SBIR-STTR Award

EmergingDx Inc. in collaboration with Michigan State University will leverage on-going programs and their collective expertise to develop a rapid low-cost multiplexed colorimetric quantitative loop-mediated isothermal amplification (qLAMP) microfluidic based diagnostic device with high sensitivity and selectivity for screening reproductive fluids/gametes to be used for breaking the vertical transmission of pathogens in aquaculture. In Phase I period we will develop and demonstrate a paradigm shift concept for detection of fish pathogens. EmergingDx's proposed colorimetric microfluidic based diagnostic device involves (i)adapting MSU's existing LAMP assay capable of identifying Flavobacterium psychrophilum inovarian fluid and milt (ii) a self-contained robust rapid low-cost low power hand-held novel microfluidic device and (iii) colorimetric detection and data analytics with a phone app for quantification and data storage/transmission. At the end of the Phase I program we will deliver 1) a detailed feasibility study to demonstrate the scientific technical and commercial merit of our diagnostic platform; and 2) a technology transition plan.