Edinburgh Napier University

  This project aims to develop an early warning system to monitor the pathogen Neoparamoeba perurans, a free-living and parasitic protist and the causative agent of Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD) for the application in aquaculture facilities. The system is based on microfluidic technology to detect the pathogen. A portfolio of several proven technologies are considered for integration, which includes Optical Fibre, pneumatic based microfluidic separation and concentration techniques, integrated optical lenses and USB microscopic camera. The system will be tested using latex beads (molecules used as contrast agents with the same diameter as the N. perurans 15–40 µm) and live pathogens.