Cellectricon Receives Swedish Governmental R&D Grant
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Cellectricon Receives Swedish Governmental R&D Grant
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, September 20 /PRNewswire/ --
Cellectricon, a leading provider of microfluidic tools for cell-based assays improve and
accelerate drug discovery, has received a grant totaling SEK 2.3 million from VINNOVA
(The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems). The VINNOVA grant was awarded
for the development of Cellectricon's next generation microfluidics platform for
high-resolution GPCR screening.
"The VINNOVA grant validates the potential of Cellectricon's unique miniaturized
cell-based screening systems for drug discovery", says Dr. Mattias Karlsson, Chief
Operating Officer at Cellectricon. "The market acceptance of our launched products
together with the VINNOVA grant is gratifying and we will continue to focus on providing
innovative solutions for our customers."
About Cellectricon
Cellectricon AB (Gothenburg, Sweden) invents and develops new types of functional
cell-based screening devices for applications in drug discovery and basic research. The
company utilizes state of the art interfaces to biological systems by employing novel
microfabrication technologies and smart engineering solutions. This enables completely
new types of assays and devices with superior performance characteristics and robustness.
Cellectricon's products are designed to enable substantial increases in productivity at
the highest data quality. The company was formed in 2000 based on an extensive and solid
patent portfolio within different areas such as high-throughput electrophysiology,
microfluidics, microfabrication, and electroporation.
About VINNOVA
VINNOVA (The Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems) is a State authority
that aims to promote growth and prosperity throughout Sweden. VINNOVAs particular area of
responsibility comprises innovations linked to research and development. VINNOVAs tasks
are to fund the needs-driven research required by a competitive business and industrial
sector and a flourishing society, and to strengthen the networks that are such a
necessary part of this work.