Microarrays : Preparation, Microfluidics, Detection Methods, and Biological Applications

Types of arrays currently available.- Optical methods of detection of events on the chip surface.- Electrochemical Detection.- Integrated Microfluidic Devices for Automating DNA Microarray Process.- Self-contained, Fully Integrated Biochip for Sample Preparation, PCR Amplification, and DNA Microarray Detection.- Spot identification and data evaluation.- Statistical data analysis.- Electrochemical output and data analysis.- Uses of DNA Microarrays.- Peptide Arrays: towards Routine Implementation.- Antibody Microarrays for the Detection of Toxins.- Autoantibody Profiling Using Synovial Proteome Microarrays.- Carbohydrate microarrays for the Recognition of Microbes and Host Cells.- Development of the Living Cell Array.- Assembly of Multicellular Cell Microarrays Using Magnetic Nanowires.- Combinatorial Organic Chemistry for Future Drug Development and Screening.- Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Screening Test Performed Using a Microarray Platform Based on Electrochemical Detection of DNA Hybridization.- Frequency Dependent and Surface Characterization of DNA Imoobilization and Hybridization (IMEs).- Integrated Potentiostat Circuit for CMOS Sensor Chips.- Use of other redox enzyme systems.- Detection of single micron-sized magnetic bead and magnetic nanoparticles using spin valve sensors for biological applications.- Magnetic Labeling and Detection of Biomolecules using the Bead ARray Counter (BARC) Biosensors.- High Performance Optical Biodetection Using Encapsulated SERS-Active Nanoparticles.- Multiplex sensors using carbon nanotubes and nanowires.- Bar-coding using platforms for nucleic acid and protein recognition.- Electrochemical nanoparticle based sensors.