Rolosense: An innovative platform for automatic mobile phone readout of active SARS-CoV-2 particles (RADx-rad / SEED Administrative Supplement)

NIH RePORTER · NIH · U01 · $500,000 · view on reporter.nih.gov ↗

Abstract

Project summary: The supplement application is in response to the RADx-rad announcement on the opportunity of additional resources and funding support to facilitate the pathway to commercialization. As part of this supplement we will pursue specific milestones to de-risk the Rolosense technology and further move it toward commercialization. A major goal will be to introduce multiplexing capabilities to simultaneously detect multiple viral targets from the same sample. Encoded Rolosense particles with unique virus-binding ligands will be employed to achieve this goal. Multiplexing to detect multiple viral targets will help distinguish the capabilities of Rolosense from that of the current state-of-the-art. Another goal is to increase the speed and robustness of the assay to facilitate direct sensing from breath condensate samples. This second goal will be pursued by further developing fuel-free Rolosense that eliminates the need for RNA and RNaseH enzyme in the assay. We see this as a critical step to reduce the cost of the assay and to increase rigor and reproducibility to achieve the commercialization goals without concern for RNaseA found in most biological samples.

Key facts

NIH application ID
10648924
Project number
3U01AA029345-02S1
Recipient
EMORY UNIVERSITY
Principal Investigator
Khalid S. Salaita
Activity code
U01
Funding institute
NIH
Fiscal year
2022
Award amount
$500,000
Award type
3
Project period
2022-06-17 → 2024-05-31