Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have developed their Microbial Detection Array (LLMDA) technology to detect bacteria, viruses, and other organisms.
Emerging known and unknown pathogens create threats to public health so the ability to rapidly detect and characterize microbial agents is critically needed to prevent and respond to disease outbreaks. This technology can also be used to help determine the safety of products, useful for molecular diagnostics, homeland security, and for forensics.
Existing detection technologies are based on nucleic acid amplification of sequences from one or a small set of organisms. While they are able to rapidly identify selected pathogens at the species or strain level, they can’t be multiplexed to the degree required to detect hundreds to thousands of different organisms.
The laboratory has developed the probes for the microarray and the software to analyze the microarray data and now LLNL is looking for partners to license as well as partners to develop additional capabilities.
For more information on ID 22110, email Ida Shum at shum3@llnl.gov.