SVision LLC Wins SBIR Award to Analyze Moving Subcellular Objects in Microscopy Movies
Third in a Series of NIH Research Grants to Support Development of Next Generation Image Recognition Technologies for Live Cell Assays
SVision LLC, an emerging leader in image recognition and learning technologies, has received another Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The six month award for $100,000 will further support the Company’s program to develop and commercialize next generation live cell, time-lapse microscopy image recognition and quantitative analysis software, SVCell™, for accurate tracking and kinetic analyses of moving subcellular objects in time-lapse microscopy images.
The collaborators of the project are Dr. Wendy E. Thomas of the University of Washington Bioengineering department, Dr. Duk-Su Koh of the University of Washington Physiology and Biophysics department, and Dr. Thomas J. Hope of the University of Illinois – Chicago Microbiology and Immunology department.
The NIH SBIR program is a peer-reviewed grant program that provides research support to small businesses to discover and develop innovative technologies and methodologies that have the potential for commercialization and public benefit.
About SVision LLC
Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, SVision LLC is developing flexible recognition software, SVCell, for scientists who conduct quantitative analyses of microscopy images in their experiments. Enabled with SVision’s advanced learning technologies, SVCell provides scientists with an easy to use and flexible image recognition platform on which they can develop their own analyses without image processing expertise. For more information, please visit us on our website at www.svisionllc.com or call us by phone at 425-450-1014.