Tools and Trends in Bioanalytical Chemistry

What is bioanalytical chemistry? Scientific opportunities with immediate impact.- Role of bioanalytical chemistry in the 21st century.- Sampling and sample preparation in bioanalysis.- UV-VIS absorption and fluorescence in bioanalysis.- High-resolution techniques based on atomic and emission spectrometry applied to bioanalytical purposes.- Vibrational spectroscopy in bioanalysis.- Biological systems investigated by smal-angle X-ray scattering.- High resolution optical fluorescence microscopy for cell biology studies.- Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in analyses of biological samples.- SPR sensors: From configurations to bioanalytical applications.- Introduction to electroanalysis.- Amperometric detection for bioanalysis.- Potentiometric biosensors.- Electrochemical methods applied for bioanalysis. Differential pulse voltammetry and square wave voltammetry.- Impedimetric immunosensors for clinical practices: Focus on point-of-care diagnostics.- Organic electrochemical transistors in bioanalytical chemistry.- Quartz crystal microbalance in bioanalysis.- Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM): Fundamentals and applications.- Modified electrodes surface with inorganic oxides and conducting polymers.- The role of gas chromatography in bioanalysis.- Liquid chromatography in bioanalysis.- The role of capillary electromigration separation techniques in bioanalysis.- Introduction to bioanalytical mass spectrometry.- Microchip-based devices for bioanalytical applications.- Microarrays application in life sciences - The beginning of the revolution.- Chemometrics in bioanalytical chemistry.- Recent advances and future trends in bioanalytical chemistry.

Lauro Tatsuo Kubota is a Full professor at the Chemistry Institute from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, and a Research Fellow from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Campinas (Brazil) and a Post-Doctorate in Analytical Chemistry from Lund University (Sweden) in 1997/98. Currently is the Coordinator of the National Institute on Science and Technology in Bioanalytics (INCTBio). He is a member of the São Paulo State Academy of Science (ACIESP) and the Brazilian Academy of Science (ABC) and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in 2015. His main interest in researches focuses on Chemistry with emphasis on (Bio)Electroanalytical Chemistry for the development of sensors and biosensors employing novel materials, having published over 385 articles in specialized journals with a selective editorial policy and being author/co-author of 25 patents.

José Alberto Fracassi da Silva is an Associate Professor at the Chemistry Institute from the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil, and holds a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry. He is also Associate Director at the Centre for Semiconductor Components and Nanotechnology (CCSNano) at UNICAMP and the Area Coordinator of the National Institute on Science and Technology in Bioanalytics (INCTBio). His main research interests are focused on bioanalytical applications involving oxygen and nitrogen reactive species, instrumentation and methods for capillary electrophoresis, and microfabrication strategies and materials for lab on a chip microsystems and integrated sensors. He has published 79 scientific papers, 5 book chapters and authored/co-authored 4 patents.

Marcelo Martins Sena is an Associate Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, and Research Fellow from the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and