Startup Wins $744K NSF Grant to Develop Microscope for Drug Testing
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 16, 2015 — A $744,066 federal grant will aid further development of a microscope whose ability to detect cellular motion could be of use in testing drugs. Based on fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy techniques, the biodynamic microscope is being developed by Animated Dynamics Inc. (AniDyn), a Purdue University spinoff. The two-year, $744,066 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant was awarded by the National Science Foundation, which also awarded the company a smaller,