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March 24, 2008 -- NanoImaging Services Inc., a provider of high-resolution, 3D transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging services to manufacturers of large molecule biopharmaceuticals, has secured $1.5 million in a round of financing led by Merck Capital Ventures LLC. The investment will be used to expand the company's service laboratory. NanoImaging will relocate to a larger facility in La Jolla, CA, next month.
"Advanced TEM imaging allows biopharmaceutical manufacturers to actually see the complex macromolecular structures they create, in 3D, with resolution as high as 1nm," says Clint Potter, NanoImaging's CEO. "It provides powerful visual support for structural characterization and validation throughout the drug development pipeline, promising to shorten development cycles and improve confidence at every stage from discovery, through development and regulatory review, and into long-term quality control and manufacturing process improvement."
NanoImaging Services offers a range of services such as simple visual inspection; statistical characterization; antibody/labeling experiments; and nanometer-scale, 3D reconstruction. Advanced instrumentation within the laboratory includes a state-of-art Tecnai TEM and Vitrobot cryo-preservation system from FEI. Advanced cryo
techniques preserve delicate biological structures in their native, fully hydrated state.
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