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Press Release MicroFab receives SBIR award from National Science Foundation Plano, Texas (July 22, 2003) MicroFab Technologies announces the award of a SBIR program titled, “Low Volume Reloadable Printhead for Microarray Production.” This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project has the objective of designing and building a reloadable printhead for ink-jet deposition of biological fluids into microarrays. Production of mid range microarrays (hundreds of different fluids) is not best addressed by the existing tools; photolithography is expensive and with long turnaround time and existing single jet devices have large volumes. The developed reloadable printhead will fill this market segment. The MicroFab team, under the leadership of the principal investigator, Dr. Bogdan Antohe, will collaborate with Dr. Dat Dao at Houston Advanced Research Center to evaluate the fabricated printhead using a set of oligonucleotide probes designed to detect polymorphism in the Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) genes. MicroFab will commercialize the developed printhead as a stand-alone product. The reloadable printhead will also be incorporated in the printing systems (JetLabÔ I and II) manufactured by MicroFab to enhance their capabilities.
About the Company Based in Plano, Texas, MicroFab Technologies has pioneered digital microdispensing technologies for the past 18 years. MicroFab’s mission is to be the leading global supplier of printing platforms, devices, and services that enable high-payoff applications for microdispensing and precision printing in a wide range of industries. Commercial applications of the technology include microdispensing of electrical and optical polymers, bioactive materials (Proteins, DNA, Reagents), solder, adhesives, and nanoparticle laden fluids. MicroFab Technologies is at www.microfab.com. Contact Dr. David B. Wallace, Vice-President, Technology Development, at info@microfab.com or by phone at 972-578-8076 (ext. 12).
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