On May 7, Austria’s leading news agency APA spotlighted the MOBILISE project in a major press release, showcasing AGES’s groundbreaking development of a mobile high-security laboratory. This state-of-the-art biosafety level 3 lab, housed in a ten-ton, nine-meter-long truck, is designed to bring rapid, on-site analysis of human, animal, and environmental samples directly to East Africa — a game-changer for outbreak response.
Friedrich Schmoll, Head of AGES Animal Health, stressed the critical role of mobile labs in enabling swift action during disease outbreaks. Meanwhile, AGES Managing Director Johannes Pleiner-Duxneuner underscored the project’s innovative One Health approach, combining veterinary and human medicine expertise to tackle infectious diseases more effectively.
Currently, the prototype is undergoing rigorous field tests across Austria, Germany, Greece, and East Africa. Equipped with rapid tests for viruses like West Nile and Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever that deliver results within minutes, plus whole genome sequencing capabilities supported by international expert collaboration via online platforms, the mobile lab sets a new standard in outbreak diagnostics and management.
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Link to the original news story: AGES entwickelt und testet mobiles Hochsicherheitslabor für Afrika