Contact: HexagonFab Biosensors, a spin-off from University of Cambridge Dr. Ruizhi Wang, Electrical Engineering, Dr. Hannah Stern, Physics & Chemistry & Christoph von Bieberstein, Commercial Mentor: Brian Corbett The inventors have designed a new real-time and highly sensitive method for … [Read more...] about Finding the best market for the next generation of biosensors
A new targeted method to reduce platelets in the bloodstream
Contact: Dr. Marloes Tijssen, TroMegaTherapeutics (formerly at Haematology) Mentor: Dr. Bill Matthews Essential Thrombocythaemia is a chronic disease with increased blood platelet numbers and affects over 9000 patients in the UK, but has no specific treatment. Patients can survive up to 20 years … [Read more...] about A new targeted method to reduce platelets in the bloodstream
Using nanopores to detect single molecules such as proteins or DNA
Contacts: Niklas Ermann, Nikki Weckman & Ulrich Keyser, Biological & Soft Systems, Cavendish Laboratory Mentor: Paul May A nanopore is a single pore a few nanometres in diameter. The team in the Cavendish are developing ways to use nanopores to detect single molecules of specific types, allowing … [Read more...] about Using nanopores to detect single molecules such as proteins or DNA
