Oct. 18, 2002 — Xeotron Corp. of Houston and Michigan State University (MSU) said they collaborating on researching microorganisms in the environment using Xeotron’s microfluidic technology.
The XeoChip platform will be used at MSU’s Center for Microbial Ecology to understand and identify genetic alterations that enable the use of microorganisms in bioremediation projects. The chips also will be used as a tool to help identify microbial species in the environment, according to a news release.
The project with MSU represents a potentially new use for Xeotron’s micromachined, microfluidic-based arrays, which are designed for genetic screening, disease diagnosis and drug development. Xeotron announced in April that Texas-based Applied MEMS would make its biochips.