Case Study: BiologIC Technologies achieves 100% faster development of its "Desktop Computer of Biology" with the Stratasys J826 Prime 3D Printer

How BiologIC Technologies’ “Desktop Computer of Biology” comes to life with Stratasys J826 Prime 3D printer

BiologIC Technologies, a Cambridge-based synthetic biology start-up building a “Desktop Computer of Life Sciences,” faced high cost and long lead times using traditional manufacturing to produce a working prototype. After evaluating options, the team invested in a Stratasys J826 Prime 3D Printer (PolyJet full‑colour, multi‑material) from local partner Tri‑Tech to enable the complex, miniaturized bio-processing unit at the heart of their design.

Using Stratasys’ J826 Prime, BiologIC printed a multi-material, multi-domain cartridge (including transparent VeroUltra™Clear and flexible Agilus30™ parts) that would have been impossible to make conventionally, enabling rapid build-and-test cycles, real‑time customer co‑development, and on-demand manufacturing. The Stratasys solution cut projected time-to-market from 5–10 years to about two years (an efficiency improvement in excess of 100%), allowed BiologIC to demonstrate and iterate prototypes without raising large capital, and positioned the company to scale production.

BiologIC Technologies

Richard Vellacott

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer