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The Instrumentation and Systems Development Study Section (ISD) considers research applications seeking to design and develop instrumentation and systems for biological research. Proposed projects need not be hypothesis driven but typically represent a novel scientific investigation of a diagnostic or analytical technology. Specific areas covered by ISD include:

• Analytical instrumentation: novel methods for improving throughput in analytical techniques; optical methods; chemical methods; spectroscopy; microfluidics; hardware and computer systems.
• Sensing devices: detection and sensing of single cells; biomarkers; environmental and toxic chemicals; biomedically relevant compounds and molecules; pre-clinical “lab-on-a-chip” sensing technology.
• Separation technologies: improvements and variations to classical techniques such as electrophoresis and chromatography; cell separations; microfluidics; nanotechnology.
• Automation and integration: design and development of both individual instrumentation modules and integrated systems for biological research or diagnostics.
• Micro/nanofabrication: Microfabricated and/or nanostructured devices and systems for use in biological research or diagnostics.
• Development of high throughput assay systems.

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

Enabling Bioanalytical and Biophysical Technologies (EBT)
Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences (BTSS)
Microscopic Imaging (MI)
Nanotechnology (NANO)
Neurotechnology (NT)