Professor John Wikswo wins R&D 100 Award

A team of scientists from Vanderbilt University, led by Professor John Wikswo, have won an R&D 100 Award for their MultiWell MicroFormulator device. The MultiWell MicroFormulator, developed at Vanderbilt and being commercialized by CN Bio Innovations, provides customized realtime formulation, delivery, and removal of cell culture media to each well of a 96-well plate for drug discovery, toxicology research, and personalized medicine. This innovative technology offers a promising alternative to existing fluid-handling systems and greatly reduces the cost and footprint required for long-term cell culture studies. The R&D 100 Awards honor the top 100 most innovative and technologically significant products and advancements each year. Past winners have included the automated teller machine (1973), the liquid crystal display (1980), the Taxol anticancer drug (1993), and HDTV (1998). This is Professor Wikswo's second R&D Award - congratulations to John and the entire team!