Lab in a Backpack helps you make better decisions
Lab in a Backpack is a workflow for rapid identification of aquaculture pathogens.
Traditional methods are slow, expensive, and do not have enough resolution to precisely know what’s killing the animals in your aquaculture farm. It can be hard to know the best way forward.
Lab in a Backpack will help you identify aquaculture pathogens so you can make better decisions to protect your animals and your people.
Know your pathogen
Lab in a Backpack can help you identify bacterial pathogens. Both at the species level and using MLST sequences.
Treat your animals
Use data to guide antibiotic treatments. Prevent antibiotic overuse and reduce the risk of resistance.
Prevent future disease
Learn the best preventive measures and support the development of locally produced autogenous vaccines.
Human safety
Detect and eliminate the risk of zoonotic and food-borne diseases before it reaches consumers.
Three simple steps to better information
If you already have DNA sequences in a FASTQ format you can use our online identification tool straight away. If not, don’t worry, getting the DNA is easier and more cost-efficient than you might think.
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Collect samples and gather information
Gather some information about water quality, mortality, and signs of disease. Then use our or easy-to-use collection kits to obtain samples from diseased animals.
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Extract and sequence pathogen DNA
Send the samples to a nearby lab where a trained operator will extract the DNA from pathogens in the sample and generate nanopore sequences.
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Use AquaLab in a Backpack’s identification tool
Answer a few questions in our cloud based tool to identify the pathogen based on the sequences. You’ll get relevant clinical and epidemiological information.
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