Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP1092955
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Opto-Microfluidics: A Rapid and Sensitive Platform for Biological Diagnostics. One in four people above 25 years suffer from diabetes-related diseases in Australia, with an associated economic cost exceeding $3 billion a year. A microdevice for continuous glucose monitoring would help patients to manage the disease, leading to huge individual, clinical and societal benefits. Life expectancy is expected to increase along with quality of life. Integration of the microdevice with insulin delivery would realise an 'artificial pancreas', revolutionising the management and treatment of the disease. The technology will also provide a platform for other point-of-care medical diagnostic devices, which will allow early participation in this emerging market and cement Australia's position in bionanotechnology.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2010
End Date: 2014
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $290,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Interdisciplinary Engineering | Nanotechnology | Biosensor Technologies | Fluidization And Fluid Mechanics |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Diagnostics | Physical sciences | Scientific instrumentation
