1. «Design and Development of Biochemical Capacitors»

Sponsored by G.S.R.T / project PENED 1999

Date

1999-2002

Role

(Post-doctoral researcher)

Budget

20.000 Euros

2. «Development of a Capacitance based Immunodetection Analyzer for the Determination of GMOs in foods»

Sponsored by European Union / QLK3-2001

Date

2003-2005

Role

Coordinator

Budget

1.612.000 Euros

Website

http://users.uoi.gr/imagemo/

Objective

Summarizing the scientific/technological objectives of the project, IMAGEMO aims to the development of a direct immunodetection method based on capacitance measurements (Impedance Spectroscopy, IS). This approach deserves to be upgraded from the academic concept to a commercial product or through the activities of this project to a promising prototype, since it bears inherent advantages (no enzyme tracers, coating antigens, labelled antibodies or successive incubation steps are required) in the field of immunoassays that covers a huge area of applications in food, clinical and environmental analysis. Moreover, the analyser to be developed will be easily adapted to new GMOs, as the whole technology that will be developed can be used for any new GMO, provided that the corresponding antibody is available. IMAGEMO will also contribute to the removal of a limiting parameter in the development of techniques for the detection of GMOs, that is the lack of commercially available antibodies (see page B7) with affinity to relevant target proteins. Web: http://users.uoi.gr/imagemo/

3. «Development of Impedimetric Diagnostic tests for the determination of Salmonella in foods»

Sponsored by Ministry of Development / project PAVET NE

Date

2006-2007

Role

Coordinator

Budget

54.000 Euros

4. «Development of Impedimetric Diagnostic tests for the determination of Salmonella in foods»

Sponsored by Ministry of Education / project PYTHAGORAS II

Date

2005-2007

Role

Coordinator

Budget

50.000 Euros

5. «Organic Solar Cells»

Sponsored by G.S.R.T / project PENED 2005

Date

2005-2008

Role

Group Leader

Budget

200.000 Euros

6. «Titanium and Niobium Microelectrode Based-Biosensors»

Sponsored by NATO, collaborative linkage grant

Date

2007-2008

Role

Group leader

Budget

20.000 Euros

Objective

The proposed project includes feasibility studies on the applications of new technology platform in veterinary diagnostics. The discovery of such applications in these exploratory investigations will widen the impact of the project on the world community. A developed biosensor prototype for H7N1 and H7N7 diagnostic can be achieved with an industrial company. Moreover, experiment with H5N1 will be performed in P3 environment in Pasteur Institute.

7. «Development of an Impedimetric Immunosensors for the Determination of Rennet Activity»

Sponsored by Research Committee, University of Ioannina

Date

2008-2010

Role

Coordinator

Budget

6.000 Euros

8. «Development of Screen-printed electrodes for the determination of heavy metals»

Sponsored by Ministry of Education / project HRAKLEITOS II

Date

2010-2013

Role

Coordinator

Budget

35.000 Euros

Objective

The proposed project includes feasibility studies on the applications of new technology platform in veterinary diagnostics. The discovery of such applications in these exploratory investigations will widen the impact of the project on the world community. A developed biosensor prototype for H7N1 and H7N7 diagnostic can be achieved with an industrial company. Moreover, experiment with H5N1 will be performed in P3 environment in Pasteur Institute.

9. «Development of Ultra-Sensitive Electrochemical DNA Biosensors Exploiting Micro- and Nano- Technologies»

Sponsored by G.S.R.T / project “Post Doctoral researchers”

Date

2012-2015

Role

Coordinator (shared project with Prof. A. Economou, University of Athens)

Budget

150.000 Euros

Objective

In this work, recent developments in the field on micro and nano-technology will be exploited for the development of ultra-sensitive electrochemical biosensors for the detection of DNA mutations and/or quantitation of protein markers for disease diagnosis. Microelectronic thin-film technologies, such as sputtering, will be used for the deposition of thin conductive films (e.g. C, Au, Bi, Sn, Pt), which will serve as electrochemical sensors, on the surface of non-conductive support materials (e.g. Si, glass, plastics). Photolithography techniques will be used to define the geometry of the sensors and the fabrication of lab-on-a-chip devices with integrated sputtered electrodes. The devices will be used as voltammetric sensors for the detection and quantitation of DNA and protein analytes. The target analytes will be selectively immobilized on the surface of the electrodes and tagged with suitable probes via bio-affinity interactions. The probes will be labeled with metal nano-particles or quantum dots and the quantity of the labeled probes will be related to the quantity of the immobilized analyte. Then, the surface of the sensor will be treated with suitable reagents for the oxidative release of the bound metal nano-particles or quantum dots as metal cations. Finally, these will be determined with high sensitivity by anodic stripping voltammetry and the current recorded will be proportional to the metal concentration and, therefore, to the initial concentration of the analyte in the sample. The aims of the present proposal are the fabrication of electrodes with microelectronic technologies and the application in the development of biosensors for the ultra-trace detection of DNA mutations and protein analytes labeled with nanomaterials.

10. «Portable diagnostic medical devices and “diagnostic cards” with smartphone-aided operation utilizing novel responsive polymer film-based biosensors and low-cost transducers for point-of-care applications»

Sponsored by the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE

Date

2018-2021

Role

Coordinator

Budget

655.051 Euros

Website

http://biopoc.project.uoi.gr/

Objective

The overall scientific objective of the project is to develop from concept a novel type of medical diagnostic devices able to provide reliable clinical measurements at resource-limited or poor settings, where centralized laboratory facilities are in short supply, and for use at home. The proposed diagnostic devices employing novel responsive polymer-based biosensors and their operation is based on newly devised transduction and measuring principles. Diagnostic devices include a single microfluidic vertical channel and their operation is based on the measurement of the time required the infinite electric resistance between two, uncontacted, conductive layers to reach a finite value as a result of the selective degradation of the responsive polymer membrane by the target analyte (biochemical index). Diagnostic devices will be tested for the determination of urea, creatinine and uric acid, which are employed as model biochemical indexes, in biological fluids (blood and urine), as well as, for the detection of Helicobacter pylori (H. Pylori) in bioptic samples and exhaled breath or exhaled breath condensate. The proposed diagnostic devices can be used as a generic platform for the point-of-care analysis of a large variety of biochemical indices, in accordance with the “ASSURED” criteria set by the world health organization (WHO). Wide scope applicability can be achieved by the proper combination of responsive polymer membranes and enzymes that will be immobilized onto the surface of the membranes. Medical diagnostic devices will be designed to have small size, light weight, low power consumption and they will be developed in two different types: i) as a stand-alone portable device and b) as a compact “diagnostic card” with wireless communication and smartphone-aided operation. There are six types of project deliverables: i) newly synthesized pH- or H2O2-responsive polymers with controlled porosity, ii) pH- or H2O2-responsive polymers thin films with controlled hydrophobicity, porosity and thickness, iii) biosensors (enzyme-modified responsive polymer films) with tunable analytical figures of merit (limit of detection and linear dynamic range) according to the reference values of each biochemical index, iv) prototypes (hardware/software products), v) clinical and validation studies and vi) tools for the dissemination and exploitation of the results. Web: http://biopoc.project.uoi.gr/

11. «Development of research infrastructures for the design, production, development of quality characteristics and safety of agrofoods and functional foods (Rl-Agrofoods)»

Sponsored by Greece and the European Union - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Operational Program “Competitiveness Entrepreneurship Innovation” (EPAnEK), NSRF 2014-2020

Date

2021-2023

Role

Group Leader

Budget

3.000.000 Euros

12. «Design and development of a sweat-based glucose monitoring graphene nanodevice (closed-loop) with controlled transdermal nanoemulsion release for hypoglycemic drug delivery»

Sponsored by the European Union and Greek national funds through the Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, under the call RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE (project code:T2EDK-02171)

Date

2021-2023

Role

Cooperative partner

Budget

23.000 Euros

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