This premier event for the biosensor community, the largest in the field, celebrated its 35^th anniversary with a lineup of high-quality plenary speakers and oral talks. Taking place from 19 to 22 May 2025 in Lisbon, Portugal, this meeting has catalysed interactions gathering a wide range of stakeholders to further this ever-expanding area.

The programme also featured daily plenary presentations followed by parallel sessions comprising a rigorously selection of submitted papers and interactive poster sessions.

The main topics of the conference encompassed:

• Bioelectronics (including biocomputing, biofuel and photovoltaic cells, and electronic noses)
• Commercial biosensors, manufacturing and markets
• Nucleic acid-based sensors and aptasensors
• Enzyme-based biosensors
• Immunosensors
• Lab-on-a-chip, multiplexed and multimodal sensors
• Microfluidics and immobilisation technology
• Wearable biosensors and personal mobile health
• Nano biosensors, nanomaterials & nanoanalytical systems
• Natural & synthetic receptors (including MIPs)
• Organism-, whole cell- and organ-based biosensors
• Printed biosensors and microfabrication
• Proteomics, single-cell analysis and cancer-cell detection
• Signal transduction technology
• Single molecule detection
• Theranostics, implantable, ingestible and resorbable sensors
• CRISPR-based biosensors
• Novel transducers
• Synthetic biology for biosensors
• AI and machine learning in biosensors

Our partners from the University of Rome Tor Vergata (UNITOV) presented RELIANCE results with a poster titled ‘Electrochemical paper-based device for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 on the surface’ that highlighted the importance of paper-based immunosensors for detecting viruses on surfaces.

The method applied by UNITOV utilizes magnetic beads as a support for the sandwich-type immunological chain, which, due to its high surface/volume ratio, enables the loading of a high number of antibodies, thereby improving sensitivity. For electrochemical measurements, they functionalised the working electrode by drop-casting with carbon black, demonstrating improved sensitivity using this affordable nanomaterial.

Download poster here.