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SELECTBIO Conferences Point-of-Care, Biosensors & Mobile Diagnostics Europe 2019

Maarten Fauvart's Biography



Maarten Fauvart, R&D Team Leader / Senior Scientist Life Science Technologies, IMEC

Maarten Fauvart obtained a Ph.D. in Bioscience Engineering in 2008 at the University of Leuven, Belgium. During his time as a postdoctoral fellow, he cosupervised 10 Ph.D. students and published over 60 papers in international, peer-reviewed journals. In 2015 he joined imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics, nanobiology, and digital technologies. Currently, he is working as R&D Team Leader, focusing on lab-on-chip solutions for molecular biology applications.

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Ultrafast and Sensitive qPCR-based Detection of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in Patient Samples in a Matter of Minutes

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 at 11:30

Add to Calendar ▼2019-06-19 11:30:002019-06-19 12:30:00Europe/LondonUltrafast and Sensitive qPCR-based Detection of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) in Patient Samples in a Matter of MinutesPoint-of-Care, Biosensors and Mobile Diagnostics Europe 2019 in Rotterdam, The NetherlandsRotterdam, The NetherlandsSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

We present a mass-producible silicon chip-based system for qPCR detection of group B streptococci in five minutes. The analytical performance of the ultrafast qPCR system matches that of the benchtop assay based on a comparison using over 100 patient samples.


Add to Calendar ▼2019-06-18 00:00:002019-06-19 00:00:00Europe/LondonPoint-of-Care, Biosensors and Mobile Diagnostics Europe 2019Point-of-Care, Biosensors and Mobile Diagnostics Europe 2019 in Rotterdam, The NetherlandsRotterdam, The NetherlandsSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com