ChromaTwist, based at Birmingham Research Park, was named one of 32 university spinout companies identified as ones to watch in The Spinoff Prize 2020, organised by Nature Research and German science and technology company Merck KGaA. A leader in large Stokes Shift fluorescent materials which are used in microscopy and imaging work, ChromaTwist was founded in December 2018 by University of Birmingham researchers Professor Jon Preece, of the School of Chemistry and Dr Alex Robinson, of the School of Chemical Engineering, with entrepreneur Mark Shepherd, after they and their PhD students discovered a new class of fluorescent materials, which can be utilised in bioimaging applications. The company's modular patented technology platform and know-how allows rapid material development based on application requirements. Its materials are naturally suited for use in the biological and medical field, however, due to the adaptable nature of the chemistry there are numerous other possible applications.
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