Advanced Biosensors for Virus Detection

Raju Khan is a Senior Principal Scientist and Professor, at CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal. He did his PhD in Chemistry in 2005 from Jamia Millia Islamia, Central University, New Delhi, and Postdoctoral researcher at the “Sensor Research Laboratory” University of the Western Cape, Cape Town. His current research involved synthesizing novel materials to fabricate electrochemical and fluorescence-based biosensors integrated with microfluidics to detect target disease risk biomarkers for health care monitoring. He has published over 150 papers in SCI journal, which attracted over 5500 citations as per Google Scholar, published 45 book chapters in the reputed book Elsevier and Taylor Francis, editing of 28 books from Elsevier and Taylor Francis, and his research has been highlighted in Nature India. He has supervised 5 PhD and 30 undergraduate/postgraduate theses and has supervised 4 numbers of postdoctoral fellows under the scheme of N-PDF, CSIR-Nehru Fellowship, and DST-Women Scientist Projects. Arpana Parihar is a DST Scientist B at CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal, India. She has 8 years of research and teaching experience and her current research interests include fabrication (Micro/Nano-fabrication) of Bio-devices/bio-medical POCT Devices for early diagnosis of cancer and infectious disease. She has gained significant expertise in the field of 3D cell culture, drug designing, tissue engineering, photodynamic therapy, molecular dynamic simulations, and immunoinformatics. Dr. Ajeet Kaushik is an Associate Professor of Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, at Florida Polytechnic University, Florida, United States, as well as an ICS Fellow and Fulbright Specialist. Currently he is exploring nano-enabled technologies for health and environmental monitoring. He has authored or co-authored over 350 publications, published 14 edited books, and has 4 patents, as well as various other editorial roles and international collaborations. Dr. Kaushik’s research interests include green chemistry, catalysis, drug delivery systems, electrochemistry, sensors, and point-of-care sensing for sustainable health and the environment.Dr. Ashok Kumar is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry of All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal. His current research interest is understanding the role of non-coding RNAs and sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling in Head and Neck Cancer. He received his PhD degree from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) Lucknow, India. Then, he received postdoctoral training from UCSFBenioff’s Children’s Hospital Oakland & Research Centre, Oakland, CA, USA. Dr. Ashok Kumar’s major area of research work are Cell & Molecular Biology, Cancer Biology, Immunology & Sphingolipid signaling. He has more than 15 years of research experience. He has published more than 50 research articles and 10 book chapters and he has edited two books. He is a member of several international professional societies including American Association of Cancer Research and Fellow of Royal Society of Biology

• 1. Emergence of coronavirus epidemic and pandemic2. Emergence of novel coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) and global public health response3. Lessons learned from coronavirus (SARS-CoV, MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV2) and Socio-economic impact of (SARS-COV-2) pandemic4. Current therapeutics for COVID-19 management5. Exploring SARS-COV-2 genomic profiling and strain variation6. Profiling and pathogenesis of SARS-CoV27. Nano-enabled advancements in COVID-19 management8. Challenges in SARS-CoV2 detection needed to management COVID-19 pandemic9. State-of-the-art diagnostic to manage coronavirus epidemic and pandemic10. Biomarkers and risk factors associated with coronavirus infection11. Protein Biomarkers12. Genomic Biomarkers13. Patients fluid as antibody14. Biological/Synthetic Receptors used for Biosensors development for coronavirus detection(a) Antibody based(b) Enzyme based(c) Aptamer based15. Electrochemical biosensors for viral infection diagnostics16. Optical Biosensors for viral infection diagnostics17. Calorimetric Biosensors for viral infection diagnostics18. Role of Magnetic nanoparticles in development of Biosensors for viral infection diagnostics19. Advances in nanomaterials for biosensor development for virus detection20. Multiplexed biosensors for virus detection21. Acoustic/electrical biosensors for diagnostic approaches22. Role of mechanical biosensors in diagnostic approaches23. Fluorescence Based Biosensors for coronavirus infection diagnostics24. Raman based biosensors for coronavirus infection diagnostics25. Miniaturized analytical system for Point-of-care coronavirus infection diagnostics26. Microfluidic Device with Integrated Biosensors for coronavirus infection diagnostics27. Currently available Biosensor based approaches for SARS-CoV-2 detection28. Biosensors based approaches for other viral infection detection29. Lab-on-chip devices for coronavirus infection diagnostics30. Scaling up of biosensors for clinical applications and commercialization31. Future aspects of biosensor-based devices in disease detection