Applications of electronically programmable microfluidic technology are being pursued by RUB-BioMIP in connection with a startup company Protostream GmbH that became affiliated with the PACE project in 2007.
A key step in Protostream’s strategy is making use of the core technology of directed synthetic evolution, to be integrated in our chemical microprocessors. This includes both electronic control and molecular evolution. The most promising route to directed evolution is via programmable reconfigurable systems involving chemical components.
Protostream GmbH will also be involved in the ECCell project.