Enzyme-based Biosensors: Recent Advances and Applications in Healthcare

Prof. Sanjukta Patra works at the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, where she is also the Head of the Centre for Rural Technology. Holding a Ph.D. in Biotechnology from the Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, she is an expert on enzyme engineering, biosensors, enzymatic remediation, and applied and environmental microbiology. She heads research team investigating diverse aspects of enzymes, the challenges in enzymatic processes, and their applications. She has published 49 international peer-reviewed research articles, and 12 book chapters, and holds several patents. Dr. Debasree Kundu is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam. She holds a Ph.D. in Microbiology, with a focus on microbial and enzymatic degradation of nitro-aromatic compounds. She is currently investigating xenobiotic-induced adaptive responses in microbes using proteomic approaches. She has authored 17 research articles and 9 book chapters, and holds a number of patents. Dr. Manashjit Gogoi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. His research focuses on bio-nanotechnology and its application in therapeutics. He has published 9 research articles and 15 book chapters.

1. Enzymatic Biosensors for Healthcare Applications.- 2. Choice of Enzyme Immobilization Matrices used in Biosensor for Healthcare Applications.- 3. Enzymatic biosensor platforms for diagnosis of heart diseases.- 4. Enzymatic biosensor platforms for Detection of cancer.- 5. Enzymatic biosensor platforms for early diagnosis of diabetes.- 6. Enzymatic Biosensor for Detection of Pancreatitis.- 7. Enzymatic Bio-sensing Platforms for Gut Diseases.- 8.  Enzymatic biosensor platforms for non-infectious diseases: Diagnostics of metabolic disorders.- 9. Protein-based biomarkers for diagnosis of malaria in point of care settings.- 10.   Enzymatic biosensor platforms for infectious disease diagnosis: focus on tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases.- 11. Piezoelectric Biosensors in Healthcare.- 12. Low cost paper-based analytical devices and their application in health care system.- 13. Nano-inspired Point-of-Care Enzyme based Wearable Biosensors for Global Health Care.- 14. Commercialized enzymatic biosensors in healthcare against the conventional methods.-