Saftra Photonics

SAFTRA photonics is a Slovak high-tech company established as a spin-off from the P. J. Safarik University, Kosice, Slovakia in 2014. The development and the business strategies of the company are based on the research activities of the group led by prof. Pavol Miskovsky, the head of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences at the P. J. Safarik University, mainly in the fields of photonics and biomedical research. The mission of SAFTRA Photonics lies in providing a wide range of market driven research and development activities in the field of (nano)photonics science and technology transfer primarily focused on testing, analyses and controlling processes applied in medicine, environment, and cultural heritage. The long-term vision of SAFTRA Photonics is based on synergy between research performing in the Center for interdisciplinary biosciences, education in biophysics executed by Department of Biophysics of the P. J. Safarik University and related technology transfer implemented by SAFTRA Photonics. Sharing of the common laboratory space by all three institutions assure a high efficiency of such collaboration and has an important impact even for an economic and social development of the region.