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History
In 1998, an interdisciplinary team of physicists, chemists and biologists at the Technion Institute (Israel) developed a method to form conductive metal wires using DNA molecules as a scaffold. This technology allows for the integration of biological material into microelectronics. INT has licensed this technology from the Technion Institute.
INT built its research facilities in 2000 in a suburb of Rochester, New York. It was able to attract a team of top quality scientists and engineers who have taken a team approach to develop creative solutions for diagnostics, sample processing and fluid handling. INT has also contracted or partnered with a number of companies and universities around the world. INT has designed and built its sensor chips in the micro electronics facilities at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Over the past ten years, INT has developed an electronic DNA sensor, a universal automated sample preparation system and a novel rotary valve disposable cartridge for automation of complex biological analysis processes.
Initial research work was funded by private investment funding. As the technology progressed, INT secured additional funding from a number of government agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, the US Department of Agriculture, the Department of Homeland Security and the New York State Foundation for Science, Technology, and Innovation.