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Akonni Biosystems in the News

Akonni’s TruTip™ product line for rapid nucleic acid extraction and promising TruDiagnosis® platform for molecular diagnostics (MDx) continues to captivate the press and industry insiders, as demonstrated by these trade journal articles and press releases.

Press Releases

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Oct 18, 2011	Akonni Biosystems Wins Subcontract to Develop Rapid Sample Preparation Technology for Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Aug 4, 2011	Akonni Awarded $300K Grant from National Institutes of Health to Develop RT-PCR Microarray for Detecting Viruses in Human CSF
June 21, 2011	U.S. Patents Issued for Akonni Biosystems’ Thermal Cycling Technology
May 13, 2011	TEDCO Honors Akonni Biosystems CEO Charles Daitch with Inaugural ICE Award for Entrepreneurs
May 9, 2011	Akonni and Seegene Enter into Licensing Agreement
Feb 9, 2011	Akonni Biosystems Announces Signing of License Agreement With U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Feb 1, 2011	Akonni Biosystems Announces Launch of TruSentry™ System for Rapid, Low-cost Genetic Screening on a Microarray
Jan 20, 2011	Akonni Launches Kit for the Ultra-Rapid Extraction of Human Genomic DNA from Blood
Dec 15, 2010	Akonni Awarded National Science Grant to Investigate Feasibility of Manufacturing Lab-on-a-Film Microarray Device
Oct 12, 2010	Akonni Awarded Phase III Grant from NIJ to Develop Sample-to-Answer System to Identify Genetic Markers Associated with Physical Appearance
Sept 28, 2010	Akonni Awarded $3M NIH Challenge Grant to Develop Rapid Molecular Test for Genotyping MDR/XDR-TB
Aug 5, 2010	U.S. Patent Issued for Akonni Biosystems’ Ultra-Rapid Nucleic Acid Extraction Technology
July 27, 2010	Akonni awarded $435K NIH Grant to develop low cost point-of-care diagnostics for Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-resistant strains
April 26, 2010	Eppendorf North America and Akonni Biosystems Announce Joint Marketing Agreement
Jan 5, 2010	Akonni Biosystems to Present at the 2010 OneMedForum on Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Dec 1, 2009	Akonni Awarded $3.2M NIH Grant to Combine Gel-drop Microarray and PCR Technology for Rapid, Low-cost Influenza Surveillance New PCR Array Capabilities Will Further Extend Akonni’s Technology Advantage
Nov 3, 2009	Akonni Launches TruTip™ Kits for Rapid Nucleic Acid Extraction Ground-breaking approach delivers inhibitor-free, PCR-ready nucleic acid from large clinical volume samples in less than 4 minutes.

Trade Journal Articles