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Somatic Cells Biosensor | Rita Pontes | TEDxISTAlameda

Every country has its own entities regarding food quality control, but even if a product is approved, how sure can we be about its quality? Rita Pontes talks about a nano-scale device that can be used to infer about milk’s quality: SoCe, a biosensor that detects and quantifies the physical, chemical and biological interactions of somatic cells in a drop of milk. Rita Pontes earned a bachelor in Materials Science Engineering at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal) in 2012. In the same year, she began her studies for a Masters degree in Micro and Nanotechnologies Engineering at the same institution and worked as a trainee in the area of microelectronics soldering for Ynvisible company. Currently attending the first year of the Masters, she is developing projects in areas such as biosensors, cellulosic materials and energy conversion. Rita is also a representative of Materials Science and Nanotechnologies students in the Pedagogical Committee (FCT-UNL) since 2011 and member of iNOVAfuture – Association, where she is currently working as team manager of the Thermocromics project. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx