Robotic System for Ultra-High Throughput SARS-CoV-2 Testing
Ziath reports how it has worked with the Hubrecht Institute (Utrecht, Netherlands) which has developed a pioneering automated test robot, called STRIP-1, which can process up to 20,000 samples for SARS-CoV-2 testing in just 24 hours.
Automated SARS-CoV-2 testing using STRIP-1 Robot system (Courtesy: Hubrecht Institute)
This makes it much faster than all other automated SARS-CoV-2 testing systems used to date. In addition, all samples can be tracked precisely because they have a 2D-barcode on the bottom of each tube that is scanned multiple times throughout the process. This also enables an automatic online return of test results to the tested persons, which will relieve the burden on laboratory personnel who were severely overloaded during the first wave of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020.
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She thought about conceiving at a fertility clinic, but the price was prohibitive. Then he found a perfect fit through a website called Desire for a Child – which is one of the growing number of online sperm marketplaces that bring donor candidates straight to potential recipients. Van Ewijk was particularly drawn to one profile, that of Jonathan Jacob Meijer, a Dutch musician in his thirties.
Meijer was handsome, with blue eyes and blond curly hair. Van Ewijk liked its authentic appearance. “We spoke on the phone, and he seemed polite and nice, well behaved,” she said. “He loved music and talked about what he thought about life. He wasn’t arrogant at all. He looked like someone he knew.”
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In 2015, Vanessa van Ewijk, a carpenter in the Netherlands, decided that she wanted to have a child. She was 34 and single, and so, like many women, she sought out a sperm donor.
She considered conceiving through a fertility clinic, but the cost was prohibitive for her. Instead, she found an ideal candidate through a website called Desire for a Child, one of a growing number of online sperm markets that match candidate donors directly with potential recipients. Ms. van Ewijk was drawn to one profile in particular, that of Jonathan Jacob Meijer, a Dutch musician in his 30s.
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