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ISurTec®(Innovative Surface Technologies, INC.)  at UEL wins eleven SBIR/STTR awards

By Patrick Guire, Pres.

Within its first three years of operation, ISurTec® has received eleven (11) new SBIR/STTR Phase I grant awards from the NSF and NIH and transferred one Phase II previously awarded to the research team at SurModics, Inc. The Phase I awards include the following:

1. "Microsphere coatings for Immunoassays" NIH
2. "Biomolecule Immobilization Chemistry for Nanomagnetic/Spintronic Biosensor Array" NSF
3. "Multi-Drug Delivery Microparticle Coatings for Orthopedic Devices" NIH
4. "Photoreactive Nanofibers for Biomolecule Immobilization" NIH
5. "Multianalyte Nanomagnetic Biosensor Array for Pathogen Detection" NIH
6. "Superhydrophobic Corrosion-Resistant Coatings" NSF
7. "Mobile Peripheral Device for Biological Analysis" DHS
8. "Diblock Copolymers for siRNA Delivery" NIH
9. "Microsphere Coatings for Protein Arrays" NIH
10. "A Novel Combination of Thermoresponsive and Nanofibrillar Surface for Cell Culture" NIH
11. "Chlorhexidine-releasing Superhydrophobic Coating" NSF

ISurTec® leases three newly furbished laboratories at the University Enterprise Laboratories (UEL) for a staff of fourteen (14), developing new proprietary surface-modification reagents and use-testing them for diagnostic, drug delivery, device-coating, and biomaterial/ biotechnology markets.