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Molecular barcoding and deep sequencing to enable large-scale surveillance of COVID-19

  • Funded by Botnar Research Centre for Child Health
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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    -99

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $0

  • Funder

    Botnar Research Centre for Child Health

  • Principal Investigator

    Sai Reddy

  • Research Location

    Switzerland

  • Lead Research Institution

    ETH Zurich

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Pathogen: natural history, transmission and diagnostics

  • Research Subcategory

    Diagnostics

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Unspecified

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Professor Sai Reddy (ETH Zurich) and his team aim to use a novel approach based on molecular barcoding and deep sequencing that will allow up to approx. 5,000 individualised patient samples to be tested for SARS-CoV-2 at once, thereby enabling large-scale surveillance of COVID-19. In addition, the team will develop an innovative high-throughput serology platform for detecting antibodies generated against SARS-CoV-2.