Essays about: "automated pathogen detection"

Found 5 essays containing the words automated pathogen detection.

  1. 1. Evaluation of Oxford nanopore’s MinION : Use, functionality, and genome assembly

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

    Author : John Baxter; [2019]
    Keywords : MinION; Genome; Klebsiella; NGS;

    Abstract : The rapid and reliable detection of pathogens is of utmost importance in healthcare settings to ensure the appropriate treatment thereby reducing morbidity and mortality for the patient. Current culturing, PCR based and NGS species detection methods are time consuming (Opota et al., 2015), limited in their detection (Buckley et al. READ MORE

  3. 2. Optimization and standardization of a novel method combining capillary electrophoresis and immunoblotting for the detection of the lectin pathway proteins.

    University essay from

    Author : Leila Farhat; [2017]
    Keywords : Collectin; Ficolin; MASP; MBL; WES;

    Abstract : The complement system is a part of the innate immunity. Its function is to eliminate pathogens, by proteins interacting directly with pathogen surfaces and promoting a pro-inflammatory and anti-microbial environment. READ MORE

  4. 3. Automation of a solid-phase proximity ligation assay for biodefense applications

    University essay from Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Emelie Barkenäs; [2013]
    Keywords : Biological warfare; proximity ligation assay; real-life location trial; automated pathogen detection; air samples; liquid handling robot;

    Abstract : The extent of devastation caused by a biological warfare attack is highly correlated to the time from release to detection. As a step towards lowering the detection time the international project TWOBIAS was launched. READ MORE

  5. 4. Molecular characterization of a murine norovirus isolate from Sweden and detection of noroviruses in artificially contaminated raspberries

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Sofia Persson; [2013]
    Keywords : murine norovirus; norovirus; food borne viruses; raspberries; affinity magnetic separation; process control;

    Abstract : Frozen, imported raspberries have been linked to several outbreaks of human norovirus (NoV) gastroenteritis in Sweden. Noroviruses are highly infectious and are often presented in low numbers in contaminated foods. READ MORE

  6. 5. Utveckling av analysmetoder för en tillämpning inom beredskapsdiagnostik

    University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

    Author : Joakim Ågren; [2007]
    Keywords : bacillus; anthracis; antrax; BSL-3; glovebox; biosafety; PCR;

    Abstract : Bacillus anthracis is a risk class III organism and needs to be handled inside a biosafety level 3-laboratory. A major problem when working with airborne, spore-forming bacteria like B. anthracis are the hazardous aerosols created when using an automated DNA-extraction method to prepare samples suspected to contain the organism. READ MORE