Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ki-Joo Sung

Hadley Sikes Johnson

Eric Alexander Miller

Timothy Manning Swager

Qifan Zhang

Kosuke Yoshinaga

Lukas Zeininger

The present disclosure relates to proteins comprising a target-binding domain for detection of a target of interest, methods, compositions and kits thereof.

Protein for rapid, efficient capture of antigens

Embodiments described herein may be useful in the detection of analytes. The systems and methods may allow for a relatively simple and rapid way for detecting analytes such as chemical and/or biological analytes and may be useful in numerous applications including sensing, food manufacturing, medical diagnostics, performance materials, dynamic lenses, water monitoring, environmental monitoring, detection of proteins, detection of DNA, among other applications. For example, the systems and methods described herein may be used for determining the presence of a contaminant such as bacteria (e.g., detecting pathogenic bacteria in food and water samples which helps to prevent widespread infection, illness, and even death). Advantageously, the systems and methods described herein may not have the drawbacks in current detection technologies including, for example, relatively high costs, long enrichment steps and analysis times, and/or the need for extensive user training. Another advantageous feature provided by the systems and methods described herein includes fabrication in a relatively large scale. In some embodiments, the systems and methods may be used in conjunction with a detector including handheld detectors incorporated with, for example, smartphones (e.g., for the on-site detection of analytes such as pathogenic bacteria).

Systems including Janus droplets with binding moieties for a virus, a pathogen or a bacterium

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Ki-Joo Sung