| Project description
The company which submitted the application, Biacore AB, is the world leader
in the detection and monitoring of biomolecular binding using surface plasmon
resonance (SPR) technology. The company develops, manufactures and markets
advanced bio-analytical systems that provide real-time quantitative data on
binding interactions between biomolecules. The project was based on using the
QCM-D technique, at Dept. of Chemical Physics (Dr. F. Höök), and at Biacore,
to study vaarious aspects of the Biacore chips.
Stefan Löfås, VP, Chief Scientific Officer, says:
“The Biacore sensor surfaces (or sensor chips) are the core components in the
commercial Biacore instrument systems and thus of central importance for the
technology. The funding of this project has facilitated the research together
with the Department of Applied Physics at Chalmers/GU which had probably not
been possible to do otherwise.
The most significant benefits for Biacore in this collaborative project are
as follows:
- - Crucial funding for a bilateral focused project with clear objectives and
agreed commitment from both partners.
- - Access to an interesting complementary surface characterisation tool.
- - Access to world class experts (its inventors) for the experiments and
interpretations of the data.
- - Extension of the scientific network.
- - Increased knowledge and competence rising among Biacore employees for
characterisation methods of importance.
- - Possibility to interact and transfer technology know-how that otherwise
had been impossible or a tedious and costly process if done separately.
- - Results of great interest for both partners, which also will be beneficial
for Biacore in the future development of the core surface technology.”
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