Ivneet Kaur Banga at the Breath Biopsy Conference 2021

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Talk Abstract:

There are thousands of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) present in the exhaled air that can provide insights into respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Noninvasive disease diagnosis primarily using breath to monitor metabolites, is fast emerging as an area of interest. The technologies being currently used to develop sensors for field monitoring are based on resistance change, before and after the exposure to the target. A drawback of such sensors is that they measure electrical resistance, which lacks both sensitivity as well as specificity. They have low reproducibility, narrow range of sensing, and need high operating temperature. However, if the electrochemical sensors are integrated onto an Internet of Things (IoT)-based platform, they can be used in-situ and do not need prior sample preparation. We have earlier reported the development of an electrochemical sensor for the detection of endogenously and exogenously produced methanol vapors, ammonia, and isopentane. We now demonstrate the proof of concept of an electrochemical sensor, specific and sensitive for the detection of endogenously produced VOCs, toward developing a handheld breath analyzer for onsite applicability.

Speaker Biography:
Ivneet is a PhD student at the Department of Bioengineering, University of Texas at Dallas. She joined the doctoral program at the Biomedical Microdevices and Nanotechnology Laboratory under the supervision of Dr Shalini Prasad in 2019. The primary focus of her research is to develop wearable platforms using the principles of micro and nanotechnology for breathomics based technology. Ivneet has published work on the use of RTIL based technology for gas sensing interface. In the past year, Ivneet’s research group have filed three patents in association with a company for the development of these devices. Ivneet has published three papers as part of her PhD on the development of the electrochemical sensors for disease diagnosis and monitoring. She has also presented at prestigious national conferences such as Pittcon 2021, ECS 2021, BMES 2020 and 2019. Ivneet completed her master’s in technology from Amity University (India). She published her research work on the development of immunoassays for detection of opiate drugs as part of her graduate degree.

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