Maged Biochip in which researchers from Bar Ilan develop biological chips for continuous monitoring of a large group of biological markers for human diseases
The Corona period greatly accelerated the fields of preventive medicine and home monitoring. One of the problems that make progress in the field difficult, is that all measurement methods are calibrated in relation to the healthy population, and are not necessarily suitable for monitoring people with active acute diseases or with background diseases.
The research of Dr. Hamotel Duadi from the Faculty of Engineering at Bar-Ilan University, which focuses on methods for measuring physiological parameters, such as heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation level, customized for each person, may help in the progress required in this field.
The existing need in the field of monitoring physical indicators led the State of Israel in early 2022 to establish a biochip association, with an investment of NIS 40 million, in which members are researchers in the field and leading industrial companies.
The consortium promotes the development of innovative biochips for advanced healthcare services by providing integrated platforms for the continuous monitoring of a large set of biomarkers for human diseases. At the association's first conference held recently, Dr. Hamotal Duadi was selected as an outstanding researcher, due to her contribution to the construction of an academic model.
Dr. Duadi explains that her research group specializes in interactions between light and tissue. "We discovered a unique physical phenomenon that allows us to calibrate each person in relation to himself and in relation to his condition that day, thereby increasing the sensitivity and accuracy of measuring physiological parameters."
Dr. Duadi studied for a bachelor's degree in electrical and electronics engineering in the field of communication and electro-optics in the second cycle of the Faculty of Engineering in Bar-Ilan. After that, she continued on a direct path to a doctorate with Prof. Zeev Zalevsky. After one year of post-doctorate, she began to manage the laboratory of Prof. Dror Pixler, and a year later also the laboratory of Prof. Motti Friedman - two laboratories at the Institute for Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials in Bar-Ilan.
