Being invited to the Point-of-Care Diagnostics Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, we had a unique opportunity to present various activities around the hackteria framework and related activities in the field of biohacking, bioart, DIYbio. Very interesting speakers both from Kenya and internationally presented research prototype for low-cost diagnostics to be applied specifically for developing countries and tropical diseases. Examples of successful implementation of new tests for sleeping sickness (HAT, Human African tryponosomiasis have been presented by Joseph Ngund’u from FIND. Most interesting seemed the LAMP technology, loop-mediated isothermal amplification, similar but much cheaper than PCR related methods, no need for a thermocycler, and it gives you an easy to read color change.
Hands-on Workshops at IPR, Institute for Primate Research
Unlike in many other scientific conferences, we had a very strong focus on hands-on workshops, trying to get more experience in using the prototypes in a realistic setting and introducing them into the local scientific community. More than 15 projects had been presented in parallel during two days of workshop sessions, such as manufacturing of paper-baser microfluidic devices, simple water quality measurement e. coli detection using paper strips, blood seperation using an egg-beater, detection of parasites with LAMP, separation of parasites in whole blood sample using a PDMS µFluidic device and many more.
Impressions
From Hackteria @ POC Workshop, Kenya, posted by Marc Dusseiller Dusjagr on 6/27/2012 (16 items)
- Arrived in Nairobi, being the only speaker outside from an academic institution… le…
- Very interesting talk by Joseph Ndung’u, FIND, learning lots about neglected tropical…
- dusjagr at the Museums of Kenya
- Visiting the labs for some hands-on activities to make Point-of-Care devices on site …
- they looooove the microscope
- Naaaaiiice campus at IPR
- Late night testing of paper-based water quality analysis. Beer seems to have no toxin…
- Andres explains how to make paper-based µFluidic devices
- Hands-on workshops with the locals at IPR, Day 1.
- Hands-on DIY microscopy workshop with the locals at IPR, Day 1.
- Jason shows the µFluidic blood sorting device, visualized with the hacked webcam fro…
- The hacked PS3eye DIY microscopy allows easy visualisation of red blood cells. We laa…
- Cool a paramagentic oechslemeter working on a magentic levitation principle… we sho…
- Adding a cheap crappy lens to the hacked PS3eye hacked microscope gives a much higher…
- There is Jason P. Beech’s blood, hmmm sadly no parasites 🙂
- And now his blood in the bumper device.
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