Jonathan Cooper has pioneered technologies in biosensors (1980s), protein and DNA microarrays (1990s) and Lab-on-a-Chip and Bionanotechnology (2000s). He has published ca. 200 research papers, is the founder of Mode Diagnostics (producing home diagnostics for bowel cancer), and of ClydeBiosciences (developing toxicity tests). In his recent research, he has focused upon using phononics in the field of medical diagnostics. In one example, using phononics, he has created frequency dependent acoustic lenses and mirrors with phononic crystals to enable generic platforms for low cost diagnostics. Jon was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2004. He was appointed to the Wolfson Chair in Biomedical Engineering in 2009 and was awarded a Royal Society Merit Award in 2010.
New Optical, Acoustic and Electrical Technologies for Developing World Diagnostics
Thursday, 29 March 2012 at 10:00
Add to Calendar ▼2012-03-29 10:00:002012-03-29 11:00:00Europe/LondonNew Optical, Acoustic and Electrical Technologies for Developing World Diagnostics Lab-on-a-Chip European Congress in Edinburgh, ScotlandEdinburgh, ScotlandSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
Infectious diseases cause 10 million deaths each year worldwide, accounting for ~60% of all deaths of children aged 5-14. Although these deaths arise primarily through pneumonia, TB, malaria and HIV, there are also the so called “neglected diseases” such as sleeping sickness and bilharzia, which have a devastating impact on rural communities, in sub-Sahara Africa. Here, the demands for a successful Developing World diagnostic are particularly rigorous, requiring low cost instrumentation with low power consumption (there is often no fixed power infrastructure). In many cases, the levels of infection within individuals are also sufficiently low that instruments must show extra-ordinary sensitivity, with measurements being made in blood or saliva. In this talk, a description of these demands will be given, together with a review of some of the solutions that have been developed, which include using acoustics, optics and electrotechnologies, and their combinations to manipulate the fluid sample. In one example, we show how to find a single trypanosome, as the causative agent of sleeping sickness, amongst a background of over 100 million bloods cells.
Add to Calendar ▼2012-03-28 00:00:002012-03-29 00:00:00Europe/LondonLab-on-a-Chip European CongressLab-on-a-Chip European Congress in Edinburgh, ScotlandEdinburgh, ScotlandSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
Add to Calendar ▼2012-03-29 10:00:002012-03-29 11:00:00Europe/LondonNew Optical, Acoustic and Electrical Technologies for Developing World Diagnostics Lab-on-a-Chip European Congress in Edinburgh, ScotlandEdinburgh, ScotlandSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
