A podcast of the talk by visiting Professor Yalavarthy Prameela Devi from Kakatiya University in India is now available.

Visiting Professor Yalavarthy Prameela Devi from the Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory at Kakatiya University in India, presented a public seminar today entitled: “Biotechnological approaches for the development of low cost field kits for environmental monitoring of toxic chemicals”.

The talk presented biotechnological approaches for the development of low cost field kits for detection, separation, identification and quantification of toxic chemicals like heavy metals, organophosphates, organochlorides. Professor Yalavarthy Prameela Devi explained how enzymatic methods can be used in the field for monitoring toxic chemicals because of their exceptional performance capabilities, which include high specificity and sensitivity, rapid response, low cost and user-friendly operation.

Listen to the podcast and view the PowerPoint presentation.