Fluorometrix, a company co-founded by Govind Rao, a professor of biochemical engineering at UMBC, was profiled in the Dec. 4 Baltimore Examiner.

Fluorometrix uses technology developed by Rao to produce light-based probes for the biomedical industry that aim to help companies get new vaccines to market faster. Fluorometrix is an affiliate company of techcenter@UMBC, the University's on-campus high-tech business incubator.