WHAT is SensUs?

An international competition

14 universities all around the world

Biosensors that could potentially be used by patients in the future

Students make and design innovative biosensors

SensUs stimulates the development of biosensors for healthcare applications in a friendly competitive manner

Uppsala teams: SensUs 2016-2019

Creatinine (kidney failure)

SensUpp UppSense

NT-proBNP (heart failure)

Vancomycin (dosing of antibiotic)

U.V.S (Uppsala Vancomycin Sensor)

2018

2016 2017

AdUp Sense2019

Adalimumab (dosing of rheumatoid arthritis)

NT-proBNP (heart failure)

Interdisciplinary team

Students enrolled in a BSc or MSc program

15 students

Different scientific disciplines

Engineering

Pharmaceutical

Biology

Medicine

Physics

Chemistry

SensUs 2020

▶︎ A commonly-used broad spectrum anti-epileptic drug

▶︎Monitoring would increase the added value because:

➤ non-linear relation between the administered dose and the blood drug concentration

➤ high inter-individual variability

TIMELINE

Deadline to apply: October 1st

Selection of candidates

September 2020The contest takes place in

Eindhoven (The Netherlands)

November 2019 – August 2020

The team will design and build their biosensor

Contestdays

(Eindhoven)

Why should you be part of SensUs?

- Team work

- International experience

- Broaden your knowledge about biosensors

- Gain contacts (academia and companies)

- Challenging experience

- CV

- Fun!

- Take another course (15 hp)

“Innovation of Molecular Biosensors”Code: 3MG039

TO APPLY, send your CV to:

Uppsala.SensUs@gmail.com

You can read more at:

Join SensUs 2020!

(latest October 1st)