1 “...Martin Stein's thesis describes a novel methodology for natural product discovery. Due to its high...”

2 Table of Contents: “...Introduction -- miRNAs Biology in Pathological Processes -- Conventional MiRNA Detection Strategies...”

3 “...Novel Optical Nanoprobes for Chemical and Biological Analysis starts with a brief introduction...”

4 Table of Contents: “...Optical trapping of biomolecules -- Microfluidic detection for energy applications -- Nanoplasmonic...”

5 Table of Contents: “... Absorption Spectroscopy Using Microresonator Whispering-Gallery Modes -- Rapid Chemical Vapor Detection Using...”

6 Table of Contents: “... Detection -- 12 Novel Technique for Ultra Sensitive Detection of Organic Compunds -- 13 The Analytical...”

7 Table of Contents: “... discovery of bacterial biomarkers -- Laser-based detection of explosives and related compounds -- Detection...”

8 “...: contactless or long-distance interrogation, detection sensitivity, analyte selectivity, absence of electrical...”

9 Table of Contents: “... Multimodal Imaging Mass Spectrometry -- Detection, Identification and Monitoring of Chemical Warfare Agents a...”

10 Table of Contents: “...1. Introduction -- 2. Theory of Combined Acoustic-Gravitational Field -- 3. Principle of Detection...”

11 Table of Contents: “... by micro segmented flow with microphotometric and microfluorimetric detection -- Nanotechnology...”

12 Table of Contents: “... Applications -- Bioelectronic Tongues Employing Electrochemical Biosensors -- Novel Electrochemical DNA...”

13 Table of Contents: “... -- Novel trends in development of aptamer based biosensors for detection bacteria -- Signal amplified...”

14 Table of Contents: “... -- Novel Fluorophores -- DNA Technology -- Fluorescence-Lifetime Imaging Microscopy -- Single-Molecule...”

15 Table of Contents: “... -- State of the Art and Novel Trends in Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy -- Single Molecule...”

16 Table of Contents: “... of µtas in Analytical Chemistry -- µtas for Biochemical Analysis -- Detection Principles for µ-Tas...”

17 Table of Contents: “... Phosphatidylserine for Isolation or Detection of Extracellular Vesicles -- Application of Affitins for Affinity...”

18 Table of Contents: “... Fluorescence: Novel Technical Solutions -- Fluorescence Polarization Techniques: Applications in the Material...”

19 Table of Contents: “...MALDI and Trace Metal Analysis in Age Related Macular Degeneration -- HistoSnap: a novel software...”

20 “...The work presented in this thesis involves a number of sophisticated experiments highlighting novel...”