Engineering a Biochemical Core : System Architecture, Heater, Disposable Cartridges & Mechanical Handling

Collaborations : University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
*This work was performed by Dr. Nitin Jayakumar during his PhD and Postdoctoral research at the University of Illinois Chicago in collaboration with faculty investigators. It is presented solely to illustrate engineering experience and does not represent work performed by Arkatraen LLC. Arkatraen LLC does not claim ownership of, nor is it pursuing commercialization of, this technology. Any underlying intellectual property remains with its respective owners.
Project Brief

Subsystem Engineering

  1. Metallized Heather for Isothermal Amplification
  2. Disposable Cartridge Interface & Contamination Control

Contributions/Output

COMSOL Multiphysics Modeling / Mechanical Prototypes / Viral Validation Frameworks / BSL 2 Testing Infrastructure / Peer-Reviewed Publications