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The InChildHealth project aims to improve indoor air quality in schools
Engineer in the Competence Unit Bioresources and project leader of the project at AIT explains: "Together with my colleague Ivan Barisic, from our Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics , we are working on detecting [...] AIT is a partner. It aims to improve air quality in schools. The two Competence Units Bioresources and Molecular Diagnostics of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources are working closely together on [...] of biodiversity in the air". Principal Scientist Winfried Neuhaus's group from the Molecular Diagnostics Competence Unit is also involved in the project. The group is developing a pipeline to determine the
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ULTRAPLACAD project for colorectal cancer detection presented at European Commission Open Day
ed autoantibody tests against tumor-associated antigens by experts from the Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics of the Center for Health and Bioresources, and in the development of the surface plasmon-based [...] allowed the ULTRAPLACAD developments to be showcased and the new capabilities for improved cancer diagnostics to be demonstrated. The project team was particularly pleased to be invited, as only a few projects
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Revolutionary data storage technology: AIT-led consortium wins EIC Pathfinder Challenge funding
A consortium led by the AIT Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics at the Center for Health and Bioresources has won EIC Pathfinder Challenge funding to use DNA as a data storage device. The group plans [...] medium- and long-term storage of DNA-based data. Project coordinator Ivan Barisic, Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, leads the consortium of six partners from [...] and retrieving DNA-based data by 2027. To prove the feasibility, a large file (about 1 GB) of a molecular dynamics simulation will be encoded and stored in DNA." He continues "This step towards future
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AIT expert Winfried Neuhaus advisory member of EU Partnership for the promotion of non-animal methods
joined forces for this purpose. Now, AIT expert Prof. Dr. Winfried Neuhaus, Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, is strengthening the EPAA's work as a member [...] Action Program and EPAA projects. Winfried Neuhaus, AIT Principal Scientist of the Molecular Diagnostics Competence Unit at the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, was selected to strengthen the Mirror
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Half a ton of waste in half a year for a good cause
environmental protection, but also starts in its own laboratories. The Competence Units Bioresources and Molecular Diagnostics have taken measures to work in a resource-conserving and environmentally compatible [...] in the Competence Unit Bioresources in Tulln, and implemented together with her fellow technicians and Angela Sessitsch, the Head of Competence Unit Bioresources. In addition, the Unit is extending more [...] collected after the canteen in Tulln could also be won over for the campaign. The Molecular Diagnostics Competence Unit at AIT's main site in Vienna has followed suit and started to implement the same measures
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Helping instead of throwing away - The labs of the Center for Health and Bioresources collect waste for a good cause
of the Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics (HMD) at AIT's main site in Vienna want to follow suit. The laboratory staff, with the support of Martin Jung, Head of Competence Unit, is in the process of [...] Further measures are planned for 2023. The laboratories of the Competence Unit Bioresources and the Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics are both part of Green Labs Austria: https://greenlabsaustria.at/ [...] in the Competence Unit Bioresources of the Center for Health and Bioresources, proposed the new measures and introduced them with the support of Angela Sessitsch, Head of Competence Unit Bioresources. Melanie
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Adrián Klepe wins poster prize at the Joint ASEV/GSEV Meeting
The group of AIT blood-brain barrier expert Winfried Neuhaus, Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, is researching the interactions of extracellular vesicles
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PAPER-BASED BIOSENSORS BRING THE LABORATORY INTO DOCTORS OFFICE
Biosensors working group of AIT's Molecular Diagnostics Competence Unit can draw on years of experience in the development of sensor solutions for near-patient diagnostics, which are needed for the transformation [...] IMPETUS project. The EU project, led by AIT biosensor expert Rainer Hainberger, Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics of the Center for Health and Bioresources, ended in October 2022 and set up a pilot line [...] says: "All doctors need is a smartphone with the right app to read off the result. Paper-based diagnostic test systems are inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and bring the laboratory into the physician's
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Principal Scientist Winfried Neuhaus publishes book on the blood-brain barrier
AIT Blood-Brain Barrier expert Winfried Neuhaus, Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, and Zameel Cader, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences -
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Paper by Anna Gerhartl, Andreas Brachner and Winfried Neuhaus among the "Best of the Year 2021-2022" in Stem Cell Reports
by Dr. Ole Pless with the help of the Biological Barriers Group of the AIT Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics. Read more here: https://www.ait.ac.at/news-events/single-view/detail/7167?cHash=d6a1c [...] AIT Molecular Diagnostic Experts Anna Gerhartl, Andreas Brachner and Principal Scientist Winfried Neuhaus, from the Center for Health and Bioresources, have been listed with their publication on the role
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AIT Sensor Group finds cost-effective lab-on-a-chip solution for integrated-optical biosensors
The sensor group of Rainer Hainberger, Senior Scientist in the Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics of the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources, has developed a laser diode pumped lab-on-a-chip concept [...] cost and without labels. The measurement method can be used to check various liquids for specific molecular biomarkers in medical or environmental tests. Medical treatment decisions are based on knowledge
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Nanoparticles for radically new medical imaging
Schrittwieser is an expert in this field and part of the biosensor group in the Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics, he explains: “With our work we want to revolutionize optical imaging in the future. On [...] diseases effectively, one must understand the connections and processes in the human body. The molecular diagnostics experts at the AIT Center for Health and Bioresources are finding innovative new ways to observe [...] generate high-contrast images and, on the other hand, make biological processes visible at the molecular level.” Within the EU projects SWIMMOT and REAP, the group develops the scientific and technological
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New publication on SARS-Cov-2 and the blood-brain barrier
Ole Pless with the help of the Biological Barriers working group of the AIT Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics. Previous publications were able to show in animal models that both the spike protein from [...] AIT Molecular Diagnostic Experts focusing on biological barriers Anna Gerhartl, Andreas Brachner and Principal Scientist Winfried Neuhaus, from the Center for Health and Bioresources, are co-authors of
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Rainer Hainberger & Andreas Poppe nominated as Senior Member of OPTICA
photonics. Rainer Hainberger, group and project leader in the area of diagnostic biosensors in the Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics (HB) was promoted to the senior member status for, among other things [...] common platform for optics and photonics, educating scientists, engineers, educators, technicians and business leaders worldwide. Senior membership is an award that recognises many years of experience and o [...] technological contributions in the area of integrated optical waveguide components for medical diagnostic sensor applications. These contributions are the result of numerous research projects initiated
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AIT is a member of the Austrian platform for human biomonitoring
Scientist Winfried Neuhaus from the Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics. Through the connection to the Federal Environment Agency via the platform, the unit could participate in the proposal and co-submit
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Houskapreis 2021: BOKU SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests with AIT contribution wins 3rd place in the public award
AIT Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics, Center for Health and Bioresources, tested more than 60 different antigens produced by BOKU for their suitability for the production of diagnostics at the beginning [...] cross-university and cross-company consortium with over 100 Viennese researchers, including the Molecular Diagnostics experts from the Center for Health and Bioresources of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology [...] SARS-CoV-2 antibody test specifically for clinical diagnostic laboratories. After completion of the validation phase, the test is used in clinical diagnostics by the AIT cooperation partner Laboratorium Dr
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Antibody testing by saliva - paper highly cited
As part of his dissertation, Peter Hettegger and the PepPipe team from the Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics (Center for Health and Bioresources) proved in his published work that non-invasive antibody [...] standardised, very pure and reproducibly producible, and thus relatively cheap. In the future, diagnostic companies could switch from very elaborately produced proteins to simply produced peptides. This
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New method for standardization of "mini organs” Cooperation be
Anna Gerhartl and Winfried Neuhaus from the Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics of the Center for Health and Bioresources developed novel blood-brain barrier spheroids together with cooperation partners [...] Principal Scientist Winfried Neuhaus from the Biological Barriers Group of the Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics at the Center Health and Bioresources contributed significantly to this work. This work [...] cell types within the organoids/spheroids is essential for the correct replication of the functional units. There are a number of methods to fabricate organoids or spheroids, with the major problem of rep
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Syngap1 Symposium from March 15-16, 2021
one of the co-organizers represented by Principal Scientist Winfried Neuhaus (Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics, Center for Health & Bioresources) acting as one of the Co-Chairs of this event. In
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Milestone in sensor miniaturisation for eye diagnostics
a living person using an extremely compact integrated spectrometer. The AIT Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics, of the Center for Health & Bioresources, was a partner in the all-Austrian consortium [...] succeeded - with an image quality that could be sufficient for clinical use. The AIT Competence Unit Molecular Diagnostics, of the Center for Health & Bioresources, was a partner and contributed its many years [...] consortium. Initiator of the COHESION project Rainer Hainberger, head of the biosensor group of Molecular Diagnostics, explains how the project will continue: "In the next step, the integration will be strongly