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Abstract
The flexible and modular setup of an intelligent mobile lab (IMOLA) that can be equipped with biosensor chips for monitoring of cellular metabolism is described. An application as an environmental monitoring system is described by recording the extracelluar acidification and cellular respiration of Chlorella kessleri after exposure to the herbicide metamitron. The adaptability of the IMOLA system to future developments in the field of biosensors or cellular metabolism analysis is emphasized.
The authors thank the Heinz Nixdorf–Stiftung and the Softwarehaus Zuleger GmbH for supporting the ongoing research, the members of the IMOLA team at the Heinz Nixdorf‐Department for Medical Electronics, and at the Limnologische Station Iffeldorf‐Department of Ecology (both Technische Universität München) for their great support, good ideas, and helping hands. Special thanks to G. Full for his sponsorship and encouragement. Thanks to R. Arbogast and W. Ruppert for design and fabrication of the mechanical components. Furthermore, thanks to all the organizers and participants of the second international workshop on “Biosensors for Food Safety and Environmental Monitoring 2005” in Agadir, Morocco. Here especially Marie, Antonio, and Michael have to be mentioned.