Imagine a high-end microscope that is usually as big as a fridge and costs a fortune. This project moves the complex light-steering parts from the bulky machine onto a tiny, mass-produced chip that holds the sample. It's like replacing a giant professional studio lighting rig with a smart LED panel, making ultra-detailed imaging faster and cheaper.
Current super-resolution microscopes are too expensive, bulky, and slow for wide adoption in every clinical and research lab. This limits the ability of medical professionals to perform high-throughput nanoscale biological analysis.
A photonic-chip based nanoscopy platform. Deliverables include field validation reports from EMBL and utility reports for on-chip pathology.
If you are a pathology lab dealing with slow sample processing and high equipment costs — this project developed a photonic-chip platform that improves throughput by 100x and reduces costs by 2x.
If you are a drug discovery firm dealing with the complexity of bulky nanoscopy setups — this project developed a scalable optical nanoscopy platform that provides flexibility in resolution and field-of-view.
If you are a microscope manufacturer dealing with the need for more compact, high-resolution imaging tools — this project developed a chip-based light delivery system that can be integrated into simpler, compact microscopes.
The photonic-chip based approach reduces the cost by a factor of 2x compared to existing commercial systems.
Yes, the technology uses a mass-producible photonic-chip to hold and illuminate samples, increasing throughput by 100x.
The technology is founded on two patent families and has been spun off into a company called Chip NanoImaging (CNI).
The project runs from 2022 to 2025, with a goal to attract investments by 2024 and reach estimated revenues of Euro60M by 2029.
Based on available project data, the system replaces the bulky illumination setup of a microscope with a photonic chip, allowing the use of a simple and compact optical microscope for imaging.
The consortium consists of 4 partners across 3 countries (Norway, Germany, Sweden). It features a balanced mix of 25% industry (via the spin-off Chip NanoImaging AS), 2 universities, and 1 research organization, indicating a strong pipeline from academic research to commercial application.
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