Raquel L. Pereira

University Of Porto, Portugal

Title: Electrochemical miRNA-34a-based biosensor for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease

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Biography

Raquel L. Pereira is a research fellow at BioMark,

Sensor Research at ISEP, Porto, and has an MSc in Molecular Bioengineering from the

University of Porto. Raquel started working with biosensors in her Master Thesis, during

which she developed an electrochemical miRNA-based biosensor for the diagnosis of

Alzheimer’s Disease. This work received great appraisal by the judging committee and is

expected to be published soon. Since then, Raquel has branched-out within the field of

biosensors and is now working on a project which aims to develop self-indicated

biosensors integrated into flexible membranes of natural origin for application in chronic

wounds.

Abstract

Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia