Bio-Rad joins SmiLe Venture Hub as new lab partner

We are proud to announce a new collaboration with Bio-Rad Laboratories, a leading company in developing, manufacturing, and marketing a broad range of products for life science research and clinical diagnostics. Through this partnership, Bio-Rad’s state-of-the-art QX600™ AutoDG Droplet Digital PCR System is now available to companies using SmiLe’s laboratories in Lund. 

As part of SmiLe’s mission to provide a comprehensive range of services to its member companies, partnerships like this are crucial to offering cutting-edge expertise and technology on-site to innovative startups on-site at SmiLe. 

The QX600™ AutoDG system delivers exceptional precision and reliability through its advanced droplet digital PCR technology. This system enables absolute quantification of nucleic acids without the need for standard curves, making it an invaluable tool for fields such as oncology research, biomarker discovery in cell and gene therapy, as well as environmental and food testing. The ddPCR method allows for exceptional precision and tolerance to PCR inhibitors, ensuring high reproducibility and sensitivity even at low concentrations. 

In addition to providing the QX600™ AutoDG system, Bio-Rad will offer hands-on workshops, customized training sessions, and ongoing technical support to help researchers maximize the system’s potential for their specific applications. 

“This partnership underscores Bio-Rad’s dedication to advancing cutting-edge life science innovation. At SmiLe, a renowned venture hub for life science startups, entrepreneurs gain access to state-of-the-art resources to develop transformative solutions. By making the QX600™ AutoDG Droplet Digital PCR System available at this hub, Bio-Rad supports the growth of emerging ventures in Sweden’s thriving biotech ecosystem and enables access to superior digital PCR technology,” says Linda Blomquist, Sales Manager Sweden and Finland. 

“We are thrilled to welcome Bio-Rad as a new lab partner for SmiLe. Their leading-edge technology and expertise will be a great resource for our member companies, enabling them to accelerate their research and development projects. We look forward to working closely together to support the success of innovative startups,” says Ulrika Ringdahl, COO at SmiLe. 

PHOTO: Bio-Rad, from left: Paulius Baltrusis, Application Specialist; Mridula Muppavarapu, Key Account Manager; Sara Nordin, Account Manager; Pelle Larshammar, Nordic Application Specialist.

To the right: The QX600™ AutoDG System.