Perseus Biomics
Company details
Company name
Perseus Biomics
Company type
Micro Enterprise (less than 10 employees and revenues less than 2 MEUR)
Industry sector
Medical
Activity description
Perseus Biomics is a small biotechnology company focused on microbiome abundance profiling for insights into human health, enabling researchers and clinicians to carry out high-performance, time- and cost-efficient microbiome analysis in laboratories and at point-of-need.
Company website
https://www.perseusbiomics.com/
Project information
Technology platform
TP-1: Free-space photonic components and systems
Application domain
Biomedical
Project scope
A feasibility study to replace the current illumination unit for the company’s fluorescence microscope with a new illumination module as the current system is expensive, has a non-uniform beam distribution, does not fit the field of view, and suffers from speckle.
ACTPHAST Partners
VUB
Project leader
Prof. Dr. Ir. Heidi Ottevaere (VUB)
Project start
January 2022
Project duration
10 months