Have You Got What It Takes? Have They Got What You Want?
Galileo sold telescopes, well, at least one before his run-in with the Inquisition. Benjamin Franklin manufactured (but wouldn’t patent) his stoves. Marie Curie negotiated deals with industry between trips to Stockholm for her two Nobel prizes. If you’re curious about the startup life or the latest “Why didn’t I think of that?” products & services from scientific entrepreneurs, head for Startup Central in the ASCB Learning Center.
Here (in alphabetical order) are brief descriptions from some of this year’s participants in Startup Central. There’s a distinctive product and an intriguing story behind each one.
EditBIOMED: Booth 1217
EditBIOMED provides affordable, high-quality scientific editing services for biomedical and clinical scientists. We specialize in helping international scientists prepare their manuscripts for publication in English language journals.
We offer:
- Correction of English grammar, sentence structure, and style
- Improved clarity and organization
- Journal-specific formatting
- Complete confidentiality
In addition to being an English-language expert, each of our carefully selected editors is a highly trained scientist who understands the unique nature of scientific publishing. We correct the English with an eye for the science in order to help you publish your research.
Lipotype – Lipidomics for a better life: Booth 1223
Lipotype is a spin-off company from the Kai Simons and Andrej Shevchenko labs of the Max-Planck-Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden/Germany. After many years of cutting edge research experience, Lipotype delivers comprehensive, absolutely quantitative lipid analysis services for clinical and biological samples on a high-throughput scale. Lipotype offers high quality lipid analysis services for a wide range of customers and applications including biomarker identification for clinical researchers, pharma and biotech companies, functional food development for food industry, as well as for the small-scale profiling needs of academic researchers.
Open Imaging: Booth 1312
Open Imaging develops, distributes, and provides support services for µManager (Micro-Manager), the free and open-source optical microscopy image acquisition and device automation software platform. µManager supports a wide range of microscopes and peripheral devices, provides an intuitive user interface to run both simple and complex experiments, integrates with ImageJ, and is highly extensible and customizable. Open Imaging’s µManager User Service Program provides technical support direct from the core developers, allows users to keep up to date with the most recent features, and optionally includes installation/configuration assistance. See µManager in action and learn what’s new at booth #1312.
miniPCR – Essential Tools for DNA: Booth 1336
blueGel is a revolutionary, all-in-one electrophoresis and illumination system that allows you to run and view your DNA experiments right at your bench. Uses safe blue light (no UV) and safe dyes. Introductory price of $350 includes system, casting tray and viewing hood.
miniPCR is a small, powerful, and accessible PCR machine designed from the ground up to enable DNA experimentation at your bench, teaching lab, or in the field. Program miniPCR as a heat block or cycler directly from your smartphone and operate it in the field using an optional battery. Priced under $600.
Montana Molecular: Booth 1320
Montana Molecular develops fluorescent biosensors to observe and measure the signals that control essential processes within the cell. Life depends upon cell signals that are localized to distinct compartments and occur very quickly along signaling pathways.
Our products change fluorescence in living cells in response to signals, providing information about how healthy cells function, and how normal function is disrupted by disease. Different colored sensors can be combined to measure multiple signals and distinguish between signaling pathways in disease-relevant cells such as pancreatic islets, neurons, cardiomyocytes and cancer cells.
Nanolive – Booth: 1322
Nanolive (booth #1322) developed the first and only holographic tomographic microscope, the 3D Cell Explorer which images living cells instantly, in 3D and 4D, without labels at a resolution below the diffraction limit of light (200nm).
The refractive index distribution within the cell is measured at each pixel and the researcher can decide which parts of the cell to visualize by digitally staining them in contrasting colors, without interfering with the cell’s normal physiology.
Join our Tech Talk on Sunday at 9:30AM (Theater 1) and don’t miss our launch event on Monday 5:30-7:45PM in the Theater 2, Learning Center.
NanoSurface Biomedical – Booth: 1221
Bringing Nanotopography to In Vitro Systems
NanoSurface Biomedical’s versatile ANFS (Anisotropically Nano-Fabricated Substratum) cultureware technology integrates mechanical characteristics of the in vivo cellular micro-environment into a familiar in vitro platform for daily use by researchers.“ANFS”describes the parallel array of polymer ridges and grooves covering the culture area of these products on the nanoscale. Featuring topographical resemblance to the native extracellular matrix, NanoSurface Biomedical’s nanopatterned substrates facilitate growth as if in vivo. High resolution microscopic images of cells cultured in ANFS dishes are made possible through the use of low autofluorescence surface materials; these products are ideal for confocal microscopy, phase contrast microscopy, live cell imaging and micro-manipulations. Currently available in 35mm culture dishes, 6 well plates, and 24-well plates, these groundbreaking tools raise the bar for physiological relevance in vitro.
Reveal Biosciences – Booth: 1215
Reveal Biosciences is a leading provider of advanced tissue technology services and tissue-based research. Their portfolio includes in situ hybridization (ISH), immunohistochemistry (IHC), immunofluorescence (IF), and histology. Reveal enhances these services with proprietary technologies for NGPx™ Next Generation Pathology, multiplexing, whole slide imaging, and ImageDx™ image analysis software as a service.
Check out our Tech Talk on in situ hybridization – Tuesday, Dec 15th at 9:30, Theater #2 in the ASCB Learning Center. For more information about Reveal Biosciences, please visit: http://www.revealbio.com.
VitaScientific: Booth 1213
VitaScientific is a vibrant biological company serving the life science research community. Our premier web portal, VitaScientific.com, puts a myriad of life science tools, supplies and useful resources at your fingertips. Our mission is to have the website where all small and mid-sized life science tool developers can showcase their best products and services. At VitaScientific.com, you can find lab furniture, instruments, equipment, reagents, assay kits, and other laboratory supplies from some of today’s most innovative companies.
Please visit our booth (#1213) at the ASCB Annual Meeting or find us online at: www.vitascientific.com. We look forward to meeting you!
Zephyrus: Booth 1316
Zephyrus is launching the Z1TM System, a transformative single-cell resolution western blotting platform that provides protein expression data for thousands of individual cells in parallel. Researchers can use the Z1TM to validate single-cell RNA-seq measurements and gain insight into cell-to-cell variation in tumors, stem cells, neurons, and other heterogeneous cell populations.
Visit booth #1316 at ASCB 2015 to register for a chance to win a free Z1TM system (a $50,000 value). To learn more, visit www.zephyrusbio.com.
