Cafe Scientifique
"The Challenges of Bringing Molecular Diagnostics to the Developing World"
Dr. Paul Romaniuk, Dept of Biochemistry & Microbiology

One of the pressing needs to address concerns about global health care
is the development and provision of rapid, inexpensive diagnostics
that can be used at the point of care  to test for infectious
diseases. Timely and accurate diagnosis in low resource settings will
have a huge impact on improving the health of many of the poorest
people in the world. I will describe the new technologies we are
developing at UVic to address this need in the context of the many
challenging conditions presented by the locations where the tests will
be used.