Archive for December, 2008

“The Fantastic Voyage” is becoming a Reality…

MR-SUB Selected for the WBTShowcase 2009!

WBT Showcase

In 1966, a microscopic submarine entered a diplomat’s bloodstream to remove a blood clot in his brain and thus save the world from certain nuclear annihilation.
Some 40 years after the release of this movie “Fantastic Voyage”, this extraordinary vision from Hollywood becomes a reality with MR-SUB, a MRI-based platform for medical target interventions developed by a team led by Dr. Sylvain Martel from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.

After being covered by Newsweek in Russia, The Economist and MIT’s Technology Reviews, this technology has been submitted and accepted to be featured at the WBT Showcase 2009 (Arlington, March 24-25, 2009)

We’re looking forward to meeting you there! Press Release

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Two Spin-off Companies of Univalor Honoured at ADRIQ award gala this year

Prevtech Microbia & Odotech, laureates of the Innovation Prizes 2008.

Play it again Sam…or should we say Prevtec! This young start-up of Valorisation-Recherche, L.P., and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Université de Montréal has received a nod from the ADRIQ as their jury has rewarded them with a price “Coup de cœur” in the category “Innovation–Product”. This extraordinary mention from the Jury recognized Prevtec’s accomplishment for the registration and commercialization of their first commercial product, ColiProtec, in Canada. Last April, Prevtec was awarded the GENESIS award, category Transfer-Emergence, from BioQuébec.

Odotech, spin-off of Polyvalor, L.P. and Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, was awarded the prize “Partnering” by ADRIQ at the same gala. Odotech is specialized in the measurement and monitoring of odors. Odotech offers technology solutions such as: the latest-generation dynamic dilution olfactometer, odor dispersion modeling software and an automated odor monitoring and management network using electronic noses.

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