AMOLF start up Omics2image wins 10th Venture Challenge
On 14 June, a team from the AMOLF start up Omics2image, including group leader prof. Ron Heeren, has won the 10th Venture Challenge from the Netherlands Genomics Initiative. After a preselection stage four teams competed for the honor and a cheque of 25.000 euros. The jury praised the the team of Omics2image for having an excellent product, a sound businessplan, a clear vision on the future and a very enthousiastic pitch.
The start-up company Omics2Image has recently been established to bring technological innovations from the AMOLF group, lead by Ron Heeren, to the market. The first product is the IonPix camera. This camera in combination with a microscope mode mass spectrometry system provides extremely high spatial resolution molecular images and has the capability of capturing several ion masses in one measurement cycle.
The Venture Challenge is one of the Netherlands Genomics Initiative's activities aimed at stimulating and supporting Life Sciences researchers in translating their inventions into viable business ideas.