Vigilant’s Latest Technology Presentation

Title slide for Dr. John Bischof's presentation at the IIB Lecture Series

On July 15, 2025, the International Institute for Biosensing (IIB) hosted Prof. John Bischof in its Precision Sensing Lecture Series. Bischof, the founder of Vigilant Diagnostics, is a Distinguished McKnight University Professor and a faculty member in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. He serves as Director of both the University of Minnesota…

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Vigilant Invited to Present at Prestigious Diagnostics Conference

photo of John Bischof, founder of Vigilant Diagnostics LLC

The founder of Vigilant Diagnostics, John Bischof, PhD, was invited earlier this year to give a presentation at the most influential diagnostics conference in the country, the Next Generation DX Summit in Washington DC. The title of John’s talk was “A Breakthrough in Colorimetric Lateral Flow Diagnostics: An LED-Based Handheld Thermal Contrast Reader.” This blog post is a Q&A with John about his experience at the event.

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We Were Excited to Present at MedCity INVEST

slide showing MedCity INVEST title screen

On September 24, 2020, we were honored to be one of five startups invited to pitch in the “Home Health” session of a conference called MedCity INVEST Digital Health. This was the fourth year of the event, and the first to be held virtually via the Zoom platform. The event spanned five days and had a…

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