Prof. Lee Taek's Research Team Developed a Highly Sensitive Biosensor That Detects Saxitoxin in Freshwater

A research team led by Prof. Lee Taek of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Kwangwoon University, Park Jeongah, a researcher in the Master’s program in the Department of Chemical Engineering, and the research team by Prof. Jang Hongje of the Department of Chemistry have developed an electrochemical biosensor with aptamer/porous platinum nanoparticle on the round-type micro-gap electrode for saxitoxin detection in fresh water.

 <Schematic diagram of the fabricated saxitoxin detection biosensor>

This research was carried out with the support of the Ministry of Science and ICT (2021R1C1C1005583), the support of the Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute through the aquatic ecosystem health management program of the Ministry of Environment of Korea (2020003030001), and the Industrial Core Technology Development Project (20009121) of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy. The research results were published in ELSEVIER publisher's Biosensors and Bioelectronics (IF: 10.618) under the title of "Electrochemical Biosensor with Aptamer/porous Platinum Nanoparticle on Round-type Micro-Gap Electrode for Saxitoxin Detection in Fresh Water".