The Advalytix chip-technology builds on nanopumps that need no moving parts to manipulate reagents measured by the billions of a liter. The idea was born at the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) of the Ludwig-Maximilians- University, Munich (LMU). Prof. Achim Wixforth soon realized the great potential for biological research. Two of his former PhD students, Christoph Gauer and Jurgen Scriba got hooked and started thinking about founding a company. Eckart Neuhaus, at the time CFO of Biofrontera, a Biotech company in Leverkusen, completed the founding team.

Products: Programmable Biochips

Advalytix has developed a revolutionary technology bringing the programmability of electronic microprocessors to the world of biochips. The life sciences undergo the same trend towards integration and miniaturization that has driven the electronics industry for decades. Molecular biology demands the precise handling of precious sample material and costly reagents on the scale of microliters. Advalytix 'programmable biochips' can manipulate these volumes as little droplets by using surface acoustic waves (SAW) as pumps

The Advalytix 'programmable biochips' miniaturize and automatically perform typical laboratory tasks controlled by software - very much like an electronic microprocessor. Different protocols using various reagents can be run on the same hardware. Advalytix biochips integrate all necessary components to solve even complex chemical or biological tasks on-chip making the technology the ideal platform fo integrated point-of-care devices.More