CONTAIN: An open-source shipping container laboratory optimisedfor automated COVID-19 diagnostics
Kenneth T. Walker, Matthew Donora, Anthony Thomas, Alexander James Phillips, Krishma Ramgoolam, Kjara S Pilch, Phil Oberacker, Tomasz Piotr Jurkowski, Rares Marius Gosman, Aubin Fleiss, Alex Perkins, Neil MacKenzie, Mark A. Zuckerman, Davide Danovi, Helene Steiner, Thomas Meany
The paper introduces CONTAIN, an automated RT-qPCR COVID-19 testing system based on a shipping container, achieving 2400 tests/day using open-source robotics and validated with synthetic and patient samples.
bioRxiv · May 20, 2020 · PreprintMolecular Biology