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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:

QTF biofilm Pseudomonas aeruginosa resonance

Descriptors:

  • NZ1_3: Biophysics
  • NZ6_4: Bacteriology
  • ST7_5: Micro- and nanelectronic, optoelectronic and photonic components

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

woj. dolnośląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Grzegorz 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 (Y-m-d): 2011-12-07

Project end date (Y-m-d): 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 (8 600 PLN)
  2. WYTRZĄSARKA ORBITALNA 3500 ANALOG 16KG + PLATFORMA 46X46CM Z 3 WAŁKAMI DOCISKOWYMI (6 186 PLN)
  3. MYJKA ULTRADŹWIĘKOWA USC300TH (2 320 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  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 (rok: 2013, tom: xxx, strony: xxx), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.snb.2012.12.087 - link to the publication
  2. Application of quartz tuning forks (QTF) for monitoring of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm treatment with selected antibiotics
    Authors:
    Grzegorz Guła, Tomasz Olszak, Joanna Majewska, Karol Waszczuk, Teodor Gotszalk, and Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa
    Academic press:
    Journal of Microbiological Methods (rok: 2013, tom: x, strony: x), Wydawca: Esevier
    Status:
    Submitted