ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Micro-Metagenomics: Characterising Virus-Surface Interactions for Microfluidic Diagnosis

Abstract: Traditional methods of viral detection are based on the isolation and culture of viral pathogens, but often viruses cannot be cultivated under laboratory conditions, constituting a substantial barrier to viral diagnostics and discovery. Microfluidics is a multidisciplinary field in which low volumes of fluids are used in high-throughput screening. Therefore, when combined with appropriate system and filter designs, microfluidics could make the ideal technology for the filtering, detection and quantification of viruses within a sample. This proposal is an integral part of a one year pump-prime project to analyse the properties of viruses which differ substantially in size, shape & deformability on different microfluidic surfaces. This information from neutron reflectivity and scattering will be used to inform mathematical modelling leading to initial trial microfluidic devices.

Principal Investigator: Dr Rob Barker
Experimenter: Dr Timm Krüger
Experimenter: Dr Richard Orton
Local Contact: Dr Mario Campana
Experimenter: Miss Alix Blissett
Experimenter: Miss Chloe Marie Skingle
Experimenter: Miss Irantzu Yoldi
Experimenter: Miss Erin Fuller

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1710450

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1710450

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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