Brian Robert Baker Research News and Headlines


Electronic Cocaine Biosensor

RSC Chemistry World, 6/2006
FEATURES: Chemical Origami

Fox News Channel, 6/11/2006
"Handheld Device: New Sensor for Detecting Cocaine in Blood or Saliva"
A two-minute story on the Electronic Cocaine Biosensor appeared on Fox News Channel on Sunday, June 11, 2006. It was shown in different versions at various times throughout the day.
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Analytical Chemistry 78(9):2869, 5/1/2006
ANALYTICAL CURRENTS: Electrochemical Aptamer Sensor

The Ninth World Congress on Biosensors, May 10-12, 2006, Toronto, CANADA
Oral Presentation O95: Electronic Aptamer-Based Detection of Cocaine in Blood Serum

Fox News.com, 4/13/2006
Researchers Develop Portable Cocaine Detector

LiveScience.com, 4/13/2006
Researchers Develop Portable Cocaine-A-Lyzer

Sploid.com, 4/13/2006
The Party's Over, It's The Cocaine-A-Lyzer

Nature Methods 3(4):244, 4/2006
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: BIOSENSORS
doi:10.1038/nmeth0406-244b
Coke and Chips - A Winning Combination?
PDF: Coke and Chips - A Winning Combination?

Technology Review (Germany), 3/17/2006
Kokain-Schnüffler zum Mitnehmen

Heise Online (Germany), 3/17/2006
Hightech für Drogenfahnder

MIT Technology Review, 3/10/2006
A Fast and Simple Cocaine Detector

Chemical & Engineering News, 3/6/2006
Quick Cocaine Detection

RSC Chemistry World, 3/2/2006
Chemists Crack Cocaine Detection

MSN ZDNet, 3/1/2006
Sensor Instantly Detects Cocaine in Blood

C|NET News, 3/1/2006
Sensor Instantly Detects Cocaine in Blood

News-Medical.Net, 3/1/2006
Hand-held Device for Detecting Illegal and Legal Drugs

Homeland Security Daily Wire, 2/28/2006
Portable Drug and Bioterror Sensor Developed with Help of High School Students

UCSB Daily Nexus, 2/28/2006
UCSB Scientists Create Cocaine-Detecting Tool

The Register (UK), 2/28/2006
'Unfoolable' Portable Cocaine Detector Invented

ASCP LabMedicine, 2/28/2006
Portable Cocaine Sensor Developed at UC Santa Barbara

Science Daily, 2/28/2006
Portable Cocaine Sensor Developed at UC Santa Barbara

medGadget, 2/27/2006
Portable Cocaine Sensor Developed

United Press International, 2/27/2006
Portable Cocaine Sensor on the Cheap

All Headline News, 2/27/2006
Cocaine Detection Device Created By High School Students and Nobel Laureate

MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base, 2/24/2006
Portable Cocaine Sensor Developed at University of California, Santa Barbara; High School Students, Nobel Laureate Contributed

AScribe Newswire, 2/24/2006
Portable Cocaine Sensor Developed at University of California, Santa Barbara; High School Students, Nobel Laureate Contributed


Electronic DNA Biosensor

UCSB Daily Nexus, 1/16/2004
High Tech: DNA


Mussel Adhesive Proteins and Biomaterials

Research featured in:
The Nature of Things with David Suzuki
Biomimicry: Learning From Nature - Part 2

Biomimicry is a new science that studies nature's best ideas and then immitates these designs and processes to solve human problems. In this second program we visit biologists Herbert Waite at UC-Santa Barbara, and chemist Robin Garrell at UCLA, whose studies of mussels' adhesive capabilities reveal exciting models and possibilities for industry and medicine....

CBC Television: The Nature of Things with David Suzuki
Biomimicry: Learning From Nature

Bullfrog Films
Biomimicry: Learning From Nature - Part 2. Reviews and Ordering Information

The American Biology Teacher. 65(9): 714-716, 2003.
doi: 10.1662/0002-7685(2003)065[0714:CTR]2.0.CO;2
Classroom Technology Reviews. Biomimicry: Learning from Nature, Parts 1 & 2. (Review)
PDF: Classroom Technology Reviews. Biomimicry: Learning from Nature, Parts 1 & 2. (Review)