Project: Metrology for the characterisation of biomolecular interfaces for diagnostic devices

Diagnosing and managing disease is increasingly reliant upon the detection and measurement of biomarkers. This type of in vitro diagnostics is vital for cost effective healthcare, point-of-care monitoring and personalised medicine, but can also benefit forensics, food production, ecology and sports science. In vitro diagnostics use specific molecules called probes that are attached to a surface where they capture the specific ‘target’ biomarkers. The reliability of this technique depends on the ability to control how the probe molecules are presented at the interface, which is where they come into contact with the biomarkers. This project will meet the needs of diagnostic device manufacturers in the rapidly growing diagnostic device industry by providing guides, standards and protocols, and by assessing new and emerging techniques capable of targeting many different biomarkers simultaneously.

Acronym	HLT04 BioSurf (Reference Number: HLT04)
Duration	01/05/2012 - 30/04/2015
Project Topic	Metrology
Project Results (after finalisation)	See Website
Website	visit project website
Network	EMRP
Call	EMRP Call 2011 - Health, SI Broader Scope and New Technologies

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	NPL Management Limited	Coordinator	United Kingdom
2	Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung	Partner	Germany
3	Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica	Partner	Italy
4	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt	Partner	Germany
5	SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut AB	Partner	Sweden
6	Chalmers tekniska hoegskola AB		Sweden
7	Technische Universität Berlin		Germany