Disease diagnostics firm spins out from Southamptonâs Zepler Institute
21 Apr 2021
Highfield Diagnosticsâ approach, expected to âtransform lateral flow testingâ, has secured initial funding.
Spin-out: Highfield Diagnostics point-of-care diagnostics photonics technology. Medical testing technology developed at the Zepler Institute for Photonics and Nanoelectronics (ZIPN) , Southampton, UK, has been spun out and secured initial funding to unleash âthe next generation of lateral flow diagnosticsâ. Details of the funding were not disclosed.
Highfield Diagnostics (HDx) has developed a patented photonics technology that will provide smart point-of-care testing solutions for many of the most difficult global health challenges, including Covid-19, leishmaniasis, dementia, sepsis, UTIs, AMR, tuberculosis, allergy and asthma.
Singapore bestows highest honour upon Southampton academic
An academic from the University of Southampton receives the highest honour from Singapore for their work in science and engineering.
Professor Nikolay Zheludev, who is the co-Director of The Photonics Institute at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, also works as the Deputy Director of Southampton’s Zepler Institute.
Professor Zheludev, alongside his colleagues in Singapore, has been awarded the ‘President’s Science Award’ for his research, leadership and contributions to topological nanophotonics. This research is leading the world into a new age of light-based technologies.
Him and his colleagues, Dr Yidong and Dr Baile, have pioneered fundamental, breakthrough discoveries in the use and application of light-enabled ftechnologies. This includes such technologies as lasers and telecommunication.
Southampton Professor Nikolay Zheludev has been awarded Singapore’s highest honour.
One of the world’s leading experts in nanophotonics from the University of Southampton has received the highest honour bestowed upon research scientists and engineers in Singapore.
Professor Nikolay Zheludev FRS NAE, Deputy Director of Southampton’s Zepler Institute and co-Director of The Photonics Institute at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, has been awarded the President’s Science Award. Professor Zheludev and his Singapore-based colleagues Associate Professor Chong Yidong and Associate Professor Zhang Baile from NTU, are honoured for their global leadership in, and fundamental contributions to, topological nanophotonics research which underpins the development of a new generation of light-based technologies.