Handbook of Cell Biosensors

Gerald Thouand received his PhD degree in Microbiology from the University of Nancy, France, in 1993. He is now full professor in microbiology at the University of Nantes, Deputy for research innovation at the French Ministry of Research (DRRT Pays de La Loire) and Auditor at the Institute of Higher Studies for Science and Technology (IHEST, Paris). His research interests include environmental monitoring of biodegradation and biotechnology using microbial biosystems. Mainly he is involved in the development of biosensors for chemical pollutants detection and pathogenic bacteria. He is a member of the Society for Applied Microbiology (SFAM, UK) and of the scientific committee of the International Society of Bioluminescence and Chemiluminescence. He is Associate Editor for Frontiers in Microbiology and Editor for Environmental Science and Pollution Research (ESPR).

Section 1: Markets, innovation, industries and regulation.- Section 2: Fundamentals and genetics for Biosensors applications.- Section 3: Transducers and methods for the detection of biological signals.- Section 4: Lab on a chip, materials and microsystems.- Section 5: Applications of biosensors to the main economic sectors.- Section 6: Data mining and big data processing applied to biosensors.- Section 7: Education and new pedagogy.