Diagnostics for virus

This research area aims at developing alternative viral RNA diagnostics by:

  1. Establishing testing capacity using alternative technologies to that used in the main testing program, as backup capacity and to ascertain self-sufficiency in case of deficiency of testing reagents from the present suppliers.
  2. Examining alternative technologies that would enable simpler, cheaper and faster testing, as well as testing outside the health-care system such as self-sampling and self-testing. This part will harness the wide range of advanced technologies developed by SciLifeLab research groups.

The projects will also be able to connect with the Rapid testing of SARS-Cov-2 in national coordination with health care project, part of the SciLifeLab/KAW Program for SARS-CoV-2 testing, to test and compare methods. 

This area consists of 5 individual projects, funded a total of 2,3 MSEK. Led by researchers at Uppsala University, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm University. 

Scientific lead: Ulf Gyllensten, Uppsala University

Projects

Simple and cheap remote test for infection based on HCR
Björn Högberg, Karolinska Institutet

COVID-19 screening test design
Masood Kamali-Moghaddam, Uppsala University

iLACO-Sweden
Vicent Pelechano, Karolinska Institutet

Extraction-free high-sensitive RT assay for SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection
Björn Reinius, Karolinska Institutet

RCA-COVID-DIA
Mats Nilsson, Stockholm University

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Research area project descriptions

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