Javier Ramon Azcon Email & Phone Number

Barcelona, Spain

The Biosensors for Bioengineering group is focused in a new line of research that has become of extreme importance in the last years. The idea is to integrate biosensor technology and nanotechnology with stem cell research and with tissue engineering. Engineered tissues are integrated with biosensing technology to obtain microdevices for detecting cellular responses to external stimuli, monitoring the quality of the microenvironment (e.g., metabolites, nutrients), and supporting diverse cellular requirements. This research on 3D-functional engineered tissues is expected to develop knowledge of tissue construction and their functions and relation with some human diseases. Integration of fully functional tissues with microscale biosensor technology allowed us to obtain “organs-on-a-chip”. These chips could be used in pharmaceutical assays and could be a step toward the ultimate goal of producing in vitro drug testing systems crucial to the medicine and pharmaceutical industry.

Sendai, Miyagi, Japón

Lab manager, I+D research leader

Sendai, Miyagi, Japón

• Epigenetic research of human blood cells using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Chromatin Immunoprecipitaion and magnetic microparticles.• Fabrication of engineered functional tissues by negative dielectrophoresis (nDEP) and hydrogel polymer.• Generation of spatially long-range concentration gradients in a microfluidic device by DEP.

Investigation on novel micro and nano(bio)technological approaches to improve the efficiency of the diagnostic tools, particularly in the food safety and clinical fields.Combination of bioreceptors and micro(nano)materials to develop a new generation of analytical devices in which an optical or electrical signal can be recorded as a consequence of a specific biorecognition event.Development of bioreceptors with tailored properties such as affinity and selectivity versus the target analyte.

PROJECT TITLE: Prototipo de Sistema Multibiosensor para la determinación de contaminantes ambientales estrogénicos en aguas de distribución. Instrumentación y Detección remota. MCYT. Proyectos de Investigación Científica y Desarrollo Tecnológico (Modalidad P4, BIO2000-0351-P4-05)RESPONSIBLE SCIENTIST: Dr. Maria Pilar Marco ColásPROJECT TITLE: GOODFOOD, Food Safety and Quality Monitoring with Microsystems (GOODFOOD); EC. Information Society Technology (IST-2003-508774) RESPONSIBLE SCIENTIST: Dr. Maria Pilar Marco ColásPROJECT TITLE: ELISHA, Electronic Immuno-Interfaces and Surface Nanobiotechnology: A Heterodoxical Approach; EC. Nanotechnology and nanosciences, (NMP2-CT-2003-505485)RESPONSIBLE SCIENTIST: Dr. Francisco Sanchez-BaezaPROJECT TITLE: aProximación integral al desarrollo de tecnologías para detectar residuos de ANtibióticos de us veterinariO Para mejorar la eficacia del conTrol desde la granja a la mESa (PANOPTES). AGL2005-07700-C06-01.RESPONSIBLE SCIENTIST: Dr. Maria Pilar Marco Colás

Esperimnetal Master Degree, Biological, Enviromental Chemistry And Related Technologies

Activities and Societies: “Desarrollo de Técnicas Inmunoquímicas para Surfactantes Aniónicos de tipo LAS". Director: Dra. Maria Pilar.

Chemistry Degree, Specialized In Organic Chemistry

Activities and Societies: Erasmus Stay, Experimental Work; Place: University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern (Germany), 2001-2002.