The advanced prototype of Nexus Digital detector has crossed the Ocean, brought by Prof. Selim Unlu of iRiS Kinetics in person, from Boston to Milano, and promptly tested by Dario Brambilla at CNR SCITEC ‘Giulio Natta’.
Interferometric reflectance imaging sensor (IRIS) developed at Boston University, in the research group led by Selim Ünlü, and translated into the benchtop instrument by NEXUS project partner IRIS Kinetics, is fundamental piece of our modular automated system that integrates separation and multiparametric analysis of Extracellular Vesicles from human plasma. The research team of CNR led by Marcella Chiari is now testing the advanced prototype of IRIS module for detection of EV displayed proteins.
This is how Professor Ünlü described the IRIS technology working used in the advanced prototype in his recent lecture given at NYU Tandon School of Engineering last October :” …it defies the conventional wisdom that calls for enhancing the signal through complex optical resonances. Instead, we exploit light interference from an optically transparent thin film—the same phenomenon that gives rainbow colours to a soap film when illuminated by white light.”
Ünlü is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Boston University appointed in electrical and computer engineering, biomedical engineering, physics, materials science and graduate medical sciences He is focused on advancing the imaging techniques based on nanophotonics and biophotonics, and turning the digital detection concept into practical and accessible solutions for high-throughput detection, with an unprecedented resolution and sensitivity, reaching a single-molecule readout .
