Biosensors and Bioassays for Ecological Risk Monitoring and Assessment

This article describes the development and use of portable recognition element (RE)-based assays for environmental biosensing. It will focus on using portable optical biosensors; specifically surface plasmon resonance (SPR)-based biosensors for detecting a wide variety of analytes that may pose environmental risks. Portable SPR-based biosensor systems are suitable for real-time environmental monitoring as well as for many other applications including biodefense, medical diagnostic applications, food safety, and general laboratory research.