About Us

At Impulsonics we make biotech automation simple and scalable so that you can focus on the problems that matter.

Automation should make your lab easier. Machines can do more experiments, faster and more reliably than a human scientist. But they’re not good at the things that make humans so crucial - thinking up new experiments, creating a deep understanding of the science and ultimately turning that knowledge into longer, healthier lives for all.

Unfortunately, they’re often not living up to their promise. Processes that a human would find simple can actually be extremely difficult to automate. This is where Impulsonics comes in. We harness the unique power of acoustic waves to move cells inside their comfortable media and manipulate them in-situ. No more huge, messy machines with many complicated steps, baffling interdependencies and failure prone moving parts. Just sterile acoustic waves projected into your plates and moving your cells in place.

We are currently focused on creating simple automation system for cell passaging. This is the repetitive process where cells growing in culture have filled their current vessel and must be moved to a new one to avoid overpopulation and keep them happy & healthy. It is one of the most time consuming and error prone stages of cell growth which is the cornerstone of all modern biotechnology, from drug discovery through to cell therapies. We are focused on creating a compact, benchtop unit that can scalably automate this process which currently requires a large, highly complex system, making it available to labs worldwide no matter their size. What process will we automate next? If you have a suggestion why not get in touch below?

We are a spin-out of the Ultrasonics & NDT Group at the University of Bristol who have always been passionate about solving big problems. You’ll find their technology all over the world from wind turbines to synchatrons and even VR gaming.