{"id":1089,"date":"2025-05-23T10:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T14:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/?page_id=1089"},"modified":"2025-06-18T18:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T22:48:46","slug":"spin-offs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/spin-offs\/","title":{"rendered":"Spin-offs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the years, our laboratory&#8217;s activities have led to the formation of several spin-off companies, all of which are incorporated in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2008-axion-biosystems\"><strong>2008 &#8211; Axion BioSystems<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/spin-offs\/axion-biosystems\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"102\" src=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/axion_logo-300x102.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/axion_logo-300x102.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/axion_logo-1024x347.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/axion_logo-768x261.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/axion_logo-1536x521.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/06\/axion_logo.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Rajaraman was part of the founding team of Axion, prior to his arrival at UCF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Axion is a global leader in high-throughput Microelectrode Array (MEA) systems. Founded in 2008 to revolutionize MEA technology, Axion currently under the bandwagon of Summa Equity has a workforce of more than 150 employees worldwide. Axion&#8217;s mission is to empower scientists to reach new heights of discovery with high-quality, user-friendly lab tools that deliver powerful live-cell analysis for disease research and therapeutic discovery. Designed for continuous, noninvasive monitoring of 2D and 3D cell models&nbsp;<em>in vitro<\/em>&nbsp;from the benchtop or incubator, Axion\u2019s user-friendly Maestro and Omni systems are indispensable tools in academic, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical labs worldwide. Axion&#8217;s high-throughput MEA products have been utilized in over 6.25 million experiments across more than 1000 research sites worldwide resulting in 800+ publications. Axion was acquired in 2021 by Swedish Private Equity, Summa Equity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2020-primordia-biosystems-inc\"><strong>2020<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>Primordia BioSystems Inc<\/strong> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/05\/image-300x76.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/05\/image-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/nanoscience.ucf.edu\/rajaraman\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/05\/image.png 707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Rajaraman co-founded Primordia with two of his former research staff, Dr. Frank Sommerhage and Mr. David DeRoo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Primordia performed Engineering consulting projects for several entities for over 4 years in the areas of microelectrodes, embedded electronics, point-of-use assays, and data analysis for impedance and MEA assays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the years, our laboratory&#8217;s activities have led to the formation of several spin-off companies, all of which are incorporated in the United States. 2008 &#8211; Axion BioSystems Prof. Rajaraman was part of the founding team of Axion, prior to his arrival at UCF. 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