News

Akonni Biosystems Awarded Phase II NIH Contract to Advance its Device to Purify DNA from Sputum for Tuberculosis Testing

Akonni Biosystems Announces FDA 510(k) Submission for its TruDiagnosis^® Multiplex Diagnostic System

Akonni Biosystems Awarded NIH Grant to Support the Advancement of its Point-of-Care Diagnostic Platform

Akonni Biosystems Announces the Appointment of Lawrence Firestone as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Akonni Biosystems Announces Strategic Partnership with Major Chinese Diagnostics Company Righton

Akonni Biosystems Awarded NIH Grant to Support Commercialization of a Low-Cost, Simple, Rapid Point-Of-Care Test for Tuberculosis and its Resistance to First-Line Drugs

Akonni Biosystems Awarded Grant to Evaluate the TruDiagnosis^® Molecular Diagnostics Platform for Use in Low Resource Settings

Frost & Sullivan Awards Akonni Biosystems for its Groundbreaking TruDiagnosis^® Molecular Diagnostics Platform

Akonni Biosystems Awarded NIH Contract to Develop a Non-Invasive Rapid Diagnostic for Lower Respiratory Diseases in Children

Akonni Biosystems Elects Brian J. Morra as Executive Chairman of the Board

Akonni Biosystems Awarded Grant to Validate TruTip^® Sample Preparation Technology for Use in Low Resource Settings

Akonni Biosystems Closes $4M Bridge Round, Announces Series D Institutional Fundraising Round

Akonni Biosystems Awarded NIH Contract to Develop a Simple, Cost-Effective Device to Purify DNA from Sputum for Tuberculosis Testing

Akonni Biosystems Strengthens Leadership Team with Multiple Key Appointments

U.S. Patents Issued for Akonni Biosystems’ Novel Thermal Cycling Technology

Jan 14,
2013

Akonni Biosystems Expands Family of TruTip Extraction Products for Hamilton Microlab STAR Line of Liquid Handling Workstations

Jan 8,
2013

Akonni Pre-Clinical Results on Rapid, Low-cost Array Moves Company Closer to Commercialization for its Infectious Disease Test Portfolio

Oct 11,
2012

Akonni Biosystems to Present Results of Development on a TruTip Automated Solution for Extracting Cell-free DNA from Maternal Plasma at American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Conference

Oct 2,
2012

Akonni Biosystems Awarded $280,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) Grant to Develop Benchtop Nucleic Acid Isolation Instrument

Sep 12,
2012

Akonni Announces New Family of TruTip^® Extraction Products for Hamilton Microlab^® STAR Line of Liquid Handling Workstations

Sep 5,
2012

Akonni Awarded $500,000 Phase 2 National Science Foundation Grant to Develop Lab-on-a-Film™ Microarray Device

Oct 18,
2011

Akonni Biosystems Wins Subcontract to Develop Rapid Sample Preparation Technology for Nucleic Acids and Proteins

Aug 5,
2011

Akonni Awarded $300K Grant from National Institutes of Health to Develop RT-PCR Microarray for Detecting Viruses in Human CSF

Jun 21,
2011

U.S. Patents Issued for Akonni Biosystems’ Thermal Cycling Technology

May 13,
2011

TEDCO Honors Akonni Biosystems CEO Charles Daitch with Inaugural ICE Award for Entrepreneurs

May 9,
2011

Akonni and Seegene Enter into Licensing Agreement

Feb 9,
2011

Akonni Biosystems Announces Signing of License Agreement With U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

Feb 1,
2011

Akonni Biosystems Announces Launch of TruSentry™ System for Rapid, Low-cost Genetic Screening on a Microarray

Jan 20,
2011

Akonni Launches Kit for the Ultra-Rapid Extraction of Human Genomic DNA from Blood

Dec 15,
2010

Akonni Awarded National Science Grant to Investigate Feasibility of Manufacturing Lab-on-a-Film Microarray Device

Oct 12,
2010

Akonni Awarded Phase III Grant from NIJ to Develop Sample-to-Answer System to Identify Genetic Markers Associated with Physical Appearance

Sep 28,
2010

Akonni Awarded $3M NIH Challenge Grant to Develop Rapid Molecular Test for Genotyping MDR/XDR-TB

Aug 5,
2010

U.S. Patent Issued for Akonni Biosystems’ Ultra-Rapid Nucleic Acid Extraction Technology

Jul 27,
2010

Akonni awarded $435K NIH Grant to develop low cost point-of-care diagnostics for Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug-resistant strains

Apr 26,
2010

Eppendorf North America and Akonni Biosystems Announce Joint Marketing Agreement

Jan 5,
2010

Akonni Biosystems to Present at the 2010 OneMedForum on Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Dec 1,
2009

Akonni Awarded $3.2M NIH Grant to Combine Gel-drop Microarray and PCR Technology for Rapid, Low-cost Influenza Surveillance
New PCR Array Capabilities Will Further Extend Akonni’s Technology Advantage

Nov 3,
2009

Akonni Launches TruTip™ Kits for Rapid Nucleic Acid Extraction
Ground-breaking approach delivers inhibitor-free, PCR-ready nucleic acid from large clinical volume samples in less than 4 minutes.

May 15, 2017

Akonni Biosystems raises $4M
Genomeweb

July 15, 2015

NY DOH Develops Multiplex Real-Time PCR to Combat Staph Food Poisoning, Bioterrorism
Genomeweb

Mar 24, 2015

New Meta-analysis of Cepheid TB Test Shows Suboptimum Sensitivity in Kids
Genomeweb

Mar 13, 2014

Harvard, Akonni Partnership Wins $29M to Develop Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Diagnostic
Genomeweb

Sep 12, 2013

Study Demonstrates Utility of Akonni TruTip Tech to Enrich Fetal DNA for NIPD
Genomeweb

Jan 15, 2013

The Buzz at ASHG
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Mar 14, 2012

Akonni Wins $300K NIH Grant to Combine Flow Strip with PCR Array for Respiratory Dx Panel
PCR Insider

2010 Edition

Better World Report 2010: The Positive Impact of Academic Innovations on Quality of Life
Association of University Technology Managers

Oct 4, 2010

Frederick’s DynPort gets contract for vaccine work overseas, Akonni Biosystems receives $3M NIH grant
Gazette.net (Maryland Community Newspapers)

Sep 27, 2010

UCSF Research Team Wins Grant to Detect Deadly Viruses
University of California, San Francisco

Sep 7, 2010

UCSF Researchers Win $900K NIH Grant to Create Array-Based Portable Pathogen-Detection System
BioArray

May 1, 2010

Nucleic Acid Sample Prep: Faster, Highly Automated Methods Are Being Developed
GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)

Mar 23, 2010

Biochip Technology Reveals Fingerprints Of Biochemical Threats
Lab Manager Magazine

March 2010

Akonni Bioystems featured in Smart BioTech Success Stories
SmartCEO Magazine (Washington DC edition, pg. 51)

Dec 3, 2009

NIAID Awards Akonni $3.2M to Combine PCR, Microarray Tech for Low-Cost, Rapid Flu Detection
PCR Insider (a GenomeWeb publication)

November 2009

Biotech Booms
SMART Magazine, Nov./Dec. 2009

Oct 1, 2009

Novel Approaches Simplify Sample Prep
GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)

May 2009

Advances and challenges in detection technology
IVD Magazine

May 9, 2008

Biochips can detect cancers before symptoms develop
Argonne National Laboratory

May 8, 2008

Akonni nabs $6M in private investments
Maryland Gazette

Apr 28, 2008

Betting on Snacks, Software and Social Networking
The Washington Post

Apr 3, 2008

Biotech firm Akonni gets $200k from state to expand
Washington Business Journal

Apr 3, 2008

Md. firms get funds for biotech work
Washington Business Journal

Jan 5, 2008

Automated Production of Microfluidic Test Devices with the Freedom Evo®/REMP SSS Factory
Tecan Journal

Oct 25, 2007

Four firms honored for achievement
Frederick News Post

Sep 24, 2007

Local NBC 25 interviews Akonni and Congressman Bartlett regarding Akonni’s $450,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice
NBC 25 Hagerstown

Sep 21, 2007

Akonni scores $450,000 for DNA, forensic work
Maryland Gazette

Jul 24, 2007

You’ve Got Drug-Resistant TB! The Ultimate Diagnostic Device
WIRED Magazine

Jun 25, 2007

Point of care diagnostics: Applying the science of genetic sequencing to serve the doctor’s need for rapid, accurate diagnosis of infectious disease
Executive Healthcare Magazine

Jun 15, 2007

Multiplexing Methods Head to Clinic: Automation Increases the Reliability and Speed of Target Validation
GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)

Nov 20, 2006

Biochip technology could become standard diagnostic tool for human, veterinary medicine
Argonne Laboratory Biochip News

Sep 1, 2005

Advances in Protein Arrays Overcome Obstacles
GEN (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)

Sep 1, 2004

Seven New Technologies That Change Every Thing
CNNMoney.com