Biosensing Applications for Cell Monitoring—2nd Edition
A special issue of Biosensors (ISSN 2079-6374). This special issue belongs to the section "Biosensor and Bioelectronic Devices".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026
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Dear Colleague,
Biosensing technology has matured enormously owing to its simplicity, sensitivity, and speed compared to traditional sensing methods. Diverse biosensors have been developed across various research fields, incorporating bio-, nano-, and electrochemical technologies to monitor a wide range of targets. While early biosensors primarily focused on environmental toxicants and harmful materials, their applications have rapidly expanded to include chemicals, toxins, metabolites, and living cells. In particular, cell-based biosensing has emerged as a powerful approach in clinical and biomedical fields, enabling rapid and early detection of abnormal cells, pathogens, and disease-related biomarkers.
In this Special Issue, titled “Biosensing Applications for Cell Monitoring—2nd Edition”, we aim to explore recent advances in techniques, methodologies, and applications of biosensors for cellular monitoring, as well as their prospective uses moving forward.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following:
By Technology:
Electrochemical biosensors (e.g., impedance spectroscopy, amperometry); optical biosensors (e.g., surface plasmon resonance, fluorescence, chemiluminescence); piezoelectric biosensors (e.g., Quartz Crystal Microbalance, QCM); field-effect transistor (FET) biosensors; microfluidic-based cell sensing; label-free biosensing; nanomaterial-enhanced biosensing (e.g., graphene, CNTs, gold nanoparticles); and biosensor arrays for multiplexed cell analysis.
By Application/Outcome:
Cell viability and proliferation; cell adhesion and migration; real-time cell monitoring; single-cell analysis; drug screening and cytotoxicity assays; point-of-care diagnostics; host–pathogen interactions; biomarker detection from cells; and cell-secreted molecules (e.g., cytokines, metabolites).
We particularly welcome submissions on emerging directions such as
- Label-free and real-time cellular monitoring;
- Single-cell analysis;
- Clinical diagnostics and point-of-care testing;
- Advanced biosensor integration with nanomaterials and microfluidics.
We look forward to receiving contributions that will help advance the field of biosensing technologies for cellular monitoring and increase their impact on clinical and translational applications.
Dr. Youngdae Yoon
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biosensors
- cell monitoring
- point-of-care
- pathogen
- biosensing devices
- rapid detection
- diagnosis
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