Kort beskrivelse af aktiviteten: Today, more people live with diabetes – a long-term condition that is easy to manage if you check your blood sugar often. In everyday life, this is done either with quick test strips or with an electronic gadget called a continuous glucose monitor, which has a tiny censor stuck on your skin. At its core is an electrochemical biosensor powered by an enzyme called glucose oxidase. This enzyme only reacts with glucose so the sensor can measure exactly how much glucose is in your blood. Understanding how these sensors work (and their limits) allows us to (1) make even better glucose monitoring devices and (2) invent new ones to potentially measure other key information in the body and provide useful diagnostic insights.

During the visit, the attendants will gain an understanding of (1) how to fabricate a workable glucose biosensor, and (2) how glucose level can be selectively measured using electrochemical biosensors.

Karakter af besøgets indhold: Hands-on experiments focusing on the preparation and measurement of a prototype electrochemical glucose biosensor.

Faglig relevans: Chemistry

Nøgleord: Electrochemical sensor, glucose sensor, diabetes, healthcare.

Forventet niveau: HTX or 3.g. Chemistry/Physics at A-level.

Forberedelse: Reading materials will be made available in advance.

Udbytte: Understanding the basic concept of glucose biosensors; hands-on experience on biosensor fabrication and measurement at lab-scale.

Maks. antal personer: 8 (This is to achieve the best outcome in the lab by getting everyone involved with hand-on experiments, but it can be arranged).

Tidspunkter for besøget: To be arranged with the organizer.

Besøgets varighed: 1 full day, or two continuous half-days (to be arranged).

Mødested: Institut for Kemi og Biovidenskab, Fredrik Bajers Vej 7H, 9220 Aalborg Øst.

Kontaktperson: gymnasieportalen@adm.aau.dk, Xinxin Xiao, Kemi og Biovidenskab

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