Future needs for Arsenic prototype

After having spent two weeks learning the basics of DIY Arduino and reading a lot of background material on the Continue reading →

New Member in the EPFL Biodesign Team

Thomas Vetterli is a student that will be joining the project till next june as part of his swiss civil Continue reading →

Wet-lab at Dr. van der Meer’s lab

We first tested our prototype with dextran FITC, then eGFP-expressing E.Coli and finally the last step was to test it Continue reading →

Trip to Sion

As said before, we went visiting Martial Geiser’s team in the HES-SO Valais to learn more about their devices (Sensor Continue reading →

Wetlab on eGFP – expressing E.Coli

Dr Jan Van der Meer kindly gave us two E.Coli strains, the arsenic biosensor (1598) and one expressing eGFP constitutively Continue reading →

Arsenic Field Testing – Kolar

Kolar is located 70 km East from Bangalore. Ten years ago the gold mines in Kolar were shut down by Continue reading →

Prototyping a mobile lab

Taking inspiration from IDEO in California, we decided to try out the ‘Dirty Prototyping‘ process to generate more ideas. Using Continue reading →

Microfluidics as sample – holder

During our last week brainstorming, we realized that the sample-holder design for the detection of Arsenic-GFP reporter was a challenging Continue reading →