IMT forms biosensor division

Dec. 19, 2005 — Innovative Micro Technology, a Santa Barbara, Calif., maker of MEMS devices, announced the formation of a division to develop new biosensor technologies using MEMS. The division’s initial aim is to develop resonating beam sensors in partnership with Professor Scott Manalis of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The company said the work will be funded by a $2 million grant awarded by the Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, a partnership among universities, industrial partners and the Army. The three-year project will focus on detecting pathogens at extremely high sensitivities for food safety applications.

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