For Spectra Plasmonics, 2022 is definitely turning out to be a good year

Founded by three former Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s students, is growing while keeping its roots in Kingston.

The year 2022 is shaping up as one to remember for the three young entrepreneurs behind Kingston카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Spectra Plasmonics, the makers of a portable drug-testing technology that can be used by public safety organizations as well as medical clinics and safe-injection sites to test the composition of street drugs on the spot.

In February, they received the first US patent on their technology, an important outcome following a rigorous process led by the Patent Team with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Partnerships and Innovation (QPI).

카지노 게임 컬렉션�In our space, the tech or biotech industry,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Eade, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�having an actual granted US patent is a pretty big deal. It can influence discussions with investors in a really positive way.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

That카지노 게임 컬렉션�s just one of this year카지노 게임 컬렉션�s milestones for the company that he helped found along with Tyler Whitney and Christian Baldwin when they were Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s students in the summer program at the Dunin-Deshpande Queen's Innovation Centre back in 2017. This May, they attended a major conference in Washington D.C., on the opioid crisis in the United States, called Breaking the Stigma and Ending the Addiction Cycle. The goal was to look at alternative ways of dealing with the addiction crisis in the United States.

The American attitude to the crisis is changing, says Whitney, drawing closer to the Canadian emphasis on harm reduction rather than law enforcement. This conference drew together groups working in that world in the United States, so they could meet and learn from one another and discover how they can gain access to funding to help them.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�Malcolm actually got to sit on the harm reduction panel at the conference,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Whitney. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�That was kind of exciting, to be the Canadian voice on the panel talking about how there카지노 게임 컬렉션�s definitely new ways to combat the crisis that America hasn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t been using.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

카지노 게임 컬렉션�It was an ideal fit for what we카지노 게임 컬렉션�re actually currently doing,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Eade, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�and we now have a pretty good relationship with the group that hosted the conference, which is probably the first of several over the course of the next few years. And there was really good attendance from organizations across the country which may eventually be customers or strategic partners of ours.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The trip to Washington represented a pivot of sorts for the firm.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�A lot of our work now is focused on the US,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Eade. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We카지노 게임 컬렉션�re doing a lot more business development and outreach there.카지노 게임 컬렉션� In 2021, they had the opportunity, as one of four companies supported by QPI, to take part virtually in a seminar in Boston organized by the Canadian Technology Accelerator there to help firms to meet potential partners and investors in that city카지노 게임 컬렉션�s flourishing health sciences sector. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�We made some pretty good connections in Boston from that, and we actually recently reconnected with them since we카지노 게임 컬렉션�re doing a lot more US business development.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Their focus is paying off. In September, their testing technology will be undergoing a month-long field trial with a potential US customer.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�They really understood right off the bat what our solution could offer,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Eade. They can카지노 게임 컬렉션�t say much at this point, but says Eade, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�success with this group should lead to a lot more deployments and recognition across the US.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The American emphasis isn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t surprising. As Eade points out, 카지노 게임 컬렉션�the population of Canada is just around the population of California, so there are a lot more opportunities in the US,카지노 게임 컬렉션� but that doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t mean that they are neglecting Canada. This summer also saw three community health centres in Ontario, adopting their drug-testing technology to provide drug testing for the users of their safe injection sites.

The technology that any potential customers or partners are looking at has changed, too.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve revamped the product we were piloting last year,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Malcolm. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�There카지노 게임 컬렉션�s a brand-new look to the hardware, and it performs significantly better. We카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve had an increase in signal sensitivity that allows us to detect things at even lower concentrations, and there카지노 게임 컬렉션�s many more things we can detect as opposed to last year.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

Installing their technology in a safe injection site would allow front-line workers to analyze the drugs people are using and determine whether they were potentially fatal 카지노 게임 컬렉션� a common problem with opioids bought on the street. Not only is their technology now better 카지노 게임 컬렉션� it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s cheaper, too.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We had a few specific requests from customers,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Eade. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�And one of them was around price. We need to make the upfront costs more suited to the organizations we are selling to.카지노 게임 컬렉션� Eade hopes that their revamped technology will set the 카지노 게임 컬렉션�performance standard,카지노 게임 컬렉션� as he puts it, for the drug testing and harm reduction worlds.

Whatever the changes and wherever they grow, they maintain an eastern Ontario focus.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We continue to do a lot of work with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s,카지노 게임 컬렉션� hiring students and post-docs there and recently from St. Lawrence College as well. 카지노 게임 컬렉션�Our patent agents are still at QPI,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Eade,카지노 게임 컬렉션� and we카지노 게임 컬렉션�re in QPI카지노 게임 컬렉션�s space at Seaway Co-working [in downtown Kingston] as well.카지노 게임 컬렉션�

The company is also working with QPI카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Advisor on Regulatory Strategies, has recently been accepted into QPI카지노 게임 컬렉션�s High-impact Mentorship program, and is receiving software development services from the Centre for Advanced Computing at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s. Additionally, the team continues to receive guidance and support from Launch Lab and the Southeastern Ontario Angel Network.

카지노 게임 컬렉션�We카지노 게임 컬렉션�re all Queens alumni, and still very much a Kingston and Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s company. We are grateful for all the support we receive from the local ecosystem,카지노 게임 컬렉션� says Eade.

The programs and services referenced above are enabled with support from Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s and funding from the under the , which is led by the City of Kingston and includes Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s as a local partner, and the , led by in eastern Ontario, which includes Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s, Launch Lab, and St. Lawrence College as regional partners. Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션�s Partnerships and Innovation offers a selection of programs and services under its HI YGK Growth Catalyst program to eligible startups and small to medium enterprises that are advancing health innovations in the Kingston region, and to technology- or science-based entrepreneurs, startups, and SMEs under its Queen's Startup Runway program and Go-to-Market Scale-Up services.