TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
- INDUSTRIAL PHYSICS AND ELECTRONICS (IPE)
- INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES AND TELECOMMUNICATION
- BIOENGINEERING
The objective of the CRIC Bioengineering Department is the fusion of Engineering and Life Sciences with the aim of providing analytical solutions to the agro-food, environmental and clinical fields. The group has experts in fields such as physics, analytical chemistry, molecular biology and engineering. The research and development projects it handles are geared to the development of analytical systems, biosensors and instrumentation.
The main activities of the Bioengineering group are focused in the design, development, characterisation and/or application of:
Detection methods
- • Biorecognition elements
- • Sensor chip functionalisation
- • Sample treatment protocols
- • Integrated analytical systems
These techniques can be used for a wide range of applications in different fields.
Food Science:
Food security (monitoring pathogens, pesticides, additives, heavy metals, toxins antibiotics).
Food quality and process control (measuring sugars, alcohols, organic acids, amino acids; controlling biological processes such as fermentation and ripening.).
Clinical applications:
Screening and diagnostic techniques (glucose detection, in vitro in vivo diagnostics, etc.).
Environmental applications:
Environmental monitoring (Monitoring of groundwater, drinking-water analysis, Rapid analysis of soil and sediment extracts from hazardous waste sites).
