02/03/2021
By Matthew Gage

The Kennedy College of Science, Department of Chemistry, invites you to attend a proposal defense by Dhanushka Wickramasinghe entitled “Electrochemical Aptamer-based Point-of-Care Sensor for Detection of Sphingosine-1-phosphate.”

The defense will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021 at 11:30 a.m. on Zoom. Please contact Matthew Gage for meeting information if you are interested in attending. The committee will be composed of Kwok-Fan Chow (committee chair), Matthew Gage, David Ryan and Dionysios Christodouleas. A brief abstract is provided below.

All interested students and faculty members are invited to attend.

Abstract: Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a small lipid molecule found in blood. It is a key component of several biological signaling pathways. Additionally, abnormal levels of S1P in blood have been associated with many diseases. Therefore, numerous pharmaceutical drugs are being designed to regulate S1P in blood. An electrochemical aptamer-based sensor for detecting S1P level in blood with potential for point-of-care applications is proposed.