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Nikola Perinka, research fellow at BCMaterials, presents the FLUFET research project, funded by the European Union under the EIC Pathfinder programme.

After the COVID-19 pandemic, there is growing concern in our society about the rapid spread of new types of viruses, especially those that emerge in zoonotic environments, where close contact between animals and humans facilitates the emergence of new mutations. To respond to this threat, it is essential the development automated systems that can detect both known and emerging viruses. Recent advances in materials science have shown that it is possible to achieve high sensitivity in virus detection through the use of innovative materials such as graphene. Within the framework of the FLUFET project, BCMaterials works on developing of microfluidic systems and cells to integrate graphene-based transistors into devices capable of detecting these viruses in an automated and rapid way, thus contributing to preventing their spread to the population.

BCMaterials takes part in this project, along with the following partners in the consortium:
UNIVERSIDADE DA CORUÑA
INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (INL)
VTT
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
CICbiomaGUNE