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Method for detecting nanoparticles in early life nutrition
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a technique that can detect nanoparticles (that is, particles with a diameter of less than 100 nanometers) in early life nutrition products with a high sample throughput. Nanoparticles are…
/ Erfolgsgeschichten
Automatic preparation for cryo-EM analysis with no loss of material - Start-up cryoWrite delivers its first unit
For several years, the name cryoWrite has cropped up within the SNI network in connection with an instrument used to prepare samples for cryo-electron microscopy. Moreover, a company has existed with this name since 2020 (and from October…
/ News, Erfolgsgeschichten
New approach in biosensor technology
Researchers from the SNI network have developed a novel coating of a polymer and carbon nanotubes that is suitable for coating miniaturized electrodes. Such electrodes, in which conductive nanomaterials are embedded in an anti-fouling…
/ Berichte, SNI INSight, Erfolgsgeschichten
Opportunity for SNI members – Electron Diffraction Experience Center inaugurated in Basel
In 1928, a groundbreaking experiment by Devisson and Germer showed that electrons are diffracted like waves, thereby confirming the theory of quantum mechanics. Almost 100 years later, the young start-up ELDICO Scientific has inaugurated…
/ Erfolgsgeschichten, Preise, SNI INSight
Swiss MNT Start-up Prize – Encouraging award for young start-up anavo medical
At the Swiss NanoConvention, the young start-up anavo medical was awarded the Nanotechnology Start-up Prize from the Swiss MNT Network. Co-founder Dr. Tino Matter studied nanosciences in Basel, and in 2018 he won the prize for the best…
/ Erfolgsgeschichten, SNI INSight
Electron diffraction for structural analysis – Unique opportunity for SNI network members
ELDICO Scientific, a start-up that developed within the SNI network, has brought an electron diffraction instrument to market that can be used to analyze the 3D atomic structure of nanoscale materials. One of the first devices will be made…
/ Erfolgsgeschichten, SNI INSight
Funding secured and product presented – A positive end to the year for Qnami
Qnami, a fledgling start-up from the SNI network, has received some excellent news in recent weeks: the young company not only presented ProteusQ, its quantum microscope for the analysis of magnetic materials, but has also secured an…
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Biozentrum spin off ARTIDIS joins world’s largest medical center
ARTIDIS announces its successful integration in the highly competitive international Medical Device Cohort 2019 at the Texas Medical Center’s Innovation Institute. The company, which is a spin off from the Biozentrum and the Swiss…
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Qnami announced the closing of a 2.6M CHF seed round
Qnami announced today the closing of a 2.6M CHF (2.6M USD) seed round led by Venture Capital fund Quantonation and further supported by investiere, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High Tech Gründerfond. The funds will support the market entry…