Application of piezoelectric tuning fork mass sensors for evaluation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation in the presence of antibiotics

2011/01/N/NZ7/00156

Keywords

Descriptors

  • NZ1_3: Biofizyka
  • NZ6_4: Bakteriologia
  • ST7_5: Mikro- i nanoelektronika, optoelektronika

Panel

NZ7 – Diagnostic tools, therapies and public health: public health, epidemiology, environmental health risks and occupational medicine, medical ethics, drug discovery and therapies, pharmacology

Host institution

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych

Voivodeship: dolnośląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

dr Grzegorz Maciej Guła

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call

PRELUDIUM 1 – announced on 2011-03-15

Amount awarded
53 800 PLN
Project start date
2011-12-07
Project end date
2013-06-06
Project duration
18 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. łaźnia wodna Julabo typ TW12 + pokrywa ze stali nierdzewnej + 3 statywy. Cost: 8 600 PLN
  2. MYJKA ULTRADŹWIĘKOWA USC300TH. Cost: 2 320 PLN
  3. WYTRZĄSARKA ORBITALNA 3500 ANALOG 16KG + PLATFORMA 46X46CM Z 3 WAŁKAMI DOCISKOWYMI. Cost: 6 186 PLN

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (1)

  1. Evaluation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation using Quartz Tuning Forks as impedance sensors

    Authors:
    Tomasz Piasecki, Grzegorz Guła, Karol Nitsch, Karol Waszczuk, Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa, Teodor Gotszalk
    Academic press:
    Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical (year: 2013, volume: xxx, pages: xxx), Publisher: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.snb.2012.12.087 – link to the publication

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