This book highlights the latest advances in bioMEMS for biosensing applications. It comprehensively reviews different detection methods, including colorimetric, fluorescence, luminescence, bioluminescence, chemiluminescence, biochemiluminescence, and electrochemiluminescence, and presents various bioMEMS for each, together with recent examples. The book also offers an overview of the history of BioMEMS and the design and manufacture of the first bioMEMS-based devices.

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Samira Hosseini obtained her B.Sc. degree in Applied Physics from the University of North Tehran, Iran, and her M.Sc. degree in Polymer Chemistry and a Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She served as a postdoctoral associate at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, while holding a postdoctoral fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA. Currently, she is Director of Writing Lab in the Center for Educational Innovation at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. She also holds the position of research professor at the School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey. She is the author/co-author of more than 30 scientific publications and 19 book chapters and is the inventor/co-inventor of 6 intellectual properties. Samira is the recipient of the Hero of the Year award for her outstanding achievements at Writing Lab. Moreover, two intellectual properties lead by her research team were selected for the Best Invention of the Year award. She is a member of the Mexican National Academy of Researchers (level one) and is on the editorial board of different international journals. Michelle is a biomedical engineering student at the Tecnologico de Monterrey while obtaining her Master's degree, simultaneously, in Intelligent Systems and Robotics at the University of Essex in the UK. She was a member of the Biomedical Engineering Society as well as the Academic Society for Science and Engineering. She is the co-author of an extensive review article in the area of tissue engineering. Ricardo received his Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering with specialization in biomedical microtechnologies from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, in 2019. He has worked as a Research Assistant at the Biomedical Engineering Lab at Tec de Monterrey and has participated in research internship programs in the Elvira Lab at the University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada, as well as in Sensors Lab at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. Ana Sofia obtained her Bachelor's degree in Engineering in Biotechnology from Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico. She is currently finalizing her Master's degree in Business Management (MBM) at EGADE of Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. She was a member of FEMSA laboratory and has worked at Writing Lab as Assistant Director. She has also participated as coordination staff of the International Congress of Innovation Education (CIIE) and in INCmty for two consecutive years. She is the principal author of a chapter of the Encyclopedia of Analytical Science, second edition, which was published by Elsevier in 2018. She is actively collaborating in research and writing of several projects. Ana is currently working on Accenture in the Skin Cancer Solution Project. Sofia is a Biomedical Engineer with specialty of Biomedical Microtechnology within Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. Sofia has worked as a Research Assistant at the Brain, Language and Cognition Lab at the University of Texas in San Antonio, USA, and has experience in Clinical Engineering field. She is currently working as a Senior Research Assistant at Writing Lab and is involved in various research projects in the field of Biomedical Engineering. Luis is a Biomedical Engineering student at Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico. Luis has collaborated in the design of casting orthosis alternatives at Wavebiomedics. He is part of the student board of Biomedical Engineering Society and an active member of the International Genetically Engineered Machine chapter. Luis is the co-author of an extensive review article recently accepted by Lab-on-chip journal.

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1. History of BioMEMS
   1.1. Introduction
   1.2. BioMEMS
   1.2.1. Advantages of BioMEMS
   1.2.2. First attempts in design and fabrication of BioMEMS
   1.2.3. General applications of BioMEMSSummary
   References
   2.Colorimetric detection strategies
   2.1. Introduction
   2.2. Colorimetric detection strategy
   2.3. Recent advances of colorimetric detection in paper-based BioMEMS
   2.4. Recent advances of colorimetric detection in lab-on-compact disk (LOCD) devices
   2.5. Alternative BioMEMS for colorimetric detection
   Summary
   References
2. Fluorescence detection strategies
   3.1. Introduction
   3.2. Fluorescence detection strategy
   3.3. Recent advances of fluorescence detection in paper-based BioMEMS
   3.4. Recent advances of fluorescence detection in microfluidic BioMEMS
   3.4.1. Recent advances of fluorescence detection in lab-on-compact disk (LOCD) devices
   3.4.2. Recent advances of fluorescence detection in lab-on-chip (LOC) devices
   3.4.3. Alternative BioMEMS for fluorescence detection
   Summary
   References
3. Luminescence detection strategies
   4.1. Introduction
   4.2. Luminescence detection strategy
   4.3. Recent advances of luminescence detection in microfluidic BioMEMS
   4.3.1. Recent advances of luminescence detection in lab-on-chip (LOC) devices
   4.4. Alternative BioMEMS for luminescence detection
   Summary
   References
4. Bioluminescence detection strategies
   5.1. Introduction
   5.2. Bioluminescence detection strategy
   5.3. Recent advances of bioluminescence detection in microfluidic BioMEMS
   5.3.1. Recent advances of bioluminescence detection in lab-on-chip (LOC) devices
   5.4. Alternative BioMEMS for bioluminescence detection
   Summary
   References
   6.Chemiluminescence detection strategies
   6.1. Introduction6.2. Chemiluminescence detection strategy
   6.3. Recent advances of chemiluminescence detection in paper-based BioMEMS
   6.4. Recent advances of chemiluminescence detection in microfluidic BioMEMS
   6.4.1. Recent advances of chemiluminescence detection in lab-on-chip (LOC) devices
   6.5. Alternative BioMEMS for chemiluminescence detection
   Summary
   References
5. Biochemiluminescence detection strategies
   7.1. Introduction
   7.2. Biochemiluminescence detection strategy
   7.3. Alternative BioMEMS for biochemiluminescence detection
   Summary
   References
6. Electrochemiluminescence detection strategies
   8.1. Introduction
   8.2. Electrochemiluminescence detection strategy
   8.3. Recent advances of Electrochemiluminescence detection in paper-based BioMEMS
   8.4. Alternative BioMEMS for Electrochemiluminescence detection
   Summary
   ReferencesTable of abbreviations