Low-cost paper-based microfluidic devices for the detection of waterborne pathogens

Información del proyecto

ENVIRO

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 622879

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de inicio 1 Junio 2014

Fecha de finalización 29 Noviembre 2017

Financiado con arreglo a

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Coste total € 282 109,20

Aportación de la UE € 282 109,20

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
United Kingdom

Objetivo

The scientific aim of enVIRO is to develop novel low-cost paper-based microfluidic systems for the detection of waterborne pathogens. Norovirus and E. coli will be the exemplar targets as they are the primary agents of global gastrointestinal infections caused by contaminated drinking and bathing water. Three-dimensional microfluidic paper analytical devices (µPADs) will be implemented with isothermal nucleic acid amplification technology (INAAT) for sensitive quantitation of pathogens in environmental samples. This will only be possible by joining the expertise in molecular biology and nanotechnology at the University of Southampton (UoS) with the pioneering excellence in paper-based microfluidics at the group of the inventor of the field, George Whitesides, at Harvard University (HU). The enVIRO project will be primarily a research-driven training programme with a 24-month outgoing period spent at HU, for development of novel prototype 3D INAAT µPADs for environmental samples, and a 12-month re-integration phase at UoS in ERA, for knowledge dissemination and prototype implementation that addresses increasing global and European needs in tackling water contamination and infection issues.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

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• ciencias naturales › ciencias físicas › mecánica clásica › mecánica de fluidos › microfluidics
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › bioquímica › biomoléculas › ácido nucleico
• ingeniería y tecnología › nanotecnología
• ciencias médicas y de la salud › medicina clínica › gastroenterología
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › biología molecular

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Programa(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Tema(s)

• FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF - Marie Curie Action: "International Outgoing Fellowships for Career Development"

Convocatoria de propuestas

FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF
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Régimen de financiación

MC-IOF - International Outgoing Fellowships (IOF)

Coordinador

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

• Aportación de la UE: € 282 109,20
• Dirección: Highfield ; SO17 1BJ Southampton ; Reino Unido
• Tipo de actividad: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Coste total: Sin datos