No more blood doping!

All in the starter's block! Christer Malm and associates are keen and hopeful to place all athletes on a single starting line in the name of fair play in sports.

Dr. Malm, a  former competitive athlete, is  a WADA-supported researcher who continues to devote his efforts to the pursuit of finding novel sensitive biomarkers to detect changes in the blood or muscle tissue of athletes of  sanctioned (amateur or professional) sports competitions globally.  Using state of the art technology, Dr. Malm with PhD student Andreas Hult were able to detect a unique biomarker profile that suggests deliberate alteration by an athlete to gain an unfair advantage over his competitors.

Christer Malm is the first Umeå Biotech Incubator (UBI) project owner to be awarded Vinnova's Vinn Verifiering grant, a highly competitive national innovation development fund to develop a commercial product. With the help of Nelson Khoo (UBI, Strategy and Business Development) and Jan Brundell (Product Development), the project proposal was one of two selected among the numerous submitted in the call. The goal of the project is to develop a robust diagnostic test to detect altered biomarkers in the blood to fill an unmet need in the area. This award will allow the project team to continue work to develop the necessary reagents to create a sensitive ELISA test. UBI AB will continue to offer expertise from its network of contacts to allow Dr. Malm to grow and develop his commercial dream.Örjan Norberg, (CEO, UBI) said; "I am very pleased and excited to see Dr. Malm's successful bid for funding. It shows the quality of the projects being developed inside UBI incubation program. This is the first project to received the award and speaks well of our efforts to develop commercial biotech cluster in the region."

About: UBI AB is a non-profit business and laboratory incubator in the Umeå region. It is an affiliate of Uminova Innovations AB. All parties of the University of Umeå's innovations system.  UBI's mission is to create an entrepreneurial environment where biotechnology ideas can come alive and grow into a competitive company. UBI AB offers laboratory, office space and seed capital to meet the needs of new entrepreneurs. UBI have strong support from Innovationsbron, Umeå Kommun, Västerbottens Läns Landsting och Länsstyrelsen i Västerbotten, Umeå Universitet and EU:s structural funds.

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