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EPSRC Reference: EP/L020920/1
Title: An electronic-based ELISA combined with microfluidics
Principal Investigator: Prodromakis, Professor T
Other Investigators:
Morgan, Professor H Kelleher, Dr WP
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Newbury Electronics Limited
Department: Electronics and Computer Science
Organisation: University of Southampton
Scheme: Standard Research
Starts: 05 May 2014 Ends: 04 May 2017 Value (£): 869,559
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Med.Instrument.Device& Equip.
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Manufacturing Healthcare
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Panel History:
Panel DatePanel NameOutcome
11 Feb 2014 Manufacturing in Healthcare Announced
Summary on Grant Application Form
Our aim is to develop a low-cost real-time protein detection device to continuously monitor cytokines during in-vitro culture that could eventually expand in clinical practice. We will do this by exploiting discrete electronic components as chemical sensors that are compatible with unique microfluidic chips for minimising the overall cost of the device in combination with small size enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) chambers that minimise antibody requirements. We aspire achieving this by adapting well established manufacturing techniques, currently employed in fabricating printed-circuit boards (PCBs), that could effortlessly render bespoke functionalised electrodes coupled with um-scale fluidic channels/chambers.
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