Hwu, Stephanie
Stephanie Hwu
PhD student, Jan. 2015 to Aug. 2019
Non-specific binding based sensing
In the urge for sensitivity most current biosensors focus on collecting signals from specific binding events – between target analyte and its corresponding receptor. The constant hurdle is to overcome the background noise, or the nonspecific interaction, which more often than not, masks the desired output signal. By working with a multitude of weak interactions, a surface with various functional groups can differentiate analytes with distinct physical and chemical characteristics, as the weak, nonspecific interactions give out a particular fingerprint profile.
Poster presentations
- Interaction of gold nanoparticles with DNA-immobilized glass surface fabricated with click chemistry
S. Hwu, C. Forró, V. Gatterdam, J. Vörös
Biointerfaces Zurich, August 2016, Zurich, Switzerland - DNA surface patterning with click-chemistry
S. Hwu, V. Gatterdam, J. Vörös
NCCR Site Visit 2016, 22. June 2016, Basel, Switzerland - Feasibility study of cyanide detection
S. Hwu, M. Felber, S. Imstepf, J. Vörös
Nano Bio Tech, 16-18 November 2015, Montreux, Switzerland - Feasibility study of cyanide detection in blood
S. Hwu, M. Felber, S. Imstepf, J. Vörös
SSBE Annual Meeting, 2015, Neuchâtel, Switzerland - Fabrication of ultrathin suspended nanopore fabricated by combined colloidal lithography and film transfer
S. Hwu, J. Junesch, T. Sannomiya, J. Vörös
4th International Symposium on Sensor Science, 2015, Basel, Switzerland