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Kavli Nanoscience Institute at Caltech Celebrates New Facility
March 14, 2008
(Adapted from California Institute of Technology press release)
PASADENA, Calif.-- The Kavli Nanoscience Institute (KNI) at the California Institute of Technology recently celebrated the
completion of its new cleanroom facility -- a facility that "will provide researchers at Caltech access to a
state-of-the-art fabrication facility with a suite of equipment
unparalleled by any other cleanroom facility in the world," said Axel
Scherer, Caltech's Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied
Physics, and Physics, and director of the KNI.
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| Ribbon cutting ceremony for new facilities. (From left: David H. Auston, president, The Kavli Foundation; Jean-Lou Chameau, president, California Institute of Technology; Jim Omura, technology strategist, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Axel Scherer, director, Kavli Nanoscience Institute.) |
Research in the facility will involve nanotechnology-based platforms
that allow scientists to detect a multitude of proteins in the body at
one time. These techniques will enhance the speed, accuracy,
capabilities, and cost-effectiveness of in vitro diagnostic testing,
providing real-time results for early detection of a variety of
diseases, including cancers, virus infections such as AIDS and flu, and
chronic conditions such as multiple sclerosis or diabetes, without
invasive procedures.
A core mission of the KNI is to drive the state of the art in
nanofabrication, the process of designing and manufacturing devices
that are nanometers in size. To this end, the KNI is developing
strategic instrumentation for advancing nanofabrication capabilities.
The centralized, multi-user laboratories and cleanrooms within the KNI
will enhance interactions between scientists of different disciplines
by providing contiguous research space. The facilities are available to
users from both academia and industry.
Attendees of the March 4 ribbon-cutting celebration included Jean-Lou Chameau, president, California Institute of Technology; Jim Omura, technology strategist, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Axel Scherer, director, Kavli Nanoscience Institute; David Baltimore, President Emeritus and Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology, Caltech; Thomas E. Everhart, President Emeritus of Caltech and member of The Kavli Foundation board of directors; Michael Roukes, professor of physics and past director of KNI; and David H. Auston, president, The Kavli Foundation.
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