Simple, Multiplexed, and Ultraspecific Nucleic Acid-based Diagnostic Technologies

dc.contributor.advisorZhang, David Yen_US
dc.creatorWu, Ruojiaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-16T20:15:49Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-05-16T20:15:49Zen_US
dc.date.created2017-08en_US
dc.date.issued2017-06-15en_US
dc.date.submittedAugust 2017en_US
dc.date.updated2019-05-16T20:15:49Zen_US
dc.description.abstractThe economical and high-throughput detection and quantitation of disease-relevant nucleic acid sequences is a key goal in the road to widespread adoption of precision medicine, wherein optimal individualized treatment is provided to each patient based on his or her unique genetic and disease profile. Current widely used technology platforms such as microarray, NGS, and PCR are either expensive and time-consuming, or difficult to scale up to multiplexed assays. Additionally, highly specific and sensitive detection of small nucleotide variants is still challenging using conventional methods. During my PhD, I have developed several novel molecular approaches to improve the specificity and / or multiplexibility of existing technology platforms, and further validated them using biological and clinical samples. The philosophy behind these works is to pursue reliable in silico assay design and thus less empirical optimization, to develop methods that are generalizable to any target sequence in the genome, and to make the experimental procedures simple, cheap, and fast.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationWu, Ruojia. "Simple, Multiplexed, and Ultraspecific Nucleic Acid-based Diagnostic Technologies." (2017) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105491">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105491</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105491en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectMolecular diagnosticsen_US
dc.subjectnucleic acidsen_US
dc.titleSimple, Multiplexed, and Ultraspecific Nucleic Acid-based Diagnostic Technologiesen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentBioengineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineeringen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.majorMolecular Diagnosticsen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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