Changchun Liu,
Research Associate Professor,
University of Pennsylvania
Changchun Liu is a research associate professor int the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his PhD degree in Electronics Engineering from the Institute of Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IECAS), Beijing, China. Dr. Liu's research interests include microfluidics, BioMEMS (Biomedical MicroElectroMechanical Systems), biosensors, point-of-care (POC) diagnostics, and micro/nano fabrication technology. He has been involved the design, fabrication and integration of biomedical devices with a focus on POC diagnostic application for 12 years. He is the recipient of NIH Career Development Award (K25). He has published 61 peer-reviewed papers. He also has 4 issued patents and 12 provisional patent applications. His research works have been reported by Medical Device Developments, ACS (American Chemical Society) Chemical & Engineering NEWS, and many other news media.
Inexpensive, Point-of-Care, Molecular Assay for HIV Viral Load Testing
Wednesday, 30 September 2015 at 11:30
Add to Calendar ▼2015-09-30 11:30:002015-09-30 12:30:00Europe/LondonInexpensive, Point-of-Care, Molecular Assay for HIV Viral Load TestingPoint-of-Care Diagnostics and Global Health World Congress in San Diego, California, USASan Diego, California, USASELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com
Over two-thirds of the estimated 34 million people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide reside in developing countries, and nearly three-fourths of the 2.5 million new HIV infections in 2011 occurred in these countries. HIV viral load testing plays a critical role in monitoring antiretroviral treatment and in diagnosing HIV infection in babies under 18 months of age. There is a clear need for inexpensive, point-of-care systems for HIV viral load testing in low and middle-income countries because of technical constraints, lack of testing facilities, lack of trained personnel, and cost. In this talk, I will present our work towards the development of an inexpensive, point-of-care molecular diagnostics system for HIV viral load testing, including: 1) disposable plasma separator for relative large-volume plasma separation; 2) HIV virion meter for visual detection and 3) smartphone-based quantitative detection.
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