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Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator Analysis of Dermal Interstitial Fluid Grant Awarded
Dermal interstitial fluid (ISF), which surrounds cells in body tissues, is an alternative to blood for monitoring human health. ISF can be accessed with minimal invasiveness, it contains many of the same biochemical constituents in blood plasma, and it’s clear.
This team will seek to develop a new biofluid analysis instrument that would have unprecedented sensitivity and selectivity, and could have broad applications for health care and medical diagnoses.
Researchers are Rosemary Smith, professor of electrical and computer engineering at UMaine; Srinivas Tadigadapa, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern; Caleb Berry, master’s student in chemical engineering at UMaine; and Vedant Sumaria, Ph.D. student in electrical engineering at Northeastern.
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