Recent News
May 14, 2012Phthisis Diagnostics Launches New Kit for Simple Nucleic Acid Extraction
Phthisis Diagnostics Launches New Kit for Simple Nucleic Acid Extraction E-Sphere® Simple NA Kit raises the bar for simple nucleic acid extraction. (Charlottesville, VA, May 9, 2012) Phthisis Diagnostics, a rapidly growing biotechnology company developing a range of innovative molecular diagnostics technologies, announces the introduction of the E-Sphere® Simple NA Kit. The E-Sphere® Simple NA [...]
May 10, 2012Phthisis Diagnostics Welcomes New Sales Director and Controller
Phthisis Diagnostics Welcomes New Sales Director and Controller Phthisis Diagnostics of Charlottesville, VA has recruited two new members to its management team. Betty Polk joins the company as Business Development and Global Sales Director and Robert Owen as Controller. According to company President and Chief Science Officer Crystal Icenhour, PhD, “Phthisis is excited to welcome [...]
March 29, 2012CHARLOTTESVILLE BIOTECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEUR WINS NATIONAL AWARD
CHARLOTTESVILLE BIOTECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEUR WINS NATIONAL AWARD A prestigious national award has just been presented to Crystal R. Icenhour, PhD, President and Chief Science Officer of the biotechnology company Phthisis Diagnostics, based in Charlottesville. She was selected as the 2012 Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Outstanding Postdoctoral Entrepreneur by the Foundation and the National Postdoctoral Association [...]
January 17, 2012Biotech bonanza: Phthisis among local groups awarded grants
Phthisis Diagnostics made the front page of the The Daily Progress Charlottesville Business Journal on January 16, 2011. Dr. Icenhour is pictured on the cover page showing components of the E-Sphere® DNA Extraction Kit followed with the caption”Boom in Biotech bucks: Area groups awarded total of 1.8 million in state grants.” Read More… We are honored to receive these grants [...]
December 22, 2011Phthisis Diagnostics Wins Over $500,000 in Virginia Grant Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phthisis Diagnostics Wins Over $500,000 in Virginia Grant Awards Charlottesville-based Phthisis Diagnostics, Inc. has been awarded over half a million dollars in a combination of grants from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Phthisis will receive a Commercialization Program grant of $499,477 and a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Matching Funds award for [...]
