Scienion is a life science company well positioned in the markets of ultra-low volume liquid handling systems and microarray technologies. Scienion provides an integrated product portfolio that has been continuously expanded for over 15 years comprising flexible solutions for research and development, wherein solutions for production purposes are customized.
Systems and software are characterized by their versatility, precision and robustness. The company is a renowned specialist for ultra-low volume liquid handling, particularly for the handling of precious and sensitive compounds of biological or chemical origin. Scienion’s dispensers allow for contact-free and precise drop spotting in the pico- to micro-liter range and are optimally suited for microarray based analytics such as for tests with DNA, oligonucleotides, peptides, proteins, antibodies, glycans or for dispensing cells onto various substrates.
Customers come from the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostic and reagent supply markets, as well as academic research institutions. Scienion’s products and services facilitate applications ranging from early research to large-scale manufacturing. The company has profound experience integrating its proprietary dispensing technology into continuous production lines based on conveyor belt and reel-to-reel systems. The liquid handling technologies were awarded twice with the “Innovationspreis Berlin-Brandenburg”. This annual prize is jointly awarded by the German Federal States of Berlin and Brandenburg for product and process innovations and innovative technology services.
The main tasks of Scienion in NextGenMicrofluidics will be the adaption of the R2R microarray spotter line to the universal demands of the OITB: in-line monitoring, label code printing, dispensing of larger volumes, Microarray spotting of biomolecules and the corresponding upscaling; multiplex biofunctionalization of the polymer components and the biofunctionalisation strategy for DNA, protein and aptamer printing in all Demo Cases.