Shining nanoparticles for single microRNA detection in microfluidics. This project aims to extensively study the interface between nanoparticles and nucleic acids. It sets out to produce a novel ultra

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Shining nanoparticles for single microRNA detection in microfluidics. This project aims to extensively study the interface between nanoparticles and nucleic acids. It sets out to produce a novel ultrasensitive high-performance biosensing platform that will combine luminescent nanoparticles with microfluidics in a digital assay. This portable platform will detect biological fingerprints, or microRNAs, at a single-molecule level, delivering unprecedented levels of sensitivity and specificity. The multiplexed platform has the potential to benefit the biomedical research of microRNAs and opens up a genuine commercialisation potential for portable biosensing of nucleic acids.. Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. Field: 1004 - Medical Biotechnology. Lead: Dr Riikka Arppe-Tabbara