BEaTS Research Radio's Podcast

Timing is Everything - Special Episode

December 08, 2022 BEaTS Research Radio Season 1 Episode 0
BEaTS Research Radio's Podcast
Timing is Everything - Special Episode
Show Notes

Amanda Featherstone from the University of Ottawa interviews Dr. Simon Matoori, an assistant professor at l’Université de Montréal, Faculté de Pharmacie. He is also a federally licensed pharmacist in Switzerland where he completed his PhD in Drug Formulation and Delivery at ETH Zurich. He later completed his postdoctoral studies in Bioengineering at Harvard University. Dr. Matoori's lab is developing a novel diagnostic tool for the early detection of sepsis. 

Learn more:  www.matoori-lab.com  

This special episode was written by Ana Radar (Post-production, Content generation), Jinane Elhage (Post-production, Content generation), Ella McIlroy (Content generation), and Amanda Featherstone (Voice, Content generation, Post-production).

0:56 - Introduction and the main focus of Dr. Matoori's research.
2:30 - The need for improved sepsis diagnosis.
6:40 - Methods for developing the diagnostic assay.
8:28 - How does this two-step reaction assay effectively diagnose sepsis?
10:05 - Plans for translating the assay into the clinic.
12:53 - The biggest potential advantage of the assay in sepsis detection.
14:03 - The potential for nanomedicine, and this assay specifically, in global access.
15:37 - Final acknowledgments.

Soundtrack by the Underground Drive. All rights reserved. Listen more:
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