Taking blood apart by sound

Project Information

TAPAS

Grant agreement ID: 101100597

DOI

10.3030/101100597

Project closed

EC signature date 26 September 2022

Start date 1 May 2023

End date 31 October 2024

Funded under

• European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

No data

EU contribution

€ 150 000,00

Coordinated by

LUNDS UNIVERSITET
Sweden

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - TAPAS (Taking blood apart by sound)

Reporting period: 2023-05-01 to 2024-10-31

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

In medicine, certain procedures call for specific components to be isolated from whole blood: examples of such procedures include platelet donation or isolation of T cells for immunotherapy. Conventionally, this isolation process is performed using centrifugation, a process requiring specific instruments that renders the process of blood re-infusion into the patient rather difficult. The TAPAS project proposes to develop an alternative methodology based on acoustic separation that relies on differences in density and size of the different blood components. Researchers will test the selectivity of the approach and its impact on the structure and function of the different blood components.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

In the project we investigated (1) how selectively sub-groups of blood cells can be separated by acoustic separation, (2) an acoustic separation be scaled for high throughput applications, and (3) can acoustic separation affect blood cells?

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

Further research is needed.