Details
on the Proposal
General Aim: The aim of the present proposal is to explore the possibility to develop an olfactory nanobiosensor array based on the electrical properties of single olfactory receptors.
| Partner | Area of expertise | Main Task in the project |
| CBEN , Research Center for BioElectronics and Nanobioscience,
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain |
NanoBioengineering | Electrical characterization with SPM. Nanofabrication. Nanobiosensor design and characterization.Management |
| POLIMI, Dipartimento di Elettronica ed Informazione,
Politecnico di
Milano, Italy |
Instrumentation for Electronics | Electrical characterization with nanotrasducers. Correlation spectrum analyzer. Low noise amplification circuitry and user friendly interface |
| INFM, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica della Materia and National Nanotechnology Laboratory, Lecce, Italy | Theoretical modeling and Simulation | Models on electrical properties of single proteins. Nanobiosensor modelling and simuation. |
| CNM, Centro National de Microelectronca, Instituto de Microelectronica de Barcelona, Spain | Micro/nano fabrication | Nanotransducer and nanotool fabrication. Nanobiosensor array integration |
| IFOS, Ingenierie et Foncionnalisation des Surfaces, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, France | Biochemisty | Olfactory receptor film fabrication and immobilisation and transfer to substrates and nanotransducers. |
| INRA. Institut National del la Recherche Agronomique, Unite de Biologie Cellulare et Moleculaire, Jouy-en-Josas, France | Biotechnology | Olfactory receptor and rhodopsin production, functional analysis and purification. |
Prof. Lino Reggiani (Dipartimento di
Ingegneria dell'Innovazione, Universita` di Lecce,
Lecce- Italy and NNL-INFM)
Prof. Cecilia Pennetta (Dipartimento di
Ingegneria
dell'Innovazione, Universita` di Lecce,
Lecce- Italy and NNL-INFM)
Dott. Eleonora Alfinito (Dipartimento di
Ingegneria
dell'Innovazione, Universita` di Lecce,
Lecce- Italy and NNL-INFM)