Biotechnology SME dedicated to sustainable coloured biomaterials from organised collectives of microorganisms. Full ML2 lab facilities located in iLab, Hogeschool Utrecht. Focus on structural colour from bacteria.www.hoekmine.com

MicroDish uses microengineering and nanomaterials to create advanced growth formats for microorganisms. Essentially, we are reinventing the Petri Dish to be faster, create less dangerous waste and to be more automatable.http://www.microdish.nl/FLAGSHIP PUBLICATIONSIngham CJ, Sprenkels, A, Bomer JG, Molenaar, D, van den Berg, A, van Hycklama Vlieg, JET and de Vos, WM (2007) The million well Petri Dish: highly subdivided microbial growth chip constructed on a porous ceramic support. PNAS 46:18217-18222. Cover illustration. Ingham CJ, Kalisman O, Finkelshtein A, Ben Jacob E. (2011) Mutually facilitated dispersal between by swarming Paenibacillus vortex bacteria and the non-motile fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. Proc Natl Acad Sci 108:19731-6. Related article in New York Times (28th November 2011). Discussed in Podcast “This Week in Microbiology 23”.

MicroDish collaborates with end users to validate out products for microbial culture. With the medical microbiology section of this this hospital we look at pathogens - particularly fungi which are an increasing health threat - and create diagnostics to counter the threat.

Developed technology for flowthrough microarrays.