VINPix: Photonic Resonators for Multiomic Analysis

A new approach combines silicio photonic resonators (VINPix) with high-Q factors (thousands to millions), subwavelength mode volumes, and densities exceeding 10M/cm². This technology, coupled with acoustic bioprinting and artificial intelligence, could enable the detection of multiomic signatures – genes, proteins, and metabolites – on a single chip at previously unattainable rates.

Applications in Biosensing and Sequencing

Applications include:

  • Single-chip multiomics: VINPix arrays plus AI for simultaneous gene, protein, and metabolite detection.
  • Field-deployed biosensing: integration with Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) autonomous underwater robots for ocean biochemical monitoring.
  • Peptide & glyco-conjugate sequencing: identification of previously unseen molecular species via dynamic Raman spectroscopy and computational metadynamics.
  • Tumor microenvironment profiling: subcellular prediction of drug resistance, macrophage polarization, and T-cell activation states.