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Sensor100 November 2015 1
Sensor100The International Bio-sensor and Chemo-sensor Network
November 2015
© 2015 Captum Capital Limited
Breath Sensor for Ovarian CancerImage Credit: Amercian Chemical Society
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From the Editor 3
Cancer Research UK Pioneer Awards 4
Cancer Diagnostics 6
Sensors in Food and Agriculture 8
Sensors in the Environment 2016 9
Coming Events 10
Europt(r)ode 2016 11
Biosensors 2016 12
Environment 13
Food & Agriculture 14
Healthcare 15
Technology News 17
About Sensor100 20
www.sensor100.com
Contents
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Let me start by wishing our US readers a slightly belated Happy Thanksgiving. Living in a house in which 1.5 occupants are American citizens (one dual nationality!), we still keep this most family friendly holiday alive and well on this side of the Atlantic.
Avid readers will possibly notice this edition of Sensor100 is slightly heavy on conference promotion and correspondingly light on news items. The reason is simple: we have been more than occupied by finalising our new conference - Sensors in Food and Agriculture. This is our first venture into the agricultural supply chain, and it has been interesting to learn about the significant sensor technology contribu-tions being made in crop production, animal welfare, and food science.
We have an ambitious program of conferences for 2016: Sensors for Cancer Diagnosis in June; Sensors in the Environment in September; Sensors in Medicine later in the year.
Our application orientated approach to sensor conferences not only sets us apart from the academic agenda, but seems to be resonating not only with industry, but with our university friends as well.Kind regards
From the editor...
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Cancer Diagnostics
Urine Dipstick for Cancer Diagnosis“You often hear words like ‘unless I get HIV sooner I’m going to die’. So we’re trying to find better ways of detecting cancer sooner - and one of our ideas is to develop a urine dipstick test that detects whether someone has cancer.”Professor SimonTaylor-Robinson, Imperial College, London, Institute of Global Health Innovation.Professor Taylor-Robinson has been awarded an Honary Fellowship of the West African College of Physicians for his education and research work in TB, HIV, Malaria, Ebola and Hepatitis B. Read more...
Technion Scientists Develop Electronic Nose for Cancer
The researchers developed a small, breath-diagnostic array based on flexible gold-na-noparticle sensors for use in an “electronic nose.” The system — tested on breath samples from 43 volunteers, 17 of whom had ovarian cancer — showed an accuracy rate of 82 percent. The researchers say de-veloping this method further would require larger-scale clinical testing. They add that the approach could also apply to diagnos-tics for other diseases.“Dynamic Nanoparticle-Based Flexible
Sensors: Diagnosis of Ovarian Carcinoma from Exhaled Breath” Nano Letters. ACS Press Release 30 September
Image Credit: American Chemical Society
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Early Diagnosis is Key to Cancer Survival
Help us identify the leading biosensor technologies that can win the battle for
early stage cancer diagnosis.
Sensor100 is building a network of clinicians, academic and industry researchers to identify and rate sensor technologies for early stage
cancer diagnosis.The winners will be presented at a Conference in
Boston MA, June 2016We need you to:
Help us raise funds for this vital project, Submit your or other people’s technology
Rank the suggested ideas
Cancer Diagnostics
Sensors for Cancer DiagnosisJune 2016 Boston MA USA
Join the Network
“We spend most of our money in treating, rather than investing in diagnostics to know what we’re treating”
Professor Lord Ara Darzi, Imperial College London Kings Fund report The Future is Now (2015)
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The Conference will explore current applications and future opportunities for
sensor technology in Food and Agriculture
Remote and Networked SensingBiosensor applications
Invited and contributed papers
Poster displays
Exhibits of services and technology
Panel discussions Christmas themed networking reception
See the Conference Program at:www.sensor100.com/SIFAA
Full Conference report in the January issue of Sensor100
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2nd Sensors in the Environment Conference 21 - 22 September 2016
York, UK
Invited and contributed papersExhibition | Posters
Call for Papers Now OpenDeadline: 22 July 2016
Organised by:
Abstract Guidelines and Program Updateswww.sensor100.com/SensEnv2016
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Topics include: Air monitoring New sensor technology
Sea, surface and potable water monitoring
Monitoring networks; impact of the Internet of Things
Soil contaminants Economic and social impact
Sensors in the Environment 2016
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Coming Events
International MicroNano Conference8 - 9 December, Amsterdam NL
TSensors Summit9 - 10 December, Florida USA
2016 Events
Lab-on-a-Chip Europe 2016 15- 16 March 2016, Madrid Spain
16th International Conference on ElectroanalysisJune 12 -16, 2016, Assembly Rooms, Bath UK
5th International Symposium on Sensor Science17 - 22 July 2016, Durham NH, USA
List your event on Sensor100’s Events CalendarSend details to [email protected]
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EARLY BIRDREGISTRATION
untilJanuary 22, 2016
www.europtrode2016.eu/registration
EUROPT(R)ODE XIII 2016 in Graz, Austria covers all aspects related to the research, development and application of optical chemical sensors and biosensors.
Conference on Optical Chemical Sensors and BiosensorsAUSTRIA, March 20-23, 2016 www.europtrode2016.eu
Organizers:
MAIN TOPICS:• Sensor Materials• Novel Sensing Principles• Applications of Optical Sensors• Devices and Instrumentation• Smart Sensor Production Technologies
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This premier event for the biosensors community – the largest in the field – celebrates its 26th anniversary with another excellent line-up of plenary speakers:
• Anja Boisen, Technical University of Denmark, DenmarkIntegrated nanomechanical sensor systems
• Francis Ho, Samsung, USAPersonal monitoring: Simband and beyond
• Fredrik Höök, Chalmers University of Technology, SwedenLab on a chip meets biosensors.
• Lanqun Mao, Chinese Academy of Sciences, ChinaBiosensors and biogenerators for in vivo analysis.
• Shelley D. Minteer, University of Utah, USANano structured fuel-cells and electrochemical biodevices
• Aydogan Ozcan, UCLA, USA Holograms and sensing
PLUSBiosensors 2016 Summer School on Mobile Diagnostics Tuesday 24 May 2016.
Post-Congress Symposium in Cancer Diagnostics Saturday 28 May 2016.
Come to the 26th Anniversary World Congress on Biosensors
Organised and sponsored by
BIOSENSORS25–27 MAY 2016 | GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
2016
#biosensors2016
Main sponsor
Find out more at:www.biosensors-congress.elsevier.com
Biosensors 2016 Congress Chair Anthony P F Turner, Linköping University, Sweden
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PRESENT YOUR LATEST RESEARCH Daily plenary lectures are followed by parallel sessions comprising a rigorously refereed selection of submitted papers and posters for which abstracts are invited by 13 November 2015.
Online abstract submission is now open.
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Environment
Imec and Holst Centre Demonstrate Versatile Single-Chip Sensor for Ion Detection in Fluids
Imec and Holst Centre (set-up by imec and TNO) have demonstrated a prototype of a single-chip electrochemical sensor for simultaneous detec-tion of multiple ions in fluids. The demonstrator paves the way to small-sized and low-cost de-tection systems for agriculture, healthcare and lifestyle applications, food quality monitoring and water management. The presented prototype is a handheld device that integrates a single-chip sensor with different electrodes that detect pH levels in a range from 2 to 10 at a 0.1 pH accuracy. For the chemical elements chloride (Cl-), sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), and nitrate (NO3-) -ranging
from 10-4 M to 1 M ions- the sensor detects at a 10 percent accuracy. Benchmarked against other available single-ion sensors, imec’s proto-type demonstrated comparable sensitivity and accuracy for a versatile multiple-ion solution. Imec Press Release 24 November
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Food & Agriculture
Improving hydroponic production using new online nitrate sensorInnovate U.K. has awarded a grant under the AgriCatalyst program to Sharp Laboratories Ltd; Lincolnshire Herbs Ltd; APS Salads Ltd; May Barn Horticultural Consultancy Ltd to evaluate a new nitrate sensor.Many crops, including tomatoes, lettuce, herbs, strawberries, raspberries and ornamental flowers are often grown using hydroponics, where fer-tiliser for the growing plants is supplied in the irrigation water. Hydro-ponic farming produces excellent quality crops with good efficiency but there is an opportunity to improve the method by continuously moni-toring and controlling the fertiliser components in the irrigation water. This project aims to enable better control over the use of nitrate, which is an important component of the fertiliser. A new sensor, which can be used to continuously measure the nitrate concentration in irri-gation water will be deployed at commercial hydroponic farms, allowing continuous nitrate monitoring for the first time. The project will evalu-ate the potential for expected benefits including reductions in fertiliser use and expense and smaller discharge of fertiliser into natural waters, helping to meet environmental legislation. Innovate UK 27 Oct
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Healthcare
Longitude Prize Second Round - No Winner Yet
There are a total of 114 registered teams from 26 countries, currently working on their ideas to secure the £10m prize. To win, teams need to develop a transformative, accurate, affordable, rapid diagnostic test that can be used anywhere in the world. It needs to help doctors, pharmacists, dentists, patients and even vets use the right antibiotics at the right time.
Four new teams joined the challenge in September, but at the last round of judging, none were considered ready to move to the next stage. The Challenge has completed one year, with four more to go. Many of the competing teams have indicated a willingness to do more work to try to meet the exacting standards of the judges.
Read more...
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Healthcare
Technion Scientists Develop Self-Healing Sensor That May Be Used in Synthetic Skin
Inspired by the natural healing properties of human skin, Prof. Hossam Haick and postdoctoral researcher Tan-Phat Huynh used a new kind of synthetic polymer to develop a self-healing, flexible sensor. “The vul-nerability of flexible sensors used in real-world applications calls for the development of self-healing properties similar to how human skin heals,” said Haick. “Accordingly, we have developed a complete, self-healing device in the form of a bendable and stretchable chemi-resistor where every part — no matter where the device is cut or scratched — is self-healing.” The Israeli sensor platform is comprised of a self-healing substrate, high-conductivity electrodes and molecularly modi-fied gold nanoparticles. Once healed, the chemi-resistor was shown to retain high sensitivity to touch, pressure and strain under vigorous testing. Surprisingly, it becomes even stronger with each healing cycle.Reported in The Tower Magazine 23 November
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Top Ten Trends at IDTechEx Show! USA 2015
1 Wearable Technology Moves Beyond Fashionable
2 Printed Electronics: From Component Supply to Innovative Product Design
3 Illuminating Flexible Displays and Lighting
4 Structural Electronics Take Flight
5 3D Printed Electronics Expand
6 Thin is In With Sensors
7 Energy Harvesting Reaches a Higher Power
8 Thin, Flexible Batteries: Not Your Father’s Bunny
9 The Motion of the Ocean: Energy Independent Vehicles
10 You Can See Clearly Now: Smart Eyewear Enabling VR and AR
The eight co-located conferences of the IDTechEx Show! USA 2015 was held at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Nov. 18-19 including: IDTechEx Sensors USA 2015
Excerpt from an article by Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx, the global research and business intelligence firm.
Reproduced by kind permission of IDTechEx.Read the full article here
Technology News
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Market Research from IDTechEx
Printed and Flexible Sensors 2015 - 2025 : Technologies, Players, Forecasts
Includes 10 year market forecasts by sensor type including: photodetectors; peizoresistive; piezoelectric; temperature; humidity; capacitive; bio; gas; and moreOver 80 companies detailed.
Read more...
Chaotic Moon Studios Create Biosensor Tattoos
The latest in wearable devices might only be skin deep, thanks to new technology being developed to create tattoos made of conduc-tive materials. The so-called “tech tats” will be able to monitor users’ vital signs and locations, with possible applications for medicine and banking, according to the company behind the idea - Chaotic Moon, a design and development firm head quar-tered in Austin, Texas. Read more...
Technology News
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Thomson Reuters Publish 2015 Top 100 Global Innovators
Thomson Reuters have published their annual survey of global innova-tive companies. Not surprising, 40% are from Japan, and 36% from the USA. More surprising , 10% from France and 0% - none- from the UK. The compliers stated that two UK companies, ARM and Dyson, were just outside the top 100. The analysis is based on patent filings, but a lack of spending on R&D, shortage of government incentives to invest, and lack of scale in technology industries were all cites as reasons for the UK’s poor showing. Reported in The Times 12 November and by Thomson Reuters
Technology News
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