Professor Pouya Rezai Has Received Funding from NSERC and OCE to Partner with Dairy Quality Inc. for Developing a Bacterial Biosensor

Professor Pouya Rezai from the Department of Mechanical Engineering has received funding from NSERC and OCE to partner with Dairy Quality Inc on a project that aims to develop a portable  biosensor for detection of microbial pathogens in milk and dairy products. A microfluidic device for sample processing and separation of target pathogens from milk will be developed in phase I of this project. The microchip will then be integrated with an iOS-based microscopy and target detection tool in phase II. The academic and industrial team aim to bring this technology to market in 2018.