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Research interests
Prof Estrela’s research focuses on the development of label-free electrical biosensors and chemical sensors for a wide range of applications such as medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring.
Prof Estrela research interests include
- label-free electrical detection of biomolecular interactions
- biologically sensitive field-effect devices
- detection of DNA, proteins, bacteria, cells, ions and small molecules
- electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of biological systems
- surface biofunctionalization
- electronic addressing of microarrays
- nanobiosensors
- microfluidics
- lab-on-chip
- organ-on-chip
Prof Estrela’s work has a strong multidisciplinary nature and he has collaborations in place with electrical engineers, physicists, chemists, molecular biologists, chemical engineers, pharmacologists, clinicians and industry.
Other responsibilities
- Director of Centre for Biosensors, Bioelectronics and Biodevices (C3Bio)
- Theme Leader (Healthcare Technologies) at Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies
- Theme Leader (Sensors & Data) at Water Innovation and Research Centre
- Member of Steering Committee of Centre for Therapeutic Innovation
- Specialty Chief Editor Frontiers in Lab on a Chip Technologies
- Associate Editor Biosensors and Bioelectronics
- Associate Editor Scientific Reports
- Associate Editor Sensors
- Associate Editor Frontiers in Sensors
- Associate Editor Advanced Devices & Instrumentation
Willing to supervise doctoral students
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Physics, Doctor of Philosophy, Non-Fermi Liquid Behaviour in Uranium-Based Heavy-Fermion Compounds, University of Amsterdam
Award Date: 26 Sept 2000
Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science, Master of Physics, Caracterização e Estudo da Anisotropia Magnética em Compostos Monocristalinos de UFe12-xMx (M=Mo, Si, Al), University of Lisbon
Award Date: 19 Dec 1995
Keywords
- TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
- Biosensors
- QD Chemistry
- Electrochemical sensors
- Biosensors
- Biosensing Technologies
- Bioengineering
- Electrochemistry
- Sensors
- Nanobiosensors
- Bioelectronics
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Cancer Diagnosis: Parallel Sensing of Prostate Cancer Biomarkers: MARIE CURIE - PROSENSE Training budget
Estrela, P., Eggleston, I., Frost, C., Lloyd, M., Pascu, S. & Tyrrell, R.
1/10/12 → 30/09/16
Project: EU Commission
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Novel Biosensors Based on Synthetic Recognition Elements Embedded in Redox Active SAMs
Estrela, P., Frost, C. & James, T.
Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
1/11/14 → 31/10/15
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
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HiPAD- High Throughput, label-Free Detection of High-Density Peptide MicroArrays
Estrela, P., Bowen, C. & Taylor, J.
1/01/12 → 30/04/16
Project: EU Commission
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Platform for Change
Pula, G., Estrela, P., Bhalla, N. & Di Lorenzo, M., Jun 2015, Innovations in Pharmaceutical Technology, 53, p. 30-33 3 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Researchers develop platform to aid kinase drug discovery
Estrela, P., Bhalla, N., Di Lorenzo, M. & Pula, G., 21 Apr 2015, Pharmaceutical Journal.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
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Optimisation of an electrochemical impedance spectroscopy aptasensor by exploiting quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation signals
Formisano, N., Jolly, P., Bhalla, N., Cromhout, M., Flanagan, S., Fogel, R., Limson, J. & Estrela, P., 1 Dec 2015, In: Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 220, p. 369-375 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multimodal electrochemical and nanoplasmonic biosensors using ferrocene crowned nanoparticles for kinase drug discovery applications
Formisano, N., Bhalla, N., Wong, L. C. C., Di Lorenzo, M., Pula, G. & Estrela, P., Aug 2015, In: Electrochemistry Communications. 57, p. 70-73 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile18 Citations (SciVal)195 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
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Dataset for "3D‐Printed Hollow Microneedle‐Lateral Flow Devices for Rapid Blood‐Free Detection of C‐Reactive Protein and Procalcitonin"
Turner, J. (Creator), Lay, E. (Creator), Jungwirth, U. (Creator), Varenko, V. (Creator), Gill, R. (Creator), Estrela, P. (Creator) & Leese, H. (Creator), University of Bath, 28 Apr 2023
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01233
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Dataset for "Antimicrobial Releasing Hydrogel Forming Microneedles"
Turner, J. (Creator), Laabei, M. (Creator), Li, S. (Creator), Estrela, P. (Creator) & Leese, H. (Creator), University of Bath, 23 May 2023
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-01176
Dataset