Pharmaceutical Sciences 407

This elective course introduces the principles of modern qualitative and quantitative physical, chemical, and biosensors and analytical techniques that are utilized frequently in the pharmacy and medicine. These sensors have critical roles in pharmaceutical preparations, point-of-care diagnostics and patient monitoring. The course will cover the fundamentals of physical sensors (for measuring temperature, pressure, flow, humidity, motion), chemical sensors (for measuring pH, blood gas, anesthetic gases and exhaled breath) and biosensors (for measuring blood glucose, proteins, DNA, liposomes, biomarkers), from the simplest applications to the most advanced and novel applications.