Anthony Guiseppi-Elie

Anthony "Tony" Guiseppi-Elie, Sc.D., FAIMBE (born October 8, 1954, in Trinidad and Tobago) is noted for his research and commercial development of biologically inspired and chemically responsive polymers that combine hydrogels possessing biologically inspired moieties with one-dimensional organic conductors (conductive polymers and carbon nanotubes). The resulting stimuli-responsive polymers are being developed as smart materials for controlled drug release, biosensors and for use in bionics. Tony is noted for his contributions to work on the development of controversial implantable biochips, DNA microarrays, and for his Guiseppi Prediction (...continued progress in the density of molecular recognition features on biochips will approach single molecule detection - by analogy to Moore's Law). Tony is also founder, president and scientific director of ABTECH Scientific, Inc.[1], a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, a professor of Bioengineering and a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. As director of the Center for Bioelectronics, Biosensors, and Biochips [2], he purses the development of electronic noses, implantable biochips and implantable bio-smart materials for human health applications. He obtained his Sc.D in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, his M.Sc. in Corrosion Science and Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and his B.Sc. in Applied and Analytical Chemistry from the University of the West Indies. His work has resulted in the commercialization of a wide variety of biochip substrates used in BioMEMS devices (Lateral Flow Bioassays and Microfluidic Devices) and his implantable biochip is under commercial development at ABTECH Scientific, Inc.

Research

• Differential Gene Expression Using DNA Microarrays (Biochips Thrust Area)
• Development of Implantable sensors for Physiologic monitoring (Biochips Thrust Area)
• Immobilized Enzyme Bioelectronic Devices (Bioelectronics Thrust Area)
• Electronic Nose - Multi-element Array Sensor for VOC Monitoring
• Advanced DNA Microarrays (Biochips Thrust Area)
• Neuro-biosensors, Neural Materials and NeuroChip (Biosensor Thrust Area)

Laboratories

• Biosensors Lab [3]
• Biochips Lab [4]
• Biomaterials and Biointerfaces Lab [5]
• Signal Processing and Bioinformatics Lab [6]

Dr. Anthony Guiseppi in News and Media

SC BUSINESS

The work and accomplishments of Guiseppi-Elie profiled as the January 2008 Centerfold in SC Business – The state-wide journal of the SC Chamber of Commerce.

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MIT TECH TALK

New technique may speed DNA analysis Lauren J. Clark, MIT School of Engineering, May 18, 2005

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BIOTECHNIQUES

Center fellow, Anthony Guiseppi-Elie, Sc.D., Professor and Director, Virginia Commonwealth University Center for Bioeletronics, Biosensors, and Biochips, profiled in June, 2005 issue of Biotechniques. Read Profile

Guiseppi-Elie profiled in Biotechniques – The International Journal of Life Science Methods Biotechniques, 2005; 38 (6) 843-844

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YOURWORL/OURWORLD

Guiseppi-Elie profiled in YourWorld/OurWorld – The Journal of Biotechnology for 8 and 9 graders.

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Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology

Dec. 12, 2007 - Guiseppi-Elie delivers invited lecture at Singapore’s Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology – Dr. Jackie Ying

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References

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• "9th IUPAC International Symposium on Macromolecule-Metal Complexes". http://copac.ac.uk/wzgw?id=090424b8110876f877b515c1dd1bc1e5b0f0cd&field=au&terms=Giuseppi-Elie,%20Anthony. Retrieved 2009-04-29.