These works have been funded by "la Région Aquitaine" as part of the projects ASCOBAR (2007-2009) and OSQUAR (2009-2011). They have been done in the IMS-Bordeaux (Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS, UMR 5218) with the collaboration of two others laboratories.The main goal was to create a guided transverse horizontal acoustic wave (Love wave) platform for specific detection of phycotoxins, responsible of shellfish poisoning. The microfluidic chip integrated into this platform allows control of the sample flow above the sensitive surface while saving biological liquid consumption.Detection tests have been done with the collaboration of the "Laboratoire d'Immunologie-Parasitologie" (Université Bordeaux 2). The sensitive surface was made of antibodies, created from a hapten made with a mimotope synthesized by "l'Institut des Sciences Moléculaires" (Université Bordeaux 1, CNRS UMR 5255). This mimotope is a molecule part which is common to a family of amnesic phycotoxin (ASP).Thanks to the synergistic efforts of this consortium and development of specific detection protocols, results can discriminate poisonous samples at sanitary threshold, that is, containing 0.2 ppm of okadaic acid, 20 ppm of domoic acid (200 ng of domoic acid into only 10 mg of shellfish flesh).
