Dr Ying Fu
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Personal statement
My research interests include novel biosensor development and application. My current research focuses on highly sensitive organic electronics integrated with microfluidics for real time monitoring, aimed at early diagnosis and effective therapy for various diseases.
Area of Expertise
I have been working in the multidisciplinary field of biosensing. I design chemical interfaces for biosensors to enable selective and sensitive detection of various biomarkers, and thus can be used in clinical and medical applications. I also have expertise in Field Effect Transistors, especially Organic Electrochemical Transistors. I have used transistors to detect protein, glycan and microRNA biomarkers in cancer cells, and successfully differentiate their expression levels with normal cells. In addition to extensive experience in Electrochemical methods, I also fabricated flexible bioelectronics and all the measurements can be done using a mobile phone.
I am always interested in establishing new collaborations with academics or industry.
Publications
- Organic bioelectronics for in vitro systems
- Pitsalidis Charalampos, Pappa Anna-Maria, Boys Alexander J, Fu Ying, Moysidou Chrysanthi-Maria, van Niekerk Douglas, Saez Janire, Savva Achilleas, Iandolo Donata, Owens Róisín M
- Chemical Reviews Vol 122, pp. 4700-4790 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemrev.1c00539
- Ultrasensitive detection of ribonucleic acid biomarkers using portable sensing platforms based on organic electrochemical transistors
- Fu Ying, Wang Naixiang, Yang Anneng, Xu Zhiai, Zhang Wen, Liu Hong, Law Helen Ka-wai, Yan Feng
- Analytical Chemistry Vol 93, pp. 14359-14364 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.1c03441
- Organic semiconductors based wearable bioelectronics
- Liao Caizhi, Xiong Yanyu, Fu Ying, Chen Xiaofeng, Occhipinti Luigi G
- Wearable Electronics Vol 2, pp. 23-39 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wees.2024.12.003
- Maximising the translation potential of electrochemical biosensors
- Docherty Niamh, Macdonald Daniel, Gordon Alisdair, Dobrea Alexandra, Mani Veerappan, Fu Ying, Pang Susan, Jimenez Melanie, Corrigan Damion K
- Chemical Communications Vol 61, pp. 13359-13377 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cc02322j
- BiVO4/C3N4 heterojunction-gated organic photoelectrochemical transistor for sensitive detection of neurotransmitter
- Cai Ting, Zhang Wenran, Charlton Francessca, Sun Yali, Chen Yuxuan, Fu Ying, Zhang Qiang, Liu Shenghua
- Biosensors and Bioelectronics Vol 280 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2025.117444
- Cost-effective amperometric immunosensor for cardiac troponin I as a step towards affordable point-of-care diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction
- Docherty Niamh, Collins Lilian, Pang Susan, Fu Ying, Milne Stuart, Corrigan Damion
- Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research Vol 47 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2024.100725
Professional Activities
- Advanced Materials Technologies (Journal)
- Peer reviewer
- 30/11/2025
- Invited Speaker at The 1st GBA International Symposiu
- Speaker
- 1/7/2025
- Strategic Themes: EPSRC Critical Mass Programmes to Drive a Sustainable Future
- Participant
- 30/1/2025
- Strategic Themes - Bioimaging Workshop
- Participant
- 17/9/2024
- Invitated speaker for IUMRS-ICEM 2024
- Speaker
- 19/5/2024
- Invitated speaker for Pint of science
- Recipient
- 13/5/2024
Projects
- RSC PhD Electrochemistry Research Award
- Charlton, Francessca (Principal Investigator) Fu, Ying (Co-investigator)
- 15-Jan-2025 - 15-Jan-2026
- Alan Mollins-BBSRC NorthWestBio DTP
- Fu, Ying (Principal Investigator) Corrigan, Damion (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2029
- 3D Bioelectronic Gut model to elucidate virus infection and treatments
- Fu, Ying (Principal Investigator)
- 21-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Investigating 3Rs in screen-printed electrodes: Reproducibility, Regeneration and Reusability
- Fu, Ying (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Use of novel technologies to tackline infections: a one stop sputum-free diagnosis for Tuberculosis
- Fu, Ying (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Highly selective organic bioelectronics for biomarker detection in serum (Research Enablement Grant)
- Fu, Ying (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2024
Contact
Dr
Ying
Fu
Strathclyde Chancellor's Fellow
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: ying.fu@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 444 7068