Vader Nanotechnologies
Vader Environmental Nanotech is dedicated to fighting environmental contaminants through biotechnology. They have developed a proprietary high-throughput screening approach to identify strains that can use certain contaminants as a food source, focusing on PFAS contamination. Their technology utilizes automation, image-processing, computer vision, and analytical chemistry to optimize organisms capable of degrading difficult chemicals like PFAS. The company aims to address the widespread issue of PFAS contamination, which affects a significant portion of the population and incurs substantial health-related costs.
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Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Vader Nanotechnologies
Services
Discovery and optimization of microbial strains that can metabolize persistent contaminants (PFAS) using high-throughput screening and directed evolution.
Analytical services to track degradation intermediates and measure defluorination using LC-MS and fluoride assays.
Setup, monitoring, and scaling of experimental assays using robotics, imaging, and a protocol library to standardize and accelerate experiments.
Discovery and optimization of microbial strains that can metabolize persistent contaminants (PFAS) using high-throughput screening and directed evolution.
Analytical services to track degradation intermediates and measure defluorination using LC-MS and fluoride assays.
Setup, monitoring, and scaling of experimental assays using robotics, imaging, and a protocol library to standardize and accelerate experiments.
Expertise Areas
- Environmental biotechnology
- PFAS and persistent organic pollutant bioremediation
- High-throughput screening and assay automation
- Directed evolution and strain engineering
Key Technologies
- High-throughput screening
- Directed evolution / adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE)
- Laboratory automation and robotics
- Image processing and computer vision