Alpes Lasers SA
1-3 Passage Max-de-Meuron
CH-2001 Neuchâtel
Switzerland
Phone: +41 32 729 95 10 Fax: +41 32 721 36 19
E-mail : info@alpeslasers.ch - URL: www.alpeslasers.ch

Company Focus
Semiconductor lasers
Infrared sources

Products
Mid-Infrared Tunable Quantum Cascade Lasers
Far-Infrared Tunable Quantum Cascade Lasers

Market
Infrared spectroscopy
Gas sensing
Energy deposition

Bioalps
c/o OPI
Geneva International Airport, p.o. Box 571 - CH-1215 Geneva
Phone: 41 (0) 22 717 84 00
Email : contact@bioalps.org - URL: http://www.bioalps.ch

Mission
To foster Western and Latin Switzerland as a European hub for life sciences, and to promote the training and research institutes as well as the undertakings that are active in the respective spheres.
Objectives
- To promote and reinforce exchanges between scientific, economic, financial and political circles bearing a relation with life sciences;
- To keep up relations with similar initiatives at a national and international level;
- To favour the technological transfer;
- To foster favourable conditions in view of creating and establishing companies;
- To promote companies that are active in life sciences by means of an Internet portal and the participation in events in Switzerland and abroad

The BioAlps booth will offer its facilities to start-up companies with innovative technology to enhance their visibility and generate fruitful contacts.

CellPROM
BFraunhofer Institute for
Biomedical Engineering IBMT
Prof. Dr. Guenter R. Fuhr
Ensheimer Strasse 48
66386 St. Ingbert
Germany
Phone +49 (0) 6894/980-100
E-mail: cellprom@ibmt.fraunhofer.de

The Integrated Project CellPROM - Cell Programming by Nanoscaled Devices, with a total volume of 26 Mio € the largest Integrated Project within the thematic priority of nanobiotechnologies in EU´s 6th Framework Program started in March 2004 and unites 27 academic and industrial partners from 12 countries for four years. It is co-ordinated by the Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT) in Germany headed by Prof. Dr. Günter Fuhr.

The international consortium works on establishing technologies and devices for defined differentiation of cells on an industrial scale. Core of this technology are tailored nanostructured surfaces (Nanoscapes) that trigger differentiation of cells in their contact. At the end of the project, functional modules are to be provided that already incorporate first technical solutions. They can serve as vantage points for further development of a new generation of devices with applications in the areas of biotechnology, medicine, pharmacy and technology development.

At NanoTech Montreux 2006, the CellPROM consortium presents an exhibition booth showing a variety of developments made during the first 18 months of the project.

CSEM
Centre Suisse d'Electronique
et de Microtechnique SA
Rue Jaquet-Droz 1
P.O. Box
CH-2002 Neuchâtel
Phone: +41 32 720 5111 - Fax: +41 32 720 5700

CSEM SA, the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, is a privately held, knowledge-based company carrying out :

- Applied research work

- Product development

- Prototype and low-volume production

CSEM is mainly active in the field of micro/nanotechnology, microelectronics, system engineering, information and communication technologies.

By offering its high-tech know-how, competencies and expertise, CSEM anticipates and fulfils the needs of industrial partners. In particular, it supplies customized Microsystems, microelectronic designs and system solutions, as well as services for high-tech coating and new materials. Thanks to multidisciplinary skills, systems knowledge and networking with different partners, vertical integration is a strong asset of CSEM.

CSEM also develops its own commercial activities, either with existing companies or through the cration of spinn-off and start-up companies.

CSEM has signed a long-term contracz with the Swiss Government to finance its own applied research, with the aim to offer an operative innovation platform in various high-tech fields to potential customers.

CSEM operates in Neuchâtel (headquarters), Zürich and Alpnach, near Lucerne. CSEM is also internationally active in many European countries as well as overseas, especially in the US and Japan. CSEM has a large portfolio of industrial, governmental and European projects.

At the end of 2004, the company had a staff of approximately 280 employees, over two thirds of whom hold an academic degree. In 2004, CSEM realized a consolidated income of € 33 million. Over the past ten years, CSEM generated 22 independent spin-off and start-up companies. They currently employ more than 350 employees.

DiagnoSwiss S.A.
Rte de l'Île-au-Bois 2
CH-1870 Monthey
Switzerland
Phone: +41-(0)24-471.49.00 Fax: +41-(0)24-471.49.01
E-mail: j.rossier@diagnoswiss.com - URL: www.diagnoswiss.com

DiagnoSwiss provides innovative analytical tools enabling to reduce sample volume and time-to-result in life science applications such as in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) or food processing. To be faster than standard techniques, DiagnoSwiss has developed a proprietary technology based on disposable electrochemical polymer chips.

Products
DiagnoSwiss’ products comprise an immunoassay analyser called Immuspeed that processes parallel assays performed in disposable cartridges called Immuchip, and where all the microfluidic and detection steps are computer controlled using the Immusoft software. In 2005, DiagnoSwiss has two main licensees, Agilent Technologies and Biomérieux that are world leading companies in life sciences and IVD.

Market

Analytical Microsystems: in vitro diagnostics, veterinary testing, industrial control, life science and pharmaceutical research

EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Prof. M. Gijs, Prof. Ph. Renaud, EPFL, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Phone : +41 21 693 67 97, Fax : +41 21 693 59 50
E-mail : philippe.renaud@epfl.ch URL : http://lmis.epfl.ch

The Laboratory of Microsystems (LMis) of EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, is a university institute for sensors, actuator and MEMS technologies. We have three groups working mainly in the following specific research areas: Design and realization of sensors, integration of devices and exploration of physical scaling in MEMS and development of microfabrication technologies. Most of our devices are currently manufactured in-house in the EPFL Center for Microtechnologies (dmtwww.epfl.ch/cmi)).

LMis has several active projects related to bioMEMS. Among other projects we can mention: bio-electric interfaces, CE chip technology, on-chip flow cytometry. We are also collaborating with several biotech companies.

Euresearch Lausanne
c/o EPFL, Station 10, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Phone : +41 21 693 35 70 – 47 50
E-mail: lausanne@euresearch.ch - URL: http://www.euresearch.ch/?id=135
National Contact Point: stefan.mueller@euresearch.ch

The association Euresearch informs about and supports your participation in the European Research and Development Programmes (FP7, COST) mandated by the State Secretariat for Education and Research.

Our information services include one-to-one coaching, information events and/or answering your questions by phone or mail.

The following services provide you with additional information:
- Monthly Euresearch Info newsletter
- Publications: Broschure, R&D guides, Management guides
- E-Alerts: events - news - calls - partner search.

GIT VERLAG, A Wiley Company
Clea Hamm Roesslerstrasse 90,64293 Darmstadt Germany
Phone: + 49 6151 8090-166 Fax: + 49 6151 8090-176
E-mail: c.hamm@gitverlag.com URL : http://www.gitverlag.com

GIT VERLAG, A Wiley Company, is a leading European publishing house for the sciences, technology and medicine.

GIT Labor-Fachzeitschrift (German) and G.I.T. Laboratory Journal Europe (English)convey practical information about analytics, laboratory technology, life sciences, nutritional research and pharmaceuticals.

BIOforum (German), BIOforum International and BIOforum France supply the European biotech and life science markets with everything worth knowing from the areas of research and development.

SCREENING-Trends in Drug Discovery reports on the latest trends in pharmaceutical r+d, especially in Drug Discovery.

IMT/UNI Neuchâtel
Dr. G.C.Fiaccabrino, Jaquet-Droz 1, CH-2006 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Phone : +41 32 7205 121 Fax : +41 32 7205 711
E-mail : info.samlab@imt.unine.ch URL : http://www-samlab.unine.ch

The Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Laboratory (SAMLAB) of the Intitute of Microtechnology at the University of Neuchâtel has over fifteen years' experience in the area of microsensors, microactuators and microsystems. The collaboration of SAMLAB with Swiss and foreign industrial partners has resulted in a variety of new products that have been successfully introduced on the market. Current research areas include discrete microsensors, microchemical devices, microfabricated tools for nanoscience and nanotechnology, miniaturized chemical analysis systems, micro-instrumentation for space research and environmental applications, biosensors and bioelectronics.

Thomas Graham House, Science Park, Milton Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WF
Phone: +44 1223 432293; Fax: +44 1223 420247
E-mail: loc@rsc.org; URL: www.rsc.org/loc

The Royal Society of Chemistry presents a ground-breaking journal "Lab on a Chip - miniaturisation for chemistry, biology & Bioengineering". Published 12 times a year in print from 2005 (with 4 month publication times from receipt) and continuously in electronic form, the journal is fast becoming the preferred home for cutting-edge primary papers, reviews, communications and news in this rapidly evolving field. An impact factor of 5.01 and inclusion of the journal in Medline (since launch) and all other major abstracting agencies exemplifies the importance of this journal to the field.

In addition to publishing, publicising and promoting your work, Lab on a Chip is also keen to move the science forward by encouraging young researchers through initiatives such as sponsoring poster awards, making the abstracts available free to the whole community, a free e-mail alerting service and free incorporation of your videos as supplementary information (see www.rsc.org/loc for full details of these services).

To access the latest papers published in LOC please see
http://www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/lc/Article.asp?Type=AdvArticle

Visit the RSC stand for further information about this and other RSC products.

LOT-Oriel AG
Moulin-du-Choc
CH-1122 Romanel-sur-Morges
Switzerland
Phone: +41 21 869 9033 Fax: +41 21 869 9308
E-mail: galliker@lot-oriel.com - URL: www.lot-oriel.com

Since almost than 30 years the independent LOT-Oriel office serve our Swiss customers and make the company a respected and leading Sales and Service organization for Lasers, Optics and other High Tech equipment for a variety of applications and markets

Company Focus
The Lot-Oriel AG company is specialized with solutions and instruments in following applications :
- Biosurface and Thin Film characterization
- Scanning Probe Technology for hard and soft matter and for life science
- High speed confocal microscope imaging systems
- Nanotechnology

Lyncee Tec SA
Rue du Bugnon 7, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
Phone +41 21 692 55 25 - Fax: +41 21 692 55 25
E-mail: info@lynceetec.com - URL : www.lynceetec.com

Lyncée Tec SA combines for the first time in microscopy nanometric resolution, real time and non-invasive three dimensional observations. Its instruments, used for R&D and for quality control in manufacturing environments are based on a revolutionary patented technology called "Digital Holographic Microscopy" (DHM).

Products
To perfectly fit your needs, Lyncée Tec SA offers both services and microscopes for reflective and transmissive samples.

Markets
Material Sciences
- MEMS and MOEMS
- Micro-optics
- Material research, surface quality and Topography characterization
- Thin films
- Micro-technique
- Analysis & quality control of micro and nano components
- Semiconductor and microelectronics
- Industrial metrology at the micro and nano scale

Life Sciences
- Pharma and biotechnology,
- Food industry,
- Cell biology,
- Genomics and proteomics,
- High throughput screening and Diagnostics

Medimate NL Start up

Details to be published shortly

Medipol SA
PSE-B
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland
Phone: +41-21-693 9031 Fax: +41-21-693 9032
E-mail: Medipol@medipol.ch - URL: www.medipol.ch

Medipol vision is to become the leader in encapsulating biologics with hydrophilic polymers within the next three years. It provides a unique, effective and regulatory simple enhancement of existing biologics efficiency to pharma, biotech, health care and medical device companies. Its value proposition is to increase efficiency of active biological molecules (enzymes, proteins, drug molecules) with new patent opportunities thus creating new value to patients and public health.

Products
Medipol provides tailor-made solutions in the field of cell encapsulation and drug delivery. The patented Hynosphere™ nanoparticle technology offers new opportunities in enzyme and biologics stabilization and delivery. Medipol provides solutions for the encapsulation of cells and drugs including encapsulation device and polymer matrix. The company has proprietary know-how in the purification of specific polymers including medical grade alginate, cellulose sulfate, hyaluronic acid, chitosan, cellulose derivatives, dextranes and synthetic hydrogel forming polymers (e.g. PolyDADMAC).

Market
Between 2006 and 2012 more than 100 biologics molecules will loose patent protection. Medipol focuses on these molecules. The entrance of generics to the market is a major concern of Pharma executives who are looking at any possible way to extent protection of their already commercialized products. Patentable new delivery mechanisms can make existing drugs more efficient and allow to salvage $40b of lucrative revenues at risk.

MESA+ Institute
Albert van den Berg, University of Twente, PO. Box 217, NL-7500 AE Enschede, NL
Phone : +31 53 489 27 15 Fax : +31 53 489 25 75
E-mail : A.vandenBerg@el.utwente.nl

MESA⁺ is an institute with international standing that combines research efforts in microsystem technology, micro-electronics, molecular engineering and materials science of the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. The institute with a staff of 380 people, incl. 280 scientists, has state-of-the-art laboratory facilities for microfabrication and materials analysis. Research in the institute is organised along two lines: i) research groups embedded in the departmental structure of the university focus on traditional research fields; ii) "Strategic Research Orientations" focus on multidisciplinary fields and constitute cross-links between the research groups.

Micronit Microfluidics B.V., Enschede, The Netherlands, is a spin-off company of MESA⁺, focusing on design, (rapid) prototyping and production of customised microfluidic chips for medical and chemical applications. The core technology of the company is glass micromachining, including metal film deposition and bonding, while also extensive silicon micromachining expertise is available.

NanoFeel
4 Tir-au-Canon
1227 Carouge
Switzerland
Phone: +41 79 668 78 57
E-mail: mjobin@nanofeel.com - URL: www.nanofeel.com

NanoFeel produces and commercializes advanced instrumentation for nanotechnology applications, especially in the fields on nanomanipulation and 3D optical nanometrology.

Products
NanoFeel300: Nano-scale manipulator which enables displacement in the nanometer range precision of nano-objects such as carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles.

NanoProfileL4: White light interference optical microscope operating in both Translation Height Mode and Phase Shift Mode

Market
- Microelectronics industry (prototyping of microsystems based on nanomaterials and nanotubes)
- Flat screen display industry
- Research labs (academia and industry) in nanotechnology

Science Magazine
Bateman House
82-88 Hills Road
Cambridge, CB2 1LQ, UK
Phone: +44 (0) 1223 326515 Fax: +44 (0) 1223 326532
E-mail: science@science-int.co.uk - URL: www.sciencemag.org

The world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.