GERF Case study - WISER (readable format)

WISER wepage

• WISER: Water Infrastructure for Schistosomiasis-Endemic Regions

Key people and organisations involved

Full people list

Affiliate groups (UK, Ethiopia, Tanzania)

At Imperial: 

• Dr Michael Templeton
• Professor Paul Freemont
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Department of Infectious Disease

Twitter:

• @ImperialCiveng
• @ImperialInfect

 Publications and news:

• Kelwick et al. AL-PHA beads: Bioplastic-based protease biosensors for global health applications. Materials Today (2021); 47: 25-37. 
• Low-cost, disease-detecting biosensors show global health promise

Funding: 

• UK Government's Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC): EP/P028519/1