Tanno, Alex

Alex Tanno

PhD student, March 2012 to December 2017

Current Research

Alex Tanno's main scientific efforts are devoted to electrochemical biosensing assays. His biosensing project aims at sensing low concentrations of biomarkers in blood or saliva in a cheap and fast fashion, enabling point-of-care diagnostics. A multiple electrochemical amplification strategy is implemented in order to reach the required sensitivity.

Publications

external pageElectrochemically driven delivery to cells from vesicles embedded in polyelectrolyte multilayers
N. Graf*, A. Tanno*, A. Dochter, N. Rothfuchs, J. Vörös and T. Zambelli
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 3641-48
external pageSpontaneous Formation of a Vesicle Multilayer on Top of an Exponentially Growing Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Mediated by Diffusing Poly-L-lysine
N. Graf, E. Thomasson, A. Tanno, J. Vörös, T. Zambelli
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2011, 115(43), 12386-91

* Equally contributed to this work.

Oral Presentation

Platform for Electrochemically Stimulated Release
A. Tanno, N. Graf, T. Zambelli, J. Vörös
NanoBio-Europe conference, Varese, Italy, June 2012

Poster Presentations

Point-of-Care Electrochemical Biosensing Facilitated by pH Responsive Nanocapsules
A. Tanno, A. Car, C. Palivan, W. Meier, J. Vörös
NCCR Site Visit 2016, 22. June 2016, Basel, Switzerland

Liposome Enhanced Electrochemical Point-of-Care Biosensing
A. Tanno, P. Hettegger and J. Vörös
NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering Fellow Retreat , 20-22 April 2016, Magglingen, Switzerland

Liposome Enabled Electrochemical Biosensing for Handheld Point-of-Care Diagnostics
A. Tanno, P. Hettegger, J. Vörös
2nd NCCR Technology Apéro, 29 October 2015, Lausanne, CH

Electrochemically Induced Release of Ferrocenedicarboxylic Acid from Liposomes for Biosensing
A. Tanno, P. Hettegger, J. Vörös
Fellow Retreat NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering, 15-17 April 2015, Riederalp, CH

Electrochemically Induced Release of Ferrocenedicarboxylic Acid from Liposomes for Biosensing
A. Tanno, P. Hettegger, J. Vörös
NCCR Technology Apero 2014, 5 December, Basel, CH

Triggered Surface-Mediated Neurotransmitter Delivery to Neurons: Towards an Articial Synapse
A. Tanno, H. Dermutz, Y. Beldengrün, V. Delange, N. Graf, T. Zambelli, J. Vörös
NanoBioTech 2014, 17-19 November 2014, Montreux, CH

Triggered Surface-Mediated Neurotransmitter Delivery to Paper Grown Neurons
A. Tanno, H. Dermutz, Y. Beldengrün, V. Delange, N. Graf, T. Zambelli, J. Vörös
Summer School Surface Electrochemistry: Towards Energy Research, August 2014, Villars-sur Ollon, Switzerland

Triggered Surface-Mediated Neurotransmitter Delivery to Neurons
A. Tanno, H. Dermutz, Y. Beldengrün, V. Delange, N. Graf, T. Zambelli, J. Vörös
MaP Graduate Symposium & MaP Award Ceremony 2014, June 2014, ETH Zurich

Surface-Mediated Delivery to Neurons: Towards the Realization of an Artificial Synapse
A. Tanno, H. Dermutz, Y. Beldengrün, V. Delange, N. Graf, T. Zambelli, J. Vörös
3rd Nano Today Conference, 8-11 December 2013, Singapore

Platform for Surface-Mediated Drug Delivery Combined with Neurons Grown on Filter Paper: Towards the Realization of an Artificial Synapse
A. Tanno, H. Dermutz, Y. Beldengrün, N. Graf, V. Delange, T. Zambelli, J. Vörös
ESF Research Conference on Biological Surfaces and Interfaces, 30 June - 5 July 2013, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain.