SMI Groups

Leicester Biotechnology Group

Group location: United Kingdom (Europe)

Group description:
The Leicester Biotechnology Group is located in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Leicester, UK.

Members of the group include:

• Prof. Sergey Piletsky                      publications1  publications2
• Dr. Kal Karim                profile      publications
• Dr. Elena Piletska          profile      publications1  publications2

The groups research activities fall under the following broad categories:

• MIP adsorbents for extraction of drugs and biopharmaceuticals
• MIPs for sensors and assays in clinical diagnostics
• MIP nanoparticles for diagnostics and therapeutic applications
• Solid-phase synthesis of MIP nanoparticles
• Computational design and molecular modelling
• Synthesis of new functional monomers
• MIPs for control of Quorum Sensing in bacteria
• Fundamental analysis of MIP recognition properties

Selected Publications from the Leicester Biotechnology Group:

1. Poma A et al., Solid-Phase Synthesis of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Nanoparticles with a Reusable Template-"Plastic Antibodies". Advanced Functional Materials, 3013, 23, 2821-2827. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201202397
2. Chianella I et al., Direct Replacement of Antibodies with Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Nanoparticles in ELISA - Development of a Novel Assay for Vancomycin. Analytical Chemistry, 2013, 85, 8462-8468. doi: 10.1021/ac402102j
3. Piletska EV et al., Passive Control of Quorum Sensing: Prevention of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation by Imprinted Polymers. Biomacromolecules, 2011, 12, 1067-1071. doi: 10.1021/bm101410q
4. Piletska E et al., Rational design and development of affinity adsorbents for analytical and biopharmaceutical applications. Journal of the Chinese Advanced Materials Society, 2013, 1, 229-244. doi: 10.1080/22243682.2013.839207
5. Whitcombe MJ et al., Molecular imprinting science and technology: a survey of the literature for the years 2004-2011. Journal of Molecular Recognition, 2014, 27, 297-401. doi: 10.1002/jmr.2347
6. Whitcombe MJ et al., The rational development of molecularly imprinted polymer-based sensors for protein detection. Chemical Society Reviews, 2011, 40, 1547-1571. doi: 10.1039/C0CS00049C
7. Piletska EV et al., Influence of the Polymerization Conditions on the Performance of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers. Macromolecules, 2009, 42, 4921-4928. doi: 10.1021/ma900432z
8. Alexander C et al., Molecular imprinting science and technology: a survey of the literature for the years up to and including 2003. Journal of Molecular Recognition, 2006, 19, 106-180. doi: 10.1002/jmr.760

Group address:
Department of Chemistry,
University of Leicester,
George Porter Building,
University Road,
Leicester,
LE1 7RH, UK

Group website:
https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/chemistry/research/chemical_biology/biotechnology-group

Contact email: sp523@le.ac.uk


Group entry created by Mike Whitcombe on 2015-12-02 11:26:26