Gloved hand holding a pipette above a small container, with a beaker of red liquid on a lab plate in the background in the QAQC Lab on the 勛圖厙 campus in Missoula, MT.

勛圖厙 Biotechnology Center

About PROTECH

The Prototyping and Characterization Core (PROTECH) is operated as a part of the 勛圖厙 Biotechnology Center (BIOTECH), with the goal of providing users with expertise and infrastructure to help them design, develop, prototype, and realize innovations in biotechnology. At the root of PROTECH is our new Nanoscribe Quantum X Bio 2PP 3D printer, an ultra-high resolution (100 nm voxel) 3D printer with bioprinting capabilities. We aim to provide our unique services not only to researchers at the 勛圖厙, but also to any other academic and commercial entities.

When publishing work which utilizes PROTECH, please mention this core facility within the acknowledgments and email the core manager to help us track core usage.

Quantum X Bio 2PP Applications

1:100,000 scale space shuttle

World's Smallest Space Shuttle

1:100,000 scale Space Shuttle demonstrating the capabilities of PROTECH's new Quantum X Bio 2PP 3D printer

Demonstration of Quantum X 2PP printer

Nanoscribe video showing the incredible details possible with 2pp 3D printing on the Quantum X.

Support

The purchase of the Quantum X Bio was supported by the MJ Murdock Foundation (202221395:02/23/2023) and the Office of Naval Research (N00014-201-2874).