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2019 SPIE Startup Challenge Winners
Congratulations to all of the participants in the 2019 SPIE Startup Challenge.
Winner: Avenda Health
Presenter: Brit Berry-Pusey
$10,000 prize + $5,000 in equipment
Avenda Health is treating prostate cancer in the clinic while preserving quality of life.
2nd Place: Radiance 4D
Presenter: Hossein Heidari
Product: Radiance 4D
$5,000 prize
A revolutionary 3D printing technology inspired by tomography prints the entire 3D volume of an object at once, unlike slow, layer-based alternatives.
3rd Place: Opto Biolabs
Presenter: Kathrin Brenker
$2,500 Prize
Opto Biolabs‘ core product is a temperature-controlled LED illumination device that allows the analysis of optogenetic experiments in a flow cytometer.
Finalist: dermadiagnostics
Presenter: Eydis Lima
Product: diapatchTM
A noninvasive, wearable patch that allows for better detection of high-risk biomarkers leading to malignant gynecologic cancer health.
Finalist: Leuko Labs
Presenter: Carlos Castro-Gonzalez
The first non-invasive white cell monitoring device to improve quality of life and outcomes in chemotherapy patients.
Finalist: Unistellar
Presenter: Franck Marchis
Product: Enhanced Vision Telescope
Unistellar is reinventing astronomy with the Enhanced Vision Telescope: a combination of optics and image-processing technology to make astronomy fun.