Rebecca Y. Lai
Assistant Professor
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Department of Chemistry
651 HAH
Lincoln NE 68588-0304
E-mail: rlai2@unl.edu
Lab: (402) 472-2681
Fax: (402) 472-9402
Professor Lai received her B.S. degree in Biochemistry from California State University, Los Angeles in 1999 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 2003-2007.
Selected Publications
- Folding-based Electrochemical DNA Sensor Fabricated by “Click” Chemistry . Caňete, S. J. P.; Yang, W.; Lai, R. Y. ChemComm., 2009, in press.
- Folding-based Electrochemical DNA Sensor Fabricated on a Gold-plated Screen-printed Carbon Electrode. Yang, W.; Gerasimov J. Y.; Lai, R. Y. ChemComm., 2009,20, 2902-2904.
- Aptamer-Based Electrochemical Detection of Picomolar Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Directly in Blood Serum. Lai, R. Y.; Plaxco, K. W.; Heeger, A. J., Anal. Chem., 2007, 79, 229-233.
- Rapid, Sequence-Specific Detection of Unpurified PCR Amplicons Via a Reusable, Electronic Sensor. Lai, R. Y.; Legally, E. T.; Lee, S-H.; Soh, H. T.; Plaxco, K. W.; Heeger, A. J., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 2006, 103, 4017-4021.
