| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Dr. Scott D. Tanner (President) Dr. Dmitry Bandura (CTO / Physicist) Dr. Vladimir Baranov (Chief Scientist) Dr. Olga Ornatsky (Chief Biologist) |
Number of employees | 50 (February 2014) |
| Website | web |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Dr. Scott D. Tanner (President) Dr. Dmitry Bandura (CTO / Physicist) Dr. Vladimir Baranov (Chief Scientist) Dr. Olga Ornatsky (Chief Biologist) |
Number of employees | 50 (February 2014) |
| Website | web |
DVS Sciences Inc. was a Canadian company engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of biological research equipment (Mass cytometry) before being acquired by Fluidigm in 2014. [1]
DVS Sciences was originally founded by 'Dmitry Bandura, Vladimir Baranov and Scott Tanner. The first initial of each name was used for the company name DVS Sciences. (DVS was also a fun a play on the word Devious suggested by Scott's daughter). Olga Ornatsky joined the company later, after the name selection, but too late for the name to be changed to DVOS Sciences.
DVS Sciences designed and manufactured the worlds first CyTOF instrument along with MaxPar reagents. Prior to the Fluidigm acquisition, DVS Sciences produced two versions of the CyTOF instrument, CyTOF (Code-Named Beta and later as C5) and CyTOF2 (Code-Named Omega and later as C7). They also manufactured an AutoSampler (AS-5).
The worlds first CyTOF was sold to the Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto). This sale was made prior to venture capital funding, so funds and resources were very, very limited. At this time, the Hospital for Sick Children agreed to take delivery of an incomplete instrument. Once the delivery was made and the invoice paid, the instrument was immediately returned to DVS Sciences so that the instrument could be completed and made fully functional.
The Idea for the CyTOF Instrument was first conceived and patented [2] . by Scott D. Tanner in 2000 while working for MDS SCIEX. SCIEX was not interested in commercializing the idea, but agreed to license the patent to Scott and the other founders of DVS Sciences. Initial funding for DVS Sciences was provided by the Ontario Genomics Institute, with additional support from the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research. [3]
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Dmitry Bandura
Vladimir Baranov
Scott D. Tanner
Olga Ornatsky