Purdue Foundry

BLACK AWARD

FOUNDERS

David D. Nolte

Founder

David D. Nolte is a professor of Physics at Purdue University with degrees from Cornell and UC Berkeley and is a serial entrepreneur with 10 years of experience in biotech start-ups. He was a co-founder of Quadraspec (now Perfinity) and helped successfully gring their BioCD product to market. David is the holder of 15 issued US patents, with the first biodynamic imaging patent issued in 2014 (Patent #8,886,295) and eight more patents pending.

John J. Turek

Founder

John J. Turek is a professor of Basic Medical Sciences at Purdue University. He received his degrees in biology from the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. He has extensive experience in multidisciplinary research and served as the founding Director of the Medical Discovery Resource Unit and is a Co-Director of the Preclinical and Translational Research Team for Indiana.

Ran An

Founder

Ran An has worked on the BioDynamic Imaging project for 5 years. He is the world expert on the technical details of the system. With the help of Purdue Trask Funding in 2012, he designed the prototype of a commercializable BDI system with a small desktop footprint that can be transferred to collaborating labs for positive peer evaluation. In 2013 he won Purdue’s Burton Morgan Business Plan Competition. He is overseeing the development of the Biodynamic microscope product.

PROFILE

Animated Dynamics provides clinical laboratory services for cancer therapy selection for personalized cancer care. AniDyn’s biodynamic imaging technology measures the efficacy of cancer drugs inside living 3D tissue. We provide predictors, within 48 hours of a cancer biopsy, that indicate how a patient may respond to their prescribed therapy. By getting the right therapies to patients faster, we can save not only lives but money.

FUNDING PHASE

Seed

RAISED TO-DATE

$300,000

NOW HIRING

Laboratory Technician

Laboratory technician with background in opto-mechanical systems and computer programming. The position involves the development of a commercial biodynamic microscope. Prior experience with commercialization would be preferred.