexed analysis is accompanied by several
challenges, including molecular encoding and the need to retain assay sensitivity, specificity, and reproducibility with the use of
complex mixtures. In this talk, we present a method based on the electromagnetic surface enhancement of optically encoded
nanostructures that combines NP assembly, encoding and probe incorporation into a single process which allow a simultaneous
multiplexed protein scan and detection with high sensitivity.
Biography
Nekane Guarrotxena is a PhD student from the University of Complutense, Madrid-Spain and Post-doctoral researcher at the Ecole Nationale Superieure d´Arts
et Metiers (ENSAM), Paris (France) and the University of ScienceII, LEM-Montpellier (France). From 2008-2011, she was visiting Professor in the Department
of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USA) and the CaSTL at the University of California, Irvine (USA). She is
currently Research Scientist at the Institute of Polymer Science and Technology (ICTP), CSIC-Madrid (Spain). Her research interest focuses on the synthesis and
assembly of hybrid nanomaterials, nanoplasmonics, and their uses in nanobiotechnology applications (bioimaging, biosensing, drug delivery and therapy).
Nekane Guarrotxena, J Nanomed Nanotechnol 2016, 7:5 (Suppl)