{"id":20637,"date":"2020-06-23T10:52:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T09:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/?p=20637"},"modified":"2021-11-15T10:52:38","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T10:52:38","slug":"new-low-cost-technologies-to-tackle-global-challenges-early-career-researchers-at-reading-are-helping-to-shapetheworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/2020\/06\/23\/new-low-cost-technologies-to-tackle-global-challenges-early-career-researchers-at-reading-are-helping-to-shapetheworld\/","title":{"rendered":"New, low-cost technologies to tackle global challenges &#8211; Early Career Researchers at Reading are helping to #shapetheworld"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Dr Sarah Needs and Dr Sophie Jegouic, biomedical engineers at Reading, have designed and built a low-cost robot that takes high resolution images of experiments to speed up tests for antibiotic resistance and COVID-19 antibodies. Here, for #INWED20, they explain how they are using open source hardware, 3D printing and a raseberry pi computer to address these global challenges.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20648\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20648\" style=\"width: 303px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/new-low-cost-technologies-to-tackle-global-challenges-early-career-researchers-at-reading-are-helping-to-shapetheworld\/sophie-jegouic\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20648\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20648\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sophie-Jegouic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"303\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sophie-Jegouic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sophie-Jegouic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sophie-Jegouic.jpg 308w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20648\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sophie Jegouic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20647\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20647\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/new-low-cost-technologies-to-tackle-global-challenges-early-career-researchers-at-reading-are-helping-to-shapetheworld\/sarah-needs\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20647\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-20647\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sarah-Needs-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sarah-Needs-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sarah-Needs.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Needs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Biomedical Technology Lab at Reading<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our Biomedical Technology Lab builds simple low-cost solutions for current and future healthcare problems. We are a team from a biological sciences background and are embracing interdisciplinary working, developing new technologies to tackle global challenges ranging from antimicrobial resistance to Covid-19 testing.<\/p>\n<p>Rapid prototyping is the process we use to quickly make physical models using computer-aided designs. We mainly use 3D printing and low-cost electronics to make and test imaging systems designed to be compatible with the bioassays we are developing. Commercial printers are increasingly affordable and allow the design of a new piece of equipment and to print it within a day.<\/p>\n<h3>Antimicrobial resistance tests<\/h3>\n<p>Antimicrobial resistance is a global challenge and threatens the effective treatment of infections caused by bacteria. I (Dr Sarah Needs) am a postdoctoral researcher in Dr Al Edwards lab in the School of Pharmacy, and am using these techniques to develop rapid antimicrobial resistance tests.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional microbiology techniques can take 48 hours to determine antibiotic resistance. However, using micro-devices and following a colour change which corresponds to bacterial growth, this can be identified within hours. To help in this study we developed the POLIR, (Raspberry Pi camera Open-Source Laboratory Imaging Robot). <a href=\"https:\/\/centaur.reading.ac.uk\/89600\/\">This system was developed based on designs for 3D printers with the addition of a raspberry pi camera.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20638\" style=\"width: 542px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/new-low-cost-technologies-to-tackle-global-challenges-early-career-researchers-at-reading-are-helping-to-shapetheworld\/polir-set-up\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20638\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20638\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/POLIR-set-up-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"3D printed apparatus\" width=\"542\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/POLIR-set-up-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/POLIR-set-up-768x421.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/POLIR-set-up.jpg 802w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">POLIR. Image taken by Dr Sophie Jegouic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Using this design, the raspberry pi camera can move around the imaging area and take pictures of the experiment at different locations and times, allowing high resolution time-lapse imaging. This allows over 2000 individual tests to be screened in a single experiment. In June 2019 we successfully installed a POLIR in Universiti Teknologi Malaysia for use with microbiology tests.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20639\" style=\"width: 459px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/new-low-cost-technologies-to-tackle-global-challenges-early-career-researchers-at-reading-are-helping-to-shapetheworld\/sarah-needs-malaysia-set-up\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20639\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20639\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sarah-Needs-Malaysia-set-up-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sarah-Needs-Malaysia-set-up-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sarah-Needs-Malaysia-set-up.jpg 736w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Needs assembling POLIR in Malaysia. Image taken by Dr Al Edwards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Using the robot in our lab, we have decreased the amount of time spent in-lab for researchers, while increasing the quality and quantity of so-called kinetic data. Our hope is that other laboratories can implement versions of this open hardware solution to reduce the amount of time spent imaging in the lab by researchers.<\/p>\n<h3>Covid-19 Antibody Tests<\/h3>\n<p>Dr Sophie Jegouic, a postdoctoral researcher in biomedical sciences, has been using similar techniques using raspberry pi cameras and 3D printed components in the development of rapid COVID-19 antibody tests. Currently, most Covid-19 tests detect viral RNA using a technique called PCR, and can only identify if someone has an active infection. Antibody tests allow the detection of Covid-19 antibodies in the blood which can identify if someone has had an infection in the past.<\/p>\n<p>There are two types of tests available; laboratory tests, which tend to be accurate but require a significant amount of equipment and user-training or rapid tests that are cheaper and can be performed outside of a lab, but tend to be less accurate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_20640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20640\" style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/new-low-cost-technologies-to-tackle-global-challenges-early-career-researchers-at-reading-are-helping-to-shapetheworld\/sophie-jegouic-antibody-test-strip\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20640\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sophie-Jegouic-antibody-test-strip-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sophie-Jegouic-antibody-test-strip-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/research-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/72\/Unorganized\/Sophie-Jegouic-antibody-test-strip.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-20640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Development of Covid-19 antibody tests. Image taken by Dr Sophie Jegouic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We have been working on tests that are more portable than laboratory tests but still as accurate. The test involves coating micro-devices with a viral protein. This protein alone is not infectious, but allows antibodies in a blood sample to bind to it. The amount of antibody binding can then be measured by the fluorescent output which is linked to the amount of antibody present.<\/p>\n<p>While the laboratory experimental setups measuring these types of tests require expensive and bulky laboratory equipment, we use an imaging setup designed in-house and 3D printed. This can also be used with a smartphone camera, potentially allowing this test to be done outside of a lab.<\/p>\n<p>Rapid prototyping means we can develop new bioassays quickly, responding to real world challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Sarah Needs and Dr Sophie Jegouic, biomedical engineers at Reading, have designed and built a low-cost robot that takes high resolution images of experiments to speed up tests for&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" 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