Devices for lateral flow assay coupled with electrochemical biosensors and microneedles for Psoriasis diagnosis

• Grant number: 24/09881-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: October 01, 2024
• End date: September 30, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Chemistry - Physical-Chemistry
• Agreement: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
• Principal Investigator: Wendel Andrade Alves
• Grantee: Leandro Toshio Kochi
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas (CCNH). Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC). Ministério da Educação (Brasil). Santo André , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/14753-0 - Biosensing and delivery point-of-care technologies based on microneedles to improve healthcare testing and treatments, AP.TEM

Abstract

Microneedles (MNs) form a safe and minimally invasive platform for topical and systemic use. These technologies can increase population access to point-of-care therapies by reducing costs and well-being, successful diagnosis and prognosis, increasing comfort, and reducing side effects. We plan to use solid MN systems without a surface hole or hollow shaft combined with monoclonal antibodies to validate transdermal biosensing for psoriasis prognosis by constructing lateral flow assay (FLA) devices coupled with electrochemical biosensors. (AU)