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한국과 호주에서의 Biosensor 에 의한 농약의 환경영향 조기검출 (Environmental Impacts and Rapid Analysis by Biosensors of Agrochemicals in Korea and Australia)

  • 임수길;;이성은;정창윤;김정규
    • 한국환경농학회지
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.371-378
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    • 1998
  • Pesticide has played important role in Korean and Austrailian agriculture. In addition, pesticides are the most reliable tools pests in agriculture. Recently, it is highly recommended that the use of pesticide should be concerned with both atricultural and environmental aspect, also legislation on environmental contamination has been fortified to the world. Particularly, the attention on agrochemicals has been focused on the soil abuse and the water contamination at present time. In spite of this kind of concern, a few research about pesticides using in Australia and Korean have been conducted to their behaviors under australian and korean environment to avoid environmental contamination by pesticides. Thus, the research organizations need facilities to analyze the characteristics of each pesticide and the environmental fate of pesticides. The conventional analytical method to detect pesticides and their metabolites can not be overcome to reduce time, expenditure, and complexity of analysis even though the methods are accurate and precise. For example, High performance liquid chromatography(HPLC), and gas chromatography (GC) used until now are less choice detectors and often lower sensitive. In contrast to the conventional analytical methods, biosensors are so fast in analysis and has high productivity and analyze multi=sample simultaneously. Therefore, it is biosensing analytical method that we could consider as an alternative method intead of the conventional methods.

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Investigation of Feasibility of Tunneling Field Effect Transistor (TFET) as Highly Sensitive and Multi-sensing Biosensors

  • Lee, Ryoongbin;Kwon, Dae Woong;Kim, Sihyun;Kim, Dae Hwan;Park, Byung-Gook
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • 제17권1호
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    • pp.141-146
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    • 2017
  • In this letter, we propose the use of tunneling field effect transistors (TFET) as a biosensor that detects bio-molecules on the gate oxide. In TFET sensors, the charges of target molecules accumulated at the surface of the gate oxide bend the energy band of p-i-n structure and thus tunneling current varies with the band bending. Sensing parameters of TFET sensors such as threshold voltage ($V_t$) shift and on-current ($I_D$) change are extracted as a function of the charge variation. As a result, it is found that the performances of TFET sensors can surpass those of conventional FET (cFET) based sensors in terms of sensitivity. Furthermore, it is verified that the simultaneous sensing of two different target molecules in a TFET sensor can be performed by using the ambipolar behavior of TFET sensors. Consequently, it is revealed that two different molecules can be sensed simultaneously in a read-out circuit since the multi-sensing is carried out at equivalent current level by the ambipolar behavior.

손실 값을 갖는 유비쿼터스 헬스케어 환경에서 신경망을 이용한 에이전트 기반 증상 패턴 분류 (Symptom Pattern Classification using Neural Networks in the Ubiquitous Healthcare Environment with Missing Values)

  • 마이클 안젤로 살보;이재완;이말례
    • 인터넷정보학회논문지
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.129-142
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    • 2010
  • 무선선서네트워크의 주요 응용분야 중 하나가 유비쿼터스 헬스케어 시스템이다. 하지만 무선센서네트워크가 가지고 있는 과제중의 하나는 데이터 중에 나타나는 높은 손실 율이다. 바이오 센서로부터 들어오는 데이터는 기지국에 도착되지 않을 수 있으며, 이 값은 손실 값(missing value)이 된다. 본 논문은 기지국에서 데이터를 수집하고, 손실 값을 처리한 후, 증상 패턴에 따라 건강상태를 분류하여, 비상시에 적절한 행동을 취할 수 있도록 하는 헬스케어 모니터 에이전트(HMA)를 제안한다. 이 에이전트는 유비쿼터스 헬스케어 환경에 적용되며, 건강상태를 인지하기 위한 증상패턴으로 바이오 센서 및 환자의 가족력으로 부터 생성된 데이터를 사용한다. 손실 값이 나타나면 HMA는 분류하기 전에 증상패턴의 손실 값을 채우기 위한 예측 알고리즘을 수행한다. 시뮬레이션 결과 HMA를 사용한 예측알고리즘이 다른 방법들에 비해 더 정확하게 증상패턴을 분류함을 보여주었다.

광-유체링공진기(OFRR) 바이오센서에 관한 공진이동과 양호도의 시뮬레이션 (Simulation of Resonance Shift and Quality Factor for Opto-fluidic Ring Resonator (OFRR) Biosensors)

  • 조한근;한진우;양길모
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • 제36권1호
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    • pp.23-32
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    • 2011
  • In this work, the finite element method was used to investigate the shifts of resonance frequencies and quality factor of whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) for an opto-fluidic ring resonator (OFRR) biosensor. To describe the near-field radiation transfer, the time-domain Maxwell's equations were employed and solved by using the in-plane TE wave application mode of the COMSOL Multiphysics with RF module. The OFRR biosensor model under current study includes a glass capillary with a diameter of 100 mm and wall thickness of 3.0 mm. The resonance energy spectrum curves in the wavelength range from 1545 nm to 1560 nm were examined under different biosensing conditions. We mainly studied the sensitivity of resonance shifts affected by changes in the effective thickness of the sensor resonator ring with a 3.0 mm thick wall, as well as changes in the refractive index (RI) of the medium inside ring resonators with both 2.5 mm and 3.0 mm thick walls. In the bulk RI detection, a sensitivity of 23.1 nm/refractive index units (RIU) is achieved for a 2.5 mm thick ring. In small molecule detection, a sensitivity of 26.4 pm/nm is achieved with a maximum Q-factor of $6.3{\times}10^3$. These results compare favorably with those obtained by other researchers.

Efficient Expression, Purification, and Characterization of a Novel FAD-Dependent Glucose Dehydrogenase from Aspergillus terreus in Pichia pastoris

  • Yang, Yufeng;Huang, Lei;Wang, Jufang;Wang, Xiaoning;Xu, Zhinan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제24권11호
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    • pp.1516-1524
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    • 2014
  • Flavin adenine dinucleotide-dependent glucose dehydrogenase (FAD-GDH) can utilize a variety of external electron acceptors and also has stricter substrate specificity than any other glucose oxidoreductases, which makes it the ideal diagnostic enzyme in the field of glucose biosensors. A gene coding for a hypothetical protein, similar to glucose oxidase and derived from Aspergillus terreus NIH2624, was overexpressed in Pichia pastoris GS115 under the control of an AOX1 promoter with a level of 260,000 U/l in the culture supernatant after fed-batch cultivation for 84 h. After a three-step purification protocol that included isopropanol precipitation, affinity chromatography, and a second isopropanol precipitation, recombinant FAD-GDH was purified with a recovery of 65%. This is the first time that isopropanol precipitation has been used to concentrate a fermentation supernatant and exchange buffers after affinity chromatography purification. The purified FAD-GDH exhibited a broad and diffuse band between 83 and 150 kDa. The recombinant FAD-GDH was stable across a wide pH range (3.5 to 9.0) with maximum activity at pH 7.5 and $55^{\circ}C$. In addition, it displayed very high thermal stability, with a half-life of 82 min at $60^{\circ}C$. These characteristics indicate that FAD-GDH will be useful in the field of glucose biosensors.

Electronic Detection of Biomarkers by Si Field-Effect Transistor from Undiluted Sample Solutions with High Ionic Strengths

  • Ah, Chil-Seong;Kim, An-Soon;Kim, Wan-Joong;Park, Chan-Woo;Ahn, Chang-Geun;Yang, Jong-Heon;Baek, In-Bok;Kim, Tae-Youb;Sung, Gun-Yong
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제31권6호
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    • pp.1561-1567
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    • 2010
  • In this study, we have developed a new detection method using Si field effect transistor (FET)-type biosensors, which enables the direct monitoring of antigen-antibody binding within very high-ionic-strength solutions such as 1$\times$PBS and human serum. In the new method, as no additional dilution or desalting processes are required, the FET-type biosensors can be more suitable for ultrasensitive and real-time analysis of raw sample solutions. The new detection scheme is based on the observation that the strength of antigen-antibody-specific binding is significantly influenced by the ionic strength of the reaction solutions. For a prostate specific antigen (PSA), in some conditions, the binding reaction between PSA and anti-PSA in a low-ionic strength reaction solution such as 10 ${\mu}M$ phosphate buffer is weak (reversible), while that in high-ionic strength reaction solutions such as 1$\times$PBS or human serum is strong.

근접장-분자반응 간의 중첩을 이용한 표면 플라스몬 공명 센서 감도 평가에 관한 연구 (Near-field Evaluation of Surface Plasmon Resonance Biosensor Sensitivity Based on the Overlap Between Field and Target Distribution)

  • 류연수;손태황;김동현
    • 한국광학회지
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    • 제24권2호
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    • pp.86-91
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    • 2013
  • 본 논문에서는 근접장-분자반응 간의 중첩을 이용한 표면 플라스몬 공명 (SPR) 바이오센서의 측정감도 평가방법을 연구하였다. 전달행렬 방법을 사용하여 다양한 형태의 중첩적분으로 정의된 광학자취 값을 계산하였고, 샌드위치 및 역샌드위치 면역글로뷸린 (IgG) 어세이에 대해서 실험적으로 측정된 수치와 비교하였다. 이론 및 실험적인 결과와의 비교를 통하여 접선 방향의 전기장을 사용한 광학자취의 경우 그 연속성으로 말미암아 가장 높은 상관계수를 얻을 수 있었으며 이때 광학자취와 측정감도 사이에 97% 이상의 높은 상관계수가 존재함을 보았다. 이러한 상관관계는 SPR 바이오센서의 측정 감도에 관한 메커니즘을 분명하게 설명하며, 분자 스케일 감도를 가지는 SPR 바이오센서 개발에 기여하게 될 것이다.

Increased accuracy of estrus prediction using ruminoreticular biocapsule sensors in Hanwoo (Bos taurus coreanae) cows

  • Daehyun Kim;Woo-Sung Kwon;Jaejung Ha;Joonho Moon;Junkoo Yi
    • Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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    • 제65권4호
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    • pp.759-766
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    • 2023
  • Visual estrus observation can only be confirmed at a rate of 50%-60%, which is lower than that obtained using a biosensor. Thus, the use of biosensors provides more opportunities for artificial insemination because it is easier to confirm estrus than by visual observation. This study determines the accuracy of estrus prediction using a ruminoreticular biosensor by analyzing ruminoreticular temperature during the estrus cycle and measuring changes in body activity. One hundred and twenty-five Hanwoo cows (64 with a ruminal biosensor in the test group and 61 without biosensors in the control group) were studied. Ruminoreticular temperatures and body activities were measured every 10 min. The first service of artificial insemination used gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-based fixed-time artificial insemination protocol in the control and test groups. The test group received artificial insemination based on the estrus prediction made by the biosensor, and the control group received artificial insemination according to visual estrus observation. Before artificial insemination, the ruminoreticular temperature was maintained at an average of 38.95 ± 0.05℃ for 13 h (-21 to -9 h), 0.73℃ higher than the average temperature observed at -48 h (38.22 ± 0.06℃). The body activity, measured using an indwelling 3-axis accelerometer, averaged 1502.57 ± 27.35 for approximately 21 h from -4 to -24 h before artificial insemination, showing 203 indexes higher body activity than -48 hours (1299 ± 9.72). Therefore, using an information and communication techonology (ICT)-based biosensor is highly effective because it can reduce the reproductive cost of a farm by accurately detecting estrus and increasing the rate of estrus confirmation in cattle.

Aptamers as Functional Nucleic Acids: in vitro Selection and Biotechnological Applications

  • You, Kyung-Man;Lee, Sang-Hyun;Aesul Im;Lee, Sun-Bok
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • 제8권2호
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    • pp.64-75
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    • 2003
  • Aptamers are functional nucleic acids that can specially bind to proteins, peptides, amino acids. nucleotides, drugs, vitamins and other organic and inorganic compounds. The aptamers are identified from random DNA or RNA libraries by a SELEX (systematic evolution of ligands by exponential amplification) process. As aptamers have the advantage, and potential ability to be released from the limitations of antibodies, they are attractive to a wide range of therapeutic and diagnostic applications. Aptamers, with a high-affinity and specificity, could fulfil molecular the recognition needs of various fields in biotechnology. In this work, we reviewed some aptamer Selection techniques, properties, medical applications of their molecules and their biotechnological applications, such as ELONA (enzyme linked oligonucleotide assay), flow cytometry, biosensors, electrophoresis, chromatography and microarrays.

A Bio-Inspired Cell-Microsystem to Manipulate and Detect Living Cells

  • Lim, Jung-Min;Byun, Sang-Won;Park, Tai-Hyun;Seo, Jong-Mo;Yoo, Young-Suk;Hum Chung;Dong-il
    • KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications
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    • 제4C권4호
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    • pp.160-164
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    • 2004
  • In this study, we demonstrate for the first time a bio-inspired Cell-Microsystem to manipulate and detect living cells. Cultured retinal pigment epithelial cell line (ARPE-19) was directed to grow in a pre-defined Cell-Microsystem. The three-dimensional micropillars of 5 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in height and diameter of the Cell-Microsystem were fabricated. Inhibited DNA synthesis and transformed cell morphology were observed throughout the culture period. The demonstration of manipulating and detecting living cells by the surface topography is a new approach, and it will be very useful for the future design of cell-based biosensors and bioactuators.