🚀 A major milestone for Lutèce Dynamics and the future of live Bio-imaging!
We are thrilled to announce a groundbreaking achievement: Lutèce Dynamics has completed its first commercial sale and has recently installed a VertX®, our cutting-edge, label-free live microscope module at William Morey General Hospital in Chalon-sur-Saône, to collaborate with Dr Thomas Maldiney and his research team from CTM (INSERM UMR 1231) and Université Bourgogne Europe! Combined to a Nikon microscope and a confocal module from Confocal.nl, our module will play a central role for transforming high-resolution microscopy imaging of human biopsies, and better understand the pathophysiology of diseases, empowering clinicians and researchers with unprecedented clarity and precision.
In particular, Dr. Maldiney main research focus is to understand the main factors driving bacterial infections through perfusion catheters, causing more than 20% of ICU patients in Europe to contract nosocomial infections and life-threatening conditions, being a major risk of public health. Our high-resolution dynamic imaging enables to quantify bacterial growth in catheters, the formation of bacterial biofilms and quantify the amount of metabolically active bacteria, associated with the risk of bacterial invasion and anti-correlated with bacterial resistance to antibiotics. This will play a pivotal role to find patient-specific perfusion formulas to reduce the risk of bacterial infections and reduce the risks for patients. Exciting publications are already being prepared, and the story will continue until it reaches real patients and outcomes!
Dr. Maldiney’s research also aims show that it is possible to bring world-class research and innovations to peripheral hospitals, closer to patients and to strengthen the territorial health network in France. We are proud and honored to participate to his mission and network.
As a extra nod of history, this moment is especially meaningful as it takes place in Chalon-sur-Saône, the city where photography was invented by Joseph Niépce. Once again, Chalon-sur-Saône proves itself as a pioneer city at the forefront of optical imaging innovation.
As for Lutèce Dynamics, this is just the first of many systems to come, and two other exciting installations are planned this month, so stay tuned! We envision a future where our technology transforms diagnostics and biology research by enabling the detection of all living cells in complex tissues without the need of labeling or fixation. Finally, life in 3D at microscopic scale can be observed in its natural state.
Many thanks to our incredible team, to our main partner Gataca Systems for all their support and without whom our technology would have stayed a purely academic journey. Finally, thanks for the visionary team at William Morey General Hospital for trusting us on this journey. The best is yet to come!
