WHO ARE WE?
The Supra Sensors Stream is part of the Freshmen Research Initiative Program at the University of Texas at Austin. The Supra Sensors Stream uses analytical chemistry, peptide chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry to develop novel sensing methods. We use “differential sensing arrays” using peptide-based sensors used to differentiate analytes of biological interest, specifically wine and protein kinases.
The differential sensing method pioneered by Dr. Eric Anslyn in the Department of Chemistry has been widely used for the detection of small molecules and biomolecules such as nucleotides, peptides, carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. The differential sensing method has been applied to many fields such as homeland security, food industry, environmental science, and clinical diagnostics.
Eric V. Anslyn, Ph.D. is the principal investigator of the stream. Diana Zamora-Olivares, Ph.D. is the research educator of the stream and responsible to manage the research and educational direction of the lab and the courses.
