We have a preprint out. Here we look at our microfluidic antimicrobial susceptibility tests (AST). We can run 15x more AST than the conventional format with 100% agreement https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.05.28.446184v2…Read More >
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Proud to Announce: We are ISO 8601 Compatible
We have been looking for a date format that is internationally understood. We finally decided to use the date that compatible with ISO 8601. And finally, we end the debate…Read More >
Testing, Diagnostics and Design Research ensuring confidence and accuracy in COVID testing
A project named “Information design for diagnostics”, was initiated by a multidisciplinary team, of which Prof Sue Walker, Dr Al Edwards, Julie Hart, Dr Josefina Bravo, Dr Sarah Needs, Gemma…Read More >
New Paper Out! Counting bacteria in microfluidic devices
We have published a new paper! In this work we look at counting bacteria by segregating them into 1 -2 microlitre compartments and using a simple colour change to measure…Read More >
Field Test To Help Dairy Farmers Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance
Dr Al Edwards and Dr Partha Ray have been working along with Capillary Film Technology, Design Science and the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology in India to create an easy…Read More >
Home usability of diagnostic devices
Home usability of diagnostic devices Why use home testing devices? When diagnosing a virus or a bacterial infection, or even finding out what type of antibiotic would be suitable, home…Read More >
Speeding Up Testing
Some of the work we do in EdwardsLab has been published on the University of Reading Alumni Magazine, Connected. You can find out how Dr Sophie Jegouic and Dr…Read More >
Microfluidic Antimicrobial Resistance Tests
Microfluidic Antimicrobial Resistance Tests At EdwardsLab we use microfluidic devices to develop rapid antimicrobial resistance tests for UTI infections. These tests use a hydrophillic microcapillary film with different capillaries coated…Read More >
Covid-19 Lab Update
Edwards lab at the University of Reading as developing rapid antibody tests to detect antibodies against Covid-19. This type of test allows detection of the coronavirus in peoples blood samples…Read More >