Collaborate With Us

ARUP Laboratories has an out-reach program for collaboration with University of Utah faculty and investigators, as well as with other academic and industry partners.

Industry Collaborations - list of contacts for companies wishing to collaborate with us.


Past (& Ongoing) Collaborative Projects

Here are examples of ARUP-funded collaborative programs:

Tube Thawing
Interference
MeltCurve
Biosensors
Uniform Patient
Specimen Thawing
Automated Interference
Detection in Specimens
High-Resolution
Melting Analysis
Cell-based
Biosensor

"Method for Uniform Patient Specimen Thawing"
PI: Terry Ring, PhD (Department of Chemical Engineering)
ARUP collaborator: Charles Hawker, PhD
Project duration: 1 year (completed 2007)
ARUP funds: Graduate student salary, all reagents and parts required for prototype work, access to ARUP specimens and equipment
Academic output: PhD thesis
Implemented: Technology developed through this collaboration was implemented at ARUP's clinical laboratory. See press release


"Automated Interference Detector in Patient Specimens"
PI: Eberhard Bamberg, PhD (Department of Engineering)
ARUP collaborator: Charles Hawker, PhD
Project duration: 2 + years (2005 - 2008)
ARUP funds: Ph.D. student salary, all reagents and parts required for prototype work, access to ARUP specimens and equipment
Academic output: PhD thesis & possible manuscript. If successful, technology will be useful generally to laboratory medicine


"High-resolution melting analysis, data analysis algorithms, and user interface"
PI: Robert Palais, PhD (Math Department)
ARUP collaborator: Elaine Lyon, PhD
Project Duration: Ongoing
ARUP Funds: Salary
Academic output: possible manuscript as well as two patent applications


"Cell-based Biosensor"
PI: Richard Brown, PhD (Dean of the College of Engineering)
ARUP collaborator: Harry Hill, MD
Project duration: 2 + years
ARUP funds: All reagents and parts required for prototype work, access to ARUP specimens and equipment
Academic output: possible manuscript & grant application