{"251551":{"#nid":"251551","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Team Wins SRC Funding for Biosensor Development","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESemiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) has awarded a Georgia Tech team with a three-year research contract to develop the next-generation of high-performance biosensors as part of SRC\u2019s new Semiconductor Synthetic Biology (SSB) research program. The team was awarded $475,000, including the contributions from both SRC and the State of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHua Wang and Mark P. Styczynski, assistant professors in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, respectively, will investigate how to\u0026nbsp;fuse actual live cells or tissues with\u0026nbsp;CMOS electronics to form a hybrid bio-semiconductor system. This system would provide novel biosensors with high signal sensitivity and specificity while at a very low operating power. According to Wang, the major applications of this technology include low-cost drug development, fast chemical screening, and personalized medicine.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn such a hybrid bio-semiconductor system, Wang envisions live cells or tissues serving as the \u0022Biological Front-End\u0022 to interface with the physical environment and the CMOS integrated circuits functioning as the \u0022Silicon Synthetic Back-End\u0022 to convert the cellular responses to electrical signals for information processing and storage. \u201cThis system will open the door for novel sensing, actuation, and even signal processing capabilities beyond existing silicon platforms,\u201d said Wang. \u201cIf I may draw an analogy between our hybrid biosensor and a radio-frequency receiver, these live cells in our sensors are actually functioning as \u2018biological\u2019 front-end filters and low noise amplifiers, which select and amplify the desired biochemical information.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELed by SRC\u2019s Global Research Collaboration, the SSB program concentrates on synergies between synthetic biology and semiconductor technology that can foster exploratory, multi-disciplinary, longer-term university research leading to novel, breakthrough solutions for a wide range of industries. Results from the university research, guided by semiconductor industry needs, should significantly enhance and accelerate opportunities for advancing properties, design and applications for future generations of integrated circuits. The Georgia Tech team was one of six U.S. university groups to receive funding from the SSB program, which is supporting exploratory projects in cytomorphic-semiconductor circuit design; bio-electric sensors, actuators, and energy sources; and molecular-precision additive fabrication.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am very excited that our Georgia Tech team was selected as a winning team for this SRC program.\u201d Wang said. \u201cOur world-class infrastructure in electronics research and the strong interdisciplinary collaborations at Georgia Tech really helped us win this SRC opportunity.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESemiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) has awarded a Georgia Tech team with a three-year research contract to develop the next-generation of high-performance biosensors as part of SRC\u2019s new Semiconductor Synthetic Biology (SSB) research program.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) has awarded a Georgia Tech team with a three-year research contract to develop the next-generation of high-performance biosensors as part of SRC\u2019s new Semiconductor Synthetic Biology (SSB) research program."}],"uid":"27241","created_gmt":"2013-11-06 11:26:15","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:22","author":"Jackie Nemeth","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-11-06T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"251561":{"id":"251561","type":"image","title":"Hua Wang SRC Research Project","body":null,"created":"1449243813","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:43:33","changed":"1475894931","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:51","alt":"Hua Wang SRC Research Project","file":{"fid":"198122","name":"hua_wang-src.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hua_wang-src_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hua_wang-src_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":502754,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hua_wang-src_0.jpg?itok=DyyAj28j"}}},"media_ids":["251561"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.src.org\/","title":"Semiconductor Research Corporation"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff\/fac_profiles\/bio.php?id=169","title":"Hua Wang"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/faculty\/styczynski","title":"Mark Styczynski"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chbe.gatech.edu\/","title":"School of Chemical \u0026 Biomolecular Engineering"}],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"67901","name":"Hua Wang"},{"id":"79081","name":"Mark P. 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