Search relates to :	Action A (classic collaboration research projects)
Looking for :	a project to join
Title :	Mr. Mr.
Name :	Kieran Flynn
Country :	Ireland, Dublin
Institute name :	Dublin City University
Department / section :	Fraunhofer Project Centre for Embedded Bioanalytical Systems
E-mail :	kieran.flynn@dcu.ie
Telephone :	+353876729125
Web address :	www.dcu.ie/fpc
My expertise / skills :	Lab-on-a-Chip microfluidic consumables and systems for Point-of-use and field testing/monitoring. Our core expertise lies in the design, development and scale-up for manufacturing of bioanalytical systems using centrifugal microfluidic technologies however we also have capability in other formats such as lateral flow. We capability in both the instrument/reader system development and also the microfluidic cartridge development. Core IP in our patented valving technology enables us to achieve a higher level of integration and implement more complex and demanding assays on the cartridge than other platforms. The analyte sample may be liquid such as whole blood, plasma, saliva, urine or other solid materials such as food or environmental material. We specialise in automating, time consuming and unreliable. error prone manual laboratory processes for sample preparation and assay implementation enabling such assays to be used in the field. Our target application is typically point-of-use, point-of-need, in-line or at-line scenarios where fast and reliable time to answer is required to deliver actionable information to the user.
Disciplines I am working on :	Plant Biotechnology Veterinary science Molecular Biology Dairy Science Agriculture Bioprocesses and Applied Microbiology Fisheries Science and Technology Selection using molecular markers Animal Biotechnology Plant Selection Infectious Diseases Plant Sciences Diagnosis (microarray and biosensing devices for early / precise detection of diseases) Food Biotechnology Biochemistry Biotechnology Cellular Biology Crop Science Plant Protection
Keywords :	lab-on-a-disc, immunoassay, molecular diagnostic, point-of-use, microfluidic, bioanalytical system, automation, pathogen, contamination, multiplex
Project description :	We are looking for a project where we can apply our point-of-use, point-of-need microfluidic sample preparation and assay technology platforms to the generation and collection of new data where portable, handheld or mobile device deployment is required/beneficial to enabling the collection of new data. Our platforms can be applied to immunoassay, molecular detection and cell based assays in environmental, agricultural, aquaculture or food based environments.
Networking opportunities :	None currently planned