Welcome to MiNT

The Center for Biomedical Micro and
Nanotechnology

With nanotechnology's influence continually expanding into the farthest reaches of science and technology, more and more heads are coming together to harness its potential for the betterment of society. Large-scale projects such as the National Institutes of Health Nanomedicine Roadmap Initiative and the National Science Foundation's Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers (MRSEC), not to mention the wealth of efforts based at academic institutions all over the world, spur the momentum of micro and nanotechnology. It is hoped that within no time at all, the laboratory, the hospital, and the home alike will all benefit from these maturing technologies.

While specialization is beginning to assert itself as the next stage of micro and nanotechnology research, there is still a void of highly-focused centers of study within the field. The Center for Biomedical Micro and Nanotechnology, founded in 2005 within the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, represents the first institution of its kind, one which seeks to zero in on the potential for utility at the intersection of nanotechnology and medical diagnostics. Laboratory medicine is one of the many medical disciplines with immense potential for advancement through development of nano and microtechnologies. MiNT seeks to be a leader in this wave of advancement, transforming the face of diagnostic medicine.