Fast, flexible microbial testing
Our technology is built on advances in glycan chemistry and quantum optics, packaged in an easy to use and scalable offering
The Challenge
“We are in a battle with bacteria and from the numbers, it might well appear that we are losing...”
£150m
Annual cost to NHS of additional bed days due to slow diagnosis
£100m
Cost of recall for contaminated products
700k
People killed by super-bugs each year
Technology
FluoretiQ is developing technology to enable identification of harmful bacteria in minutes rather than days
How it works
Our technology is built on advances in glycan chemistry and quantum optics, packaged in an easy to use and scalable offering.
Bacteria is identified by proprietary nano-material labels which are then identified using an advanced optical measurement system, in a simple 3 step process.
1.
Fluorescent Carbon Dots (FCDs) are man-made nanomaterials that can be modified to selectively attach to bacteria
Dose
Sample dosed with FCD labels
2.
Labelled bacteria separated from remaining sample
Isolate
Labelled bacteria separated from remaining sample
3.
QPS is an intelligent photon counting fluorimeter designed to work specifically with the FCDs to minimise false positives
Measure
Labelled bacteria detected and quantified by QPS
Team
Neciah Dorh, CEO
Neciah has a Ph.D. in nanophotonics and is an Enterprise Fellow at QTEC Bristol. He has a strong background in fluorescence technologies for bio-sensing
Josephine Dorh, CTO
Josephine is an EE engineer from Bristol. After spending time in Oil and Gas she co-founded FluoretiQ, developing the optical, mechanical and software components of the QPS system.
Martin Cryan, Co-founder & Scientific Advisor
Martin is a Professor of Applied Electromagnetics at University of Bristol with 30 years experience in electronic and photonic device research and development
Richard Tarring, FD
Richard is an experienced chartered accountant and entrepreneur with 30+ years of experience across several sectors.
Annie Brooking, Adviser
Annie is an experienced executive and non-executive Director, 27 years as a CEO of high tech companies. high tech companies.
Carmen is a Professor of Organic and Biological Chemistry at University of Bristol and currently Principal investigator on 2 collaborative projects with FluoretiQ. Her work in synthetic chemistry underpins the FCD technology.
Jim is a Reader in Microbiology at University of Bristol and a co-investigator on 2 collaborative projects with FluoretiQ. His work in microbiology and AMR drives continuous improvement of the FCD technology.
Jane Garret, Adviser
Jane is an experienced NED and business manager, with over 25 years experience in building and advising growing technology based.
Kevin Agordorku, Design Engineer
Kevin is a recent UWE graduate; his current focus is CAD design and advanced additive manufacturing of the QPS enclosure system.
Contact Us
Our Office
Unit DX
St Philips Central,
Albert Road,
Bristol BS2 0XJ
0117 403 4035