​2020

October 2020
  • We have one fully-funded opening for Master by Research with a stipend £1500 per month and tuition fees waive.
 
  • Dr Yang was invited by ACS Publications Forum as panelist to discuss for recent progress in COVID diagnostics. 
 
  • SERS sensors for illicit drug detection published at Water Research.   

September 2020
  • Dr Yang was interviewed by BBC with a live television on BBC news and Look east on presenting paper-based sensors for early warning of COVID-19. 

  • Wengliang has join our group as a new PhD student. 
 
  • Two papers has been accepted at Biosensors and Bioelectronics (IF 10.3), one on iBMW for COVID management and another on paper aptamer sensors. 

August 2020
  • We have one PhD opening for UK/EU candidate to join our exciting RAEng project. 

July 2020  
  • Dr Yang was awarded a outstanding presentation award for ECR at EBNet. 
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June 2020
  • A UKRI fast response project was approved on National COIVD-19 wastewater monitoring program for COVID-19, led by our collaborator Dr Andrew Singer from UK CEH. This has attracted attention by US Financial Times. 
 
  • A  review paper on biosensors for COVID-19 was published at ACS Nano, 
 
May 2020
April 2020
  • Dr Yang discussed at Science (AAAS) the low-cost paper-based device for early warning of COVID-19 for wastewater-based epidemiology.
 
March 2020
  • Dr Yang wins Royal Academy of Engineering Frontier Follow-on Grant (£300k).  We have two fully funded PhD studentship available!!!​​
2019
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2018

​​December 2018
  • Dr Yang gave an invited talk at the conference of IEEE NANOMED 2018 in Hawaii, US. 

November 2018

  • Dr Yang gave a research seminar at the Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science in China.  
 
  • Dr Yang gave a invited talk at the international conference of RME 2018 in Amsterdam, the Netherland, and present a poster.  

October 2018
  • Dr Yang gave a research seminar at the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. 
  • Ms Franziska Tuerk joins our group as a RA, and she will be work on sensors for rapid test of water quality. ​​

September 2018
  • It's our pleasure to host Prof Elise Cartmell, our industry partner and Chief Scientist from Scottish Water to give us a seminar on industry challenge of water sector.


​August 2018
  • The paper on the electrochemical detection of PSA for cancer diagnosis using paper-microfluidic device published at Biosens Bioelctron.
 
  •  Mr Kang Mao from Peking University joins us as a visiting PhD student for 5 month, and he will work on paper device. 

July 2018  
  • Zhugen attend the Frontier Symposium with Royal Academy of Engineering, in Rio, Brazil, to discuss GCRF opportunity. 

June 2018
  • Zhugen was appointed as a Lecturer (Assistant Professor, UK tenure) at the School of Engineering, University of Glasgow.
 
  • Zhugen presented a poster on Faraday discussion at the University of Bath and meet a lot of excellent electrochemists. 
 
  • Zhugen present his recent sensors for the detection of illicit drugs at IAEAC-40 at Santiago de Compostela, Spain. 
 
  • Zhugen gives 2 talks at Biosensors Congress 2018 in Miami, FL, USA: one on community sewage sensors, another on paper-origami device for rapid diagnosis. With honour to have diner with Profs Antony Turner and Justing Gooding.

March 2018
  • Our paper origami devices was tested in Uganda, Africa for the field-testing of  Malaria. 

​Feb 2018  
  • Two abstracts were accepted as the oral presentation at Biosensors Congress 2018, Miami, USA, June 12-15, 2018. 

Jan 2018
  • Paper-origami device for diagnosis of STI was published in ACS Sensors. ​
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2017

11.2017
  • I was awarded a UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) academic Research Fellowship (508k GBP), and I will formally start my independent research group from December 2017. PhDs, Postdocs, Project Students, and visitors are very welcome!!!
 
  • The co-authored paper on enantiomeric profiling of chiral illicit drugs in pan-European sewage was accepted in Water Research. ​​

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10.2017
  • I gave a talk at the Testing Water III conferences, together with EU Cost Action meeting, in Lisbon, Portugal, October 26-27, 2017. 

09.2017
  • I give a talk on community sewage sensors for monitoring public health at BBMEC 12 in Rome, Italy, September 25-29, 2017. Thanks for the travel grant from British Council associated with UK/Turkey workshop. 

08.2017
  • The  paper on lateral flow device for the detection of population biomarkers was published in Analytical Chemistry.

07.2017
  • Another co-authored paper on the detection of caffeine was published in Science of Total Environment. 
  • The paper on the detection of illicit drug use nano materials-based sensing, co-authored with Prof Xiqing Li's group was published in Talanta. Well done, Kang!

05.2017
  • The paper co-authored with Nikolaos on pestjcide exposure using waterwater analysis was published at Water Research. (a predominant journal in Water Science IF 6.9) 

03.2017
  • I traveled back to China and gave talks at 3 universities (SUStech; SYSU; Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, CAS).
2016

12.2016
  • A review paper co-authored with SEPROF and COST Action colleagues on sewage biomarkers was accepted at Environmental International (high-ranking journal in Environmental science, IF 7.1)

11.2016
  • Another visit to IVRI in Bareilly ( India) was scheduled in the beginning of November for field test of semen samples using paper device.

09.2016
  • I travel to Bath University for UK/Turkey research links workshop and delivered a talk.   

07.2016
06.2016
  • The co-authored paper on the detection of methamphetamine with G-quadruplex-hemin DNA molecular beacon as sensing probe was published RSC Advance. This project is in collaboration with Prof Xiqing Li's group at Peking University in China.

05.2016
  • I visited at IVRI (Indian Veterinary Research Institute) for a week in India for the field test of infectious disease, supported by UK BBSRC-India  project. 

04.2016
  • I visited Tianjin University in China and gave a talk on community sewage sensors on April 28-29, 2016.

03.2016
02.2016    
  • I gave a talk at COST Action (ES1307) working group workshop "pathogens" in Krakow, Poland in Feb 10-12, 2016.   
  • My paper on DDIAS sensors for detection of cocaine in sewage for evaluation of drug use trends accepted in Scientific Report, a journal from nature publishing group.

01.2016    
  • I visited Prof Xiqin Li's group at Peking University, and gave a talk on sewage community sensors for monitoring public health and illicit drug use trends in Beijing China, on January 3rd, 2016. ​
2015

12.2015    
11.2015    
  • I visited at the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineer, at the University of Leeds and had a talk on sensors for healthcare and environment monitoring. 

10.2015    
  • I am at  6th "SEWPROF" training course and Testing the Water Conference  in Ascona, Switzerland,  October 11-15, 2015. 
  • I joined Prof Jon Cooper's Advanced Medical Group, Division of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, UK.

08.2015    
  • I had a talk on sewage community sensors at 15th ISEAC the in Changchun, China.

07.2015    
06.2015    
  • I presented a poster on RSC Sensors technology workshop in London, June 16,  2015. 

05.2015     
  • My view point paper on community sewage sensors was accepted at the high-ranking environmental journal ES&T, and first of time propose the concept of community sewage sensors.

04.2015     
  • I am  at  5th "SEWPROF" training course: Method validation and quality control, at University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain,  April 29-30, 2015. 

03.2015     
  • I visited University of Oldenburg (Germany) and had a talk on sensors for environment. 
02.2015     
  • This month, my second paper on DNA sensors for the detection of mitochondrial DNA in sewage was accepted in the high-ranking environmental journal ES&T.
  • My work on DNA-directed immobilization aptamer sensor for PSA detection accepted in Analyst.
2014

10.2014    
  • I  attend the first work-group meeting of EU Cost Action on sewage analysis (SCORE)  in Malta on October 27-28, 2014.

09.2014    
08.2014    
07.2014    
05.2014    
  • The contribution of cantilever sensor for biomarker detection was presented with a poster on  World Congress on Biosensor 2014 in Melbourne, Australia, May 27-30, 2014. 

04.2014 
  • I attended 3rd "SEWPROF" training course: Analytical techniques for biomarkers analysis and gave a talk in Utrecht, the Netherlands, April 9-11, 2014. 

03.2014    
  • Our work was presented with a poster on aptamer sensors for PSA detection, on the workshop of Sensors in Medicine,  London, UK, March 25-26, 2014.
2013

10.2013    
  • I moved to University of Bath (UK) as an EU Marie Curie Fellow (Experienced Researcher in Biosensors) with Prof Chris Frost, Dr Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern and Dr Pedro Estrela, based at the Department of Chemistry and Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering. 

08.2013    
03.2013    
  • I had a oral presentation on detection of cancer biomarker using cantilever sensors, on the workshop of Sensors in Medicine, London, UK, March 6-7, 2013. (slideshare, P12/25)
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01.2013    
  • I go back to Ecole Centrale de Lyon with Prof Stephen Elliott to discuss with Dr Eliane Souteyrand and Dr Yann Chevolot for collaboration on cantilever sensing. 
  • My paper on characterisations of three amine surfaces for elaboration of antibody microarray were published on Langmuir.  ​
2012

12.2012    
10.2012    
  • I moved to Chemical Physics Group as a Postdoctoral Research Associate with Prof Stephen Elliott, in the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, UK.

07.2012    
  • I successfully defensed my PhD in the group of Dr Eliane Souteyrand at Ecole Centrale de Lyon (Ecully, France) on July 20th, 2012.  

05.2012    
  • The contributions on TAA microarray for detection of breast cancer sera were communicated on World Congress on Biosensor 2012 with a talk in Cancun, Mexico, May 2012. ​
2011

10.2011    
09.2011    
  • The contributions on anti TAA chip for detection of tumor markers involved in colorectal cancer was presented at the conference of EUROSENSORS XXV in Athens, Greece.