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The lab received a new Wellcome Trust grant for developing Mobile phone-based screening tools to accelerate malaria eradication.

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Led by Peter Lillehoj (Rice University), Subir Biswas (ECE), Wen Li (ECE), Karl Seydel (Malariaglobal Healthdiagnostics), this two-year project aim to develop portable, simple and highly sensitive tools for blood-free malaria testing and mass screening. The team will first analyze dermal interstitial fluid and saliva for PfHRP2 to determine their utility for detecting malaria infection. Functional prototypes of mobile phone-based screening tools including a wireless skin patch and point-of-care immunosensor will be also developed for highly sensitive PfHRP2 assessment in these fluids.