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New paper published in Analytical Chemistry

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Kairdolf) — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:47:00 +0000

I just had a paper published recently in Analytical Chemistry called Minimizing Nonspecific Cellular Binding of Quantum Dots with Hydroxyl-Derivatized Surface Coatings

DiagNano to compete in the 2008 Rice Business Plan Competition

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Kairdolf) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:32:00 +0000

DiagNano has been accepted as a Semi-Finalist to the Rice Business Plan Competition! Out of over 280 applicants, 36 Semi-Finalists have been chosen to compete for over $600,000 in prizes.

DiagNano places 3rd overall in the Georgia Tech Business plan competition!

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Kairdolf) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:30:00 +0000

DiagNano has placed 3rd overall in the 2008 Georgia Tech Business Plan competition!

DiagNano to present a poster at the Georgia Life Sciences Summit

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Kairdolf) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:21:00 +0000

DiagNano has been invited to present a poster at the Georgia Life Sciences Summit in Atlanta, Ga. The conference will be held on October 3, 2007, with more than 500 expected attendants.

DiagNano invited to participate in the 2007 I2P business competition in Austin, TX

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Kairdolf) — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 16:47:00 +0000

DiagNano has just been invited to participate in the I2P business plan competition hosted in Austin, TX! The competition will be held November 2-3 at the University of Texas.

DiagNano makes it to the final round in the NanoNexus Competition!

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Kairdolf) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 15:11:00 +0000

My team, DiagNano, has placed in the top 6 and made it to the finals of the NanoNexus business competition at Oak Ridge National Labs April 2-4 2007 in Oak Ridge, TN. Click for a full writeup from Oak Ridge.

Magneto-Optical Micobeads for Sensitive Detection

noreply@blogger.com (Brad Kairdolf) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:43:00 +0000

Colleagues in my lab from Georgia Tech and Emory University have developed dual-modality silica microbeads capable of sensitive detection in a number of bio-applications, using magnetic and optical functionalities. Highlighted in a recent Georgia Tech new release, these beads show promise in blood and urine diagnostics as well as in biodefense. The beads are loaded with both semiconductor nanocrystals (QDs) and iron oxide nanoparticles, giving them tunable optical properties as well as magnetic properties. This work was recently published in the ACS journal Analytical Chemistry.