Su Discusses 'Little Sensor Lab' on BIO5 Podcast

Assistant professor of biomedical engineering Judith Su recently appeared on the BIO5 Institute's Science Talks podcast to discuss biomarkers and her Little Sensor Lab, which develops "small sensors to solve big problems." 

"Our sensors we use are about 100 microns in diameter, so that's about the width of a human hair. They're really, really small, but we're hoping to use them to have a big impact on society," Su said. "We focus a lot of medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring. So we look at biomarkers for diseases like cancer or Alzheimer's. And we're also really interested in environmental monitoring applications like air pollution or toxic industrial chemicals."

Su earned a $1.82 million, five-year Maximizing Investigators' Research Award from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences in 2020 to further her research.