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| News |
| 2011-11-25 |
| Publication of the CellDirector technology |
| Article in Journal of MicroMechanics and MicroEngineering |
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Research describing the development of the CellDirector technology has been published in the scientific Journal of MicroMechanics and MicroEngineering. J. MicroMech. MicroEng. is a leading journal in its field, covering all aspects of microelectromechanichal systems, devices and structures as well as micromechanics, microengineering and microfabrication. The journal publishes key research from around the world and is essential reading for all MEMS researchers. Link to the published article in J. MicroMech. MicroEng. |
| 2011-11-14 |
| Gradientech receives VINNOVA grant |
| Conitinued financial support for high-throughput system development |
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Gradientech receives continued financial support from Vinnova, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems. The so called Forska&Väx grant financies part of the development of a high-throughput system for advanced analysis of cell responses induced by chemical gradients. Press release from Vinnova in Swedish |
| 2011-05-05 |
| Gradientech announces new investment and new Board Member |
| Innovationsbron AB and UUAB new shareholders |
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Gradientech today announces a new investment and the addition of Innovationsbron AB and the Uppsala University Holding Company (UUAB) to its shareholders. The funds will be used to finance the final development and launching of Gradientech’s two first CellDirector® products. “We are pleased to welcome Innovationsbron and UUAB as shareholders” says Gradientech CEO, Sara Thorslund. “Both Innovationsbron and UUAB have a strong track record and wide experience in supporting and guiding innovation-driven small companies. We look forward to our future collaboration.” Allan Asp from Innovationsbron joins the Board of Gradientech. “We welcome Allan Asp as new Board Member of Gradientech. Allan Asp has long experience from life science companies like Pharmacia, Pyrosequencing and Alphahelix and adds valuable competence to the company”, says Sören Nygren, Chairman of the Board. Press release in English |
| 2011-05-02 |
| Moving into new facilities |
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Gradientech moves into new facilities within the Uppsala Science Park to accomodate future growth. We are now located at Dag Hammarskjölds väg 52B. See Contact for complete postal address. |
| 2011-03-25 |
| Gradientech awarded by CONNECT Uppsala |
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Gradientech is proud to announce being awarded "The springboard company of the year" 2010 by CONNECT in Uppsala. The motivation says that "Gradientech is goal-oriented, has an interesting business concept and seizes all opportunities to create contacts, therefore being a company that has great potential to being the one creating the job opportunities of the future." CONNECT is an organization that helps creating networks where knowledge and competence, ideas and capital can find each other. |
| 2010-09-01 |
| GRADIENTECH founders awarded “Innovators of the Year“ in the Uppsala region |
| The SKAPA-foundation awards the CellDirector® technology |
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Press release in English |
| 2010-07-01 |
| GRADIENTECH announces new Board Member |
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Gradientech is pleased to announce that Peter Karlberg joins the Board of Gradientech. Mr Karlberg has long marketing and sales experience from life science companies like Pyrosequencing, Biotage and Olink BioScience, and adds valuable competence to Gradientech when building up its own marketing and sales organization. Mr Karlberg holds a BSc from Uppsala University in Molecular Biology and a Diploma in Export Sales. |
| 2010-04-23 |
| GRADIENTECH receives Forska&Väx grant |
| Financial support from Vinnova |
| GRADIENTECH receives financial support from Vinnova, the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, for the introductionary phase of developing a new high-throughput system for advanced cell analysis. |
| 2009-12-03 |
| GRADIENTECH receives VINN-NU grant |
| Financial support from VINNOVA |
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As one out of eight newly founded companies in Sweden, the biotech company GRADIENTECH AB receives the VINN-NU grant from national agency VINNOVA. GRADIENTECH is awarded the grant for the development and commercialization of a novel microfluidic cell culture system, invented at Uppsala University in Sweden. Press release at Vinnova |
| 2009-04-29 |
| Venture Cup winners |
| GRADIENTECH founders awarded |
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The founders of GRADIENTECH AB are awarded the Prize for Entrepreneurial Force, by Venture Cup East in Sweden. The prize was awarded due to the strong entrepreneurial drive shown by the GRADIENTECH founders Sara Thorslund and Johan Kreuger in their efforts to commercialize basic research to create better research tools for biomedical research, and to support their efforts to build a successful cutting-edge biotechnology company. Press release from Venture Cup in Swedish: "Entreprenörskap är en väg ut ur krisen - som kan skapa en starkare och mer konkurrenskraftig Sverige för framtiden" sa Börje Ekholm som tillsammans med Laila Bagge var med som inspiratörer under kvällen. Venture Cup Öst ville i år lyfta upp just entreprenören och därför delades även ett nyinstiftat pris för "Entreprenöriell kraft" ut av stjärnkrögaren Melker Andersson som närvarade i egenskap av juryns representant. Priset gick till Sara Thorslund, Johan Kreuger från Uppsala med sin idé GRADIENTECH. |
| 2009-02-21 |
| Lab on a Chip |
| Front cover publication |
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Research from GRADIENTECH was published in the highly ranked scientific magazine Lab on a Chip. Lab on a Chip provides a unique forum for the publication of significant and original work related to miniaturisation at the micro- and nano-scale across a variety of disciplines, including chemistry, biology, bioengineering and physics. The paper describes a novel fluidic device that enables the study of directional cell responses in complex tissue and organ culture models, and was published as hot article and depicted in the magazine front cover. (Lab Chip, 2009, 9, 529) |
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