Advancing Acute Care: TUMCREATE Research CellFACE at Biology@CREATE Seminar

05.03.2025

 

At the Biology@CREATE Seminar Series on 28th February 2025, TUMCREATE research associate, Kerem Delikoyun, shared how the CellFACE research project addresses and improves acute care diagnostics in clinicians’ emergency decision making.  

  

Kerem spoke about AI-enhanced Imaging Flow Cytometry for Hidden Haematology Biomarkers as part of our research collaboration with Technical University of Munich, Nanyang Technological University, National University Hospital, National University of Singapore and A*STAR’s Bioinformatics Institute and Infectious Disease Lab. 

He shared insights on the development of a label-free and point-of-care compatible testing platform to identify early predictive blood cell biomarkers for acute care. CellFACE brings innovative solutions and addresses an unmet clinical need with significant growth and scalability potential. This includes  

• Point-of-care technology for acute care inflammatory conditions  
• Quantitative phase imaging based label-free microscopy to improve triage for high risk patients 
• AI-powered real-time image & data analysis for quantifying rare blood cells as a new set of predictive biomarkers 
• Workflow that can integrate smoothly in acute care settings (such as emergency department, intensive care unit and operation room for clinicians' immediate action) 

 

The Biology@CREATE seminar series is hosted by the Singapore MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) in collaboration with researchers within the Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise (CREATE).

 

We look forward to future sessions to continue fostering discussions.

 

Find out more about the CellFACE project here.