BioCifer

17/11/2023

Hendra Virus Testing: Your Input for a Safer Industry

Imagine a world where identifying horses with Hendra virus was easy.

BioCifer is a startup dedicated to revolutionizing disease detection, ultimately saving lives of both people and animals through rapid diagnostic testing. We're working on a rapid portable Hendra virus (HeV) test that could give results in under 30 minutes.

We want to hear how important this would be to you - the horse owners and industry experts.
Please help improve Hendra virus testing by answering this short survey. https://forms.office.com/r/akbGWvAjYH

Estimated time for survey completion: 3-5 minutes.

Please help improve Hendra virus testing by answering this short survey. Estimated time for survey completion: 3-5 minutes.

19/08/2023

BioCifer was delighted to host Channel 7 in our labs to showcase UniSC's rapid Dengue test. This Dengue test demonstrates the value of our rapid Sample Preparation reagent, TNA-Cifer Reagent E, to safely inactivate virus while quickly preparing both mosquitoes or human serum and plasma for rapid molecular testing.

07/03/2023

Another great demonstration of the value of our TNA-Cifer Reagent E - inactivating Nipah virus while preparing the samples for . We're hoping to speed up results by performing tests at the point of care, not in the lab. For more information visit www.biocifer.com.

University of the Sunshine Coast-led research has developed a simple dipstick test to screen for a highly infectious, potentially deadly virus transmitted by bats to humans and pigs in Asia.

01/12/2022

BioCifer was delighted to share a booth with BMS at the Emergency Animimal Diseases Veterinary Summit in Canberra this week, to discuss with vets, and especially our prototype rapid test. For more information about our visit our website at www.BioCifer.com
A big thanks to the Australian Cattle Veterinarians & Australian Veterinary Association for organising the conference.

10/11/2022

Great to see BioCifer's TNA-Cifer Reagent being used to rapidly detect samples. Find out more at www.biocifer.com

Background Viral diseases are a major problem in shrimp aquaculture facilities as these diseases reduce growth rates, which inevitably lead to production and profit losses. Hepatopancreatic parvoviruses (HPV) are common diseases in shrimp that appear to be associated with high or low levels of repli...

06/10/2022

BioCifer was delighted to have our technology recieve a high commendation national innovation award at Land Forces 2022. We’re aiming to protect our Australian troops through rapid detection of disease.

Our rapid detection platform helps protect Australian industries from disease threats through Australian-based manufacturing for local supply. A big thanks to our partners for helping us achieve these goals, including the University of the Sunshine Coast University of Queensland, CSIRO and the DMTC.

Visit biocifer.com or contact [email protected] for more information about our rapid disease testing platform.

https://www.dmtc.com.au/news/rapid-diagnostic-platform-technology-commended-at-land-forces-2022/

A DMTC-led collaboration has been awarded a High Commendation as part of the prestigious Land Forces 2022 Innovation Awards on the first day of the Exposition in Brisbane. The award of a high commendation recognises the effort of Health Security Systems Australia (a division of DMTC),...

17/10/2017

On the Road to Success:
Prof Joanne MacDonald - "Sensitive detection of multiple highly
pathogenic organisms in less than 10 minutes is a game-changer for the diagnostics industry."

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12/10/2017

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Rapid Diagnostics for Disease Detection

22/09/2017

Article from Dr Joanne MacDonalds introducing the technology of BioCifer to scientists in Brazil and Colombia due to the high number of infections with the zika virus.

“The scientists in Colombia and Brazil wanted the technology right then and there because there was such a dire need with the Zika outbreak,” she says.

Near the height of the zika virus outbreak in South America, molecular engineer Joanne Macdonald travelled to Brazil to meet with local scientists. An expert in biosensors for rapid disease detection, the portable diagnostic technologies she is developing could save lives and ease the burden for cli...