Roswell Biotechnologies and Imec to Develop First Molecular Electronics Biosensor Chips for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Precision Medicine and DNA Storage

05/05/2020
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Technology Advances Rapid, Cost-effective DNA Sequencing on Portable Devices

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About Roswell Biotechnologies

Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc. is the leading developer of molecular electronics for chip-based DNA sequencing and biosensing. The company's platform technology reduces the cost and complexity of DNA sequencing to address large markets in infectious disease surveillance and containment, precision medicine, molecular diagnostics, and DNA digital data storage. Roswell Biotechnologies' patented molecular electronics biosensor chip is the first to integrate molecular elements into semiconductor chips, by combining the latest advances in sensors and nanotechnology, to fundamentally advance the application of DNA sequencing and biosensing. Founded in 2014, the privately held company is headquartered in San Diego, California.

About imec

Imec is a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies. The combination of our widely acclaimed leadership in microchip technology and profound software and ICT expertise is what makes us unique. By leveraging our world-class infrastructure and local and global ecosystem of partners across a multitude of industries, we create groundbreaking innovation in application domains such as healthcare, smart cities and mobility, logistics and manufacturing, energy and education.

As a trusted partner for companies, start-ups and universities we bring together more than 4,500 brilliant minds from over 95 nationalities. Imec is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium and has distributed R&D groups at a number of Flemish universities, in the Netherlands, Taiwan, USA, and offices in China, India and Japan. In 2019, imec's revenue (P&L) totaled 640 million euro. Further information on imec can be found at www.imec-int.com.

Imec is a registered trademark for the activities of IMEC International (a legal entity set up under Belgian law as a "stichting van openbaar nut”), imec Belgium (IMEC vzw supported by the Flemish Government), imec the Netherlands (Stichting IMEC Nederland, part of Holst Centre which is supported by the Dutch Government), imec Taiwan (IMEC Taiwan Co.) and imec China (IMEC Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.) and imec India (Imec India Private Limited), imec Florida (IMEC USA nanoelectronics design center).

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