Qiagen and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have announced a collaboration to develop molecular tests to improve the safety of food products.
The CAS/SIBS-Qiagen Collaboration for Food Safety takes place at the campus of the Institute of Nutritional Sciences (INS), Shanghai Institute of Biological Sciences (SIBS) in the Xuhui district, and has been operational since mid-September.
Qiagen will equip the joint lab with instruments and consumables while CAS will provide the physical space and researchers.
Under the collaboration, food safety experts from the INS will use Qiagen technologies, to develop a range of molecular tests for the detection of food-borne pathogens.
These Qiaplex multiplex assays allow the design of highly sensitive molecular tests for up to 50 different pathogens in a single run.
