GNA Biosolutions, a start-up from our Chair, provides corona testing in 15 minutes

31.03.2020

Our research on using gold nanoparticles for DNA-melting emerged into the foundation of a company: GNA Biosolutions. They are now providing an ultrafast corona test in 15 minutes:

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/coronavirus-muenchen-schnelltest-medizintechnik-1.4864631

It all goes back to the PhD-thesis of Joachim Stehr, now leading the company together with another alumnus Federico Bürsgens:

Gold NanoStoves for Microsecond DNA Melting Analysis
J. Stehr, C. Hrelescu, R. A. Sperling, G. Raschke, M. Wunderlich, A. Nichtl, D. Heindl, K. Kürzinger, W. J. Parak, T. A. Klar, J. Feldmann
Nano Letters, 8 (2), 619 (2008)

We are proud of you and wish you all possible success !