ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I wish to register my gratitude to our internal guide Mr.Ravikant.G.Biradar,Lecturer, Department of Telecommunication, for his invaluable suggestions and advices throughout the seminar.

I express my sincere thanks to Dr.K.N.B.Murthy, Principal, PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, for his valuable support.

I express my sincere thanks to Mrs.Anuradha M, HOD, Dept of Telecommunication, for her kind co-operation and support.

Last but not the least I would like to thank all those people who have helped me directly or indirectly in doing this seminar.

KRISHNAPRASAD BHAT D USN:1PI09TE044

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1. 2. 3. INTRODUCTION 2 BIOCHIP DEFINITION STRUCTURE AND WORKING OF AN ALREADY IMPLANTED SYSTEM 3.1 THE TRANSPONDER 3.2 COMPUTER MICROCHIP 3.3 ANTENNA COIL 3.4 TUNING CAPACITOR 3.5 GLASS CAPSULE 3.6 THE READER 3.7 HOW IT WORKS 4. BIOCHIPS CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT 4.1 CHIPS THAT FOLLOW FOOTSTEPS 4.2 GLUCOSE LEVEL DETECTORS 4.3 OXY SENSORS 4.4 BRAIN SURGERY WITH AN ON-OFF SWITCH 4.5 ADDING SOUND TO LIFE 4.6 EXPERIMENTS WITH LOST SIGHT 5. THE AGILENT 2100 BIOANALYZER 6. BIOCHIPS IN NONINFECTIOUS DISEASES 6.1 BIOCHIPS AND PROTEOMICS 6.2 SELDI PROTEIN BIOCHIPS 6.3 BIOINFORMATICS WITH SELDI BIOCHIPS 6.4 CHALLENGES OF PROTEIN CHIPS 7. DNA BIOCHIPS 8. CONCLUSION 3 5 5 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 11 12 13 14 16 18 20 21 21 22 23 24 25 26

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