biotechnology company minor founded 2000 spinoff from keck graduate institute 2001 incorporated headquarters san diego california key people andrew p. miller president & ceo products none revenue not disclosed usd 2006 operating income not disclosed usd 2005 net income not disclosed usd 2005 number of employees 13 2009 website www.ionian tech.com ionian technologies inc. is a united states biotechnology company focused on molecular diagnostics development for the detection of infectious diseases and biothreat agents . it was established in 2000 in upland california as the first spin off company to commercialize technology developed at the keck graduate institute . since its inception ionian has expanded its isothermal amplification technology . ionian was acquired in july 2010 by alere inc. 1 contents 1 history 2 corporate governance 3 technology 4 mission 5 see also 6 external links 7 notes and references history edit ionian traces its origins to dr. david galas who was previously chancellor chief scientific officer and norris professor of applied life science at the keck graduate institute of applied life sciences . during his development of kgi he spun off ionian technologies from work done in his lab based upon a 2003 pnas paper . 2 in 2001 ionian was incorporated in delaware . corporate governance edit current members of the board of directors of ionian technologies are david galas and paul tardif . technology edit ionian s proprietary isothermal technology termed the nicking enzyme amplification reaction assay is claimed to be capable of amplifying extremely low amounts of starting material to easily detectable levels in just a few minutes . the proprietary technology is based on the very rapid detection of small dna or rna fragments generated directly from the target nucleic acid . the amplification products can be detected by a variety of standard methods including lc ms real time fluorescence lateral flow and capillary electrophoresis detection . ionian s assay technology is therefore ideally suited for portable and handheld detectors and sensors . mission edit ionian technologies inc. describes itself as a private company focused on molecular diagnostics and advanced biomedical research tools based on proprietary isothermal systems for dna and rna amplification and detection . this technology is currently focused on the development of products for the medical diagnostics agricultural gmo veterinary food hygiene and biodefense markets . ionian has made significant efforts for providing rapid and economical systems for third world countries and have received funding from the bill and melinda gates foundation to achieve these goals . see also edit keck graduate institute external links edit about ionian technologies jobs at ionian technologies ionian s darpa project notes and references edit https www.genomeweb.com pcrsample prep alere developing pair nat platforms initial assays planned hiv viral load flu van ness j. van ness lk . galas . 2003 . isothermal reactions for the amplification of oligonucleotides . proc natl acad sci usa . 100 8 6 . doi 10.1073 pnas .0730811100 . pmc 404692 . pmid 12679520 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ionian technologies & oldid 703340406 categories biotechnology companies of the united statescompanies established in 2001hidden categories cs1 maint multiple names authors listpages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 february 2016 at 22 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view