Breakthrough discovery gives hope to global roll-out of paper gowns in COVID fight
In partnership with an industrial consortium, Monash University researchers have come up with a simple, cost-effective and scalable paper-based medical gown that can be distributed globally in the battle against COVID-19. Researchers engineered medical gowns [...]
BioPRIA Newsletter Issue 4 – November 2020
Check out our latest newsletter! Keep up to date with the latest news, research, and students' achievements through our events and publications.
BioPRIA Newsletter Issue 3 – July 2020
Take a look at what we've doing at BioPRIA and Monash's Chemical Engineering Department over the past few months. In this issue, we highlight the COVID-19 research and two selected publications that show the Hub [...]
BioPRIA Foundation invests in the future of sustainable bioprocessing
Monash University chemical engineering students are set to benefit from a generous $500,000 philanthropic contribution towards the modernisation and refurbishment of their bioprocessing teaching, learning, research and entrepreneurship spaces, in an announcement made today at [...]
BioPRIA Newsletter Issue 2 – December 2019
Read about the progress of our research activities, achievements and publications. BioPRIA Newsletter Issue 2 - December 2019
SAVING LIVES FASTER: MONASH DEVELOPS WORLD-FIRST LASER INCUBATOR FOR BLOOD
Tuesday 17 September 2019 • Monash University researchers, along with industry partner Haemokinesis, have developed the world’s first blood incubator using laser technology. • This technology can slash blood incubation time to just 40 seconds, [...]
Glif demonstrates its potential at Monash University open day
GLIF was a huge success at this year's 2019 Monash University Open Day for prospective students. GLIF, which stands for Group Legible Immunohaematological Format, is a hand-held device that can determine one’s ABO blood type [...]
The potential of laser incubation as a rapid and sensitive method for immunohaematology
According to study results published in Scientific Reports, the potential of laser incubation for a one-minute test in a single diagnostic, could bring pre-transfusion testing out of the pathology lab to point-of-care, reducing the time [...]
BioPRIA publishes a review paper on “Cellulose Nano-films as Bio-Interfaces”
BioPRIA latest work on “Cellulose Nano-films as Bio-Interfaces” has been published in Frontiers in Chemistry. This review article aims at engineering biodegradable and cost effective cellulosic thin films or interfaces of controlled properties. The applications of interest range from [...]
BioPRIA publishes paper on “Nanocellulose films as air and water vapour barriers: A recyclable and biodegradable alternative to polyolefin packaging”
BioPRIA publishes first paper on “Nanocellulose films as air and water vapour barriers: A recyclable and biodegradable alternative to polyolefin packaging” in Sustainable Materials and Technology. The research demonstrates the potential of Nanocellulose files a [...]