NANOIDENT Developer to Speak about the Next Generation of Printed Lab-on-a-Chip Devices at SPIE Europe Security & Defence 2007



    Roland Pieler, Developer for NANOIDENT Technologies AG's Life
    Sciences Division, will present "Printed Photonics for Lab-on-Chip
    Applications" at SPIE Europe Security & Defence 2007. Mr. Pieler will
    explain how printed photonics technology improves the functionality of
    lab-on-a-chip systems, enabling true real-time, point-of-use
    diagnostics and analytics.

    NANOIDENT Technologies AG is the technology leader in the
    development and manufacture of printed semiconductor-based sensor
    solutions. BIOIDENT Technologies Inc., one of NANOIDENT's
    market-focused subsidiaries, leverages NANOIDENT's technology to
    provide printed semiconductor-based photonic lab-on-a-chip solutions
    for life sciences. BIOIDENT's PhotonicLab(TM) platform received the
    2007 Frost & Sullivan Enabling Technology of the Year Award, and
    enables real-time, multi-parameter detection and analysis capability
    for environmental testing, chemical and biological threat detection
    and in-vitro diagnostics applications.

    WHO:

    DI Roland Pieler, Developer, NANOIDENT Life Sciences Division

    Roland Pieler studied electrical and biomedical engineering at the
    University of Technology Graz, Austria. After finishing his degree, he
    continued working at the Institute of Genomics and Bioinformatics,
    Graz, in the field of Microarray Analysis and Software Engineering.
    Soon he joined the Device Development division at the newly founded
    "Center for Biomedical Nanotechnology" at UAR (Upper Austrian
    Research), Linz, Austria. There, his main activities included software
    and hardware development for a multipurpose fluorescence scanner. Mr.
    Pieler is well published, having authored publications in professional
    journals in the field of Bioinformatics. As a member of NANOIDENT's
    R&D team, he is responsible for prototype development, sensor layout
    and software engineering issues.

    WHEN:

    Tuesday, September 18, 2007

    3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CET

    WHERE:

    SPIE Europe Security & Defence 2007

    Palazzo degli Affari, Florence, Italy

    The 4th European Symposium on Optics/Photonics in Security &
    Defence is organized by SPIE Europe. The conference will address both
    applications and underlying science in advanced defense and security
    systems, as well as the challenges brought about by network
    capabilities in military operations and the increasing need for urban
    peacekeeping activities. With a European focus, this event attracts
    more than 400 attendees from government, academia and industry.

    WHY:

    NANOIDENT's printed semiconductor technology, combined with
    BIOIDENT's expertise in microfluidics and chemical/biological testing,
    are changing the game in the mobile analytics and diagnostics market.
    Medical, environmental and chemical/biological tests no longer require
    bulky, expensive equipment; as a result, these highly sensitive tests
    can be performed at lower cost, onsite in real-time, ensuring faster
    response to disease or contamination.

    Image: (C) NANOIDENT Technologies AG

    Images can be downloaded in high resolution at www.nanoident.com.

    Image text: NANOIDENT Life Sciences Researcher DI Roland Pieler

    About NANOIDENT Technologies AG

    NANOIDENT is the world leader in the development and manufacture
    of printed semiconductor based optoelectronic sensors. The company's
    core technology merges the latest breakthroughs in materials science
    and nanotechnology with modern printing techniques to create a new
    class of semiconductor devices. The revolutionary SEMICONDUCTOR
    2.0(TM) Platform is the basis of the world's first commercial printed
    photonic sensors, enabling a whole new generation of applications in
    the industrial, biometric and life science markets.

    NANOIDENT's high speed, environmentally friendly manufacturing
    process utilizes liquid nanomaterials and additive production
    techniques. These liquids are used to print electronic circuits on a
    wide variety of surfaces, producing products in mere hours for
    prototype as well as high volume applications. The company's printed
    semiconductor devices can be bendable, disposable, light, ultrathin
    and large area. They have application specific spectral and electronic
    properties, and can contain light sources and light detectors as well
    as electronic circuits. These unique characteristics enable cost
    effective, custom designed devices for applications such as
    industrial, chemical, biological, biometric and X-ray sensors, printed
    OLED displays for smart packaging and electronic signage.

    Privately-held, the company is headquartered in Linz, Austria,
    with subsidiaries in Menlo Park, California; Nuremberg, Germany; and
    Grenoble, France.