09/09/2016

A project led by Dr Xavier Gil, awarded by the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS)

A research project led by Dr Xavier Gil, a Professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at UIC Barcelona, has received the award for best project from the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society European Meeting. The project, entitled “Impedimetric Antimicrobial Peptide-Based Sensor for the Early Detection of Periodontopathogenic Bacteria”, was published in the Biosensors and Bioelectronics Journal, the journal with the largest impact in the field of Sensors.  

The research team, from UIC Barcelona, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the National Microelectronics Centre, has created a nano-sensor that is capable of detecting the presence of the bacteria in the oral cavity which are responsible for caries and bone necrosis. This sensor also allows you to send a warning to the healthcare team when the presence of this bacterium is detected.