Rheology-enhanced Interdigitated electrode biosensor decorated with artificially imprinted polymer receptors for rapid diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury

Focus topic:	Life Science Technologies
Type of funding:	Individual funding programmes
Programme:	CZS Nexus
Funded institution:	Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Dr. Gözde Kabay researches various biomedical fields including biosensors, biomaterials, theranostics and plasma technologies. She studied biomedical engineering in Turkey. After stations in Madison (USA) and Freiburg, she has been a postdoctoral researcher at KIT since 2021.

Goals

Acute kidney injury (AKI) refers to a sudden and reversible reduction in kidney function that leads to an accumulation of waste products in the body. If not diagnosed in time, it can lead to irreversible damage.

Currently, existing formal diagnostic parameters are inadequate in terms of specificity and sensitivity, and tests and equipment used to examine patient samples are cumbersome and costly. Therefore, portable and low-cost biosensors are being developed to enable simultaneous and sensitive detection of early-stage AKI biomarkers to improve AKI prognosis and patient:outcomes.

Dr. Kabay's multidisciplinary team is focused on developing such a low-cost, accessible and user-friendly AKI biosensor to detect multiple AKI-related biomarkers in a timely and simultaneous manner with high performance.