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Efficient DNA Analysis
Training drones in teamwork Minimising air traffic risks is as important as ever – and drones can help. The SAFEMUV project (Safe Airframe Inspection Using Multiple UAVs), funded by the Assuring Autonomy International Programme, is working on this. Participants include Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, the Universities of Luxembourg and York, the company Cargolux and the Direction de l’aviation civile (Luxembourg). They are examining how drones can cooperate safely while inspecting aircraft. During an inspection, multiple drones work together on the same aircraft, checking its technical condition from the outside. Problems can arise due to the failure of individual drones, lack of space and communication difficulties between the drones. The international team led by Professor Nico Hochgeschwender from H-BRS is investigating how drone teams can be coordinated so that they do not cause any damage to themselves or the aircraft.
Why do medicines sometimes work very differently from one person to another? These and other questions can now be investigated more effectively at the Institute for Functional Gene Analytics thanks to the acquisition of a high-throughput DNA sequencing device. The Illumina device enables Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). It analyses thousands to millions of DNA segments simultaneously, delivering fast and cost-effective results. The device is used for research in the natural sciences on topics such as genetic metabolic diseases, Parkinson’s disease and microbiomes. NGS enables researchers to discover why drugs work differently in various individuals by allowing them to investigate at the molecular level.
