Novel Biosensors for immediate, low cost and remote monitoring of Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD) in wastewater

牛津分子生物传感器有限公司(OMB Ltd)是牛津大学的衍生产品。我们的目标是将突破性的合成生物学研究转化为一整套可用于世界各地的化学和生物监测工具和产品。在这个项目中，我们的目标是开发一种能够快速检测水质的重要指标--生物需氧量(BOD)的新型传感器。目前的测量需要长达5天，每次测量的成本可能为50-200 GB，但我们相信，有了我们的新型生物传感器，我们可以将这一时间减少到20分钟到3小时之间，而且成本更低。我们的新技术基于一套新型生物传感器，可以快速检测极低浓度的金属、有机物和生物毒素。这些传感器可用于监测和管理环境污染，为废物修复提供新的独特解决方案，并帮助金属和废物回收。这将使我们和我们的客户能够快速、廉价和有效地检测河流、湖泊和环境中的污染废水。新的生物传感器将在任何感兴趣的地点快速产生结果，并可用于从工业废物、农业废水到全球河流系统的广泛应用。鉴于水安全至关重要，我们的新生物传感器提供了一种快速而灵敏的方法来检测毒性和污染。“

"Oxford Molecular Biosensors (OMB ltd) is a spinout from the university of Oxford. Our aim is to translate ground-breaking synthetic biology research into sets of useable chemical and biological monitoring tools and products for application worldwide.In this project we aim to develop a new sensor which is able to rapidly detect an important measure of water quality; Biological Oxygen Demand (BOD). Current measures take up to 5 days and can cost £50-200 per measurement, however with our novel biosensor we believe we could reduce this time to between 20 minutes and 3 hours, at a reduced cost. Our new technology is based on a suite of novel biosensors that can quickly detect metals, organics and biological toxins at very low concentrations.These can be deployed to monitor and manage environmental pollution, provide new and unique solutions to waste remediation and assist in metal and waste recycling.It would allow us, and our customers to detect polluting effluents in rivers, lakes and the environment quickly, cheaply and effectively. The new biosensor would give rapid results at any site of interest, and could be used for a wide range of applications spanning from industrial waste, agricultural effluents and in river systems global y.With water security of paramount importance, our new biosensors offer a rapid and sensitive method to detect toxicity and pollution."