RESEARCH PLATFORMIN DEVELOPMENT

MAKE GRAVITY A VARIABLE.

Convexion is developing a physical research platform to make controlled gravity an experimental variable for pharmaceuticals.

Convexion is developing a physical research platform to make controlled gravity an experimental variable for biology.

EXPLORE THE PLATFORM

RESEARCH

CVX / 01 RESEARCH PLATFORM

READOUT

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chamber

Gravity Setpoint1.00 g

01 / PHYSICAL SYSTEM • CONTROLLED GRAVITATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS

THE PLATFORM / 01

A NEW KIND OF BIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENT.

Temperature, atmosphere, and chemistry can be set deliberately in an experiment. Gravity usually cannot. Convexion is developing an instrument to explore that missing variable with controlled, repeatable conditions.

01 / CORE

Gravity engine

02 / BIOLOGY

Sample module

03 / CONDITION

Environmental control

04 / OBSERVE

Sensor array

05 / DIRECT

Computational control

CONTROL INTERFACE / 02

CONTROL THE ENVIRONMENT.

Explore a conceptual setpoint. This interactive model illustrates the experimental question; it is not a live instrument or a report of measured biological outcomes.

GRAVITY CONTROL / CONCEPT INTERFACE

Explore gravitational setpoints as a research parameter.

READOUT

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Gravity Setpoint1.00 g

Concept Model · Conceptual setpoint interface.

SELECTED LITERATURE / 03

THE RESEARCH BEHIND THE QUESTION.

A focused reading list behind the question — external research, not results from Convexion.

KIM ET AL. · SCIENTIFIC REPORTS · 2024

Effects of simulated microgravity on colorectal cancer organoids growth and drug response

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REICHERT ET AL. · NPJ MICROGRAVITY · 2019

Pembrolizumab microgravity crystallization experimentation

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ABOUT / 04

HARD QUESTIONS NEED PHYSICAL TOOLS.

Founded by Amit Mainali, a student at UNC Chapel Hill, Convexion is an early-stage effort at the intersection of physics, biology, and engineering. The platform is in development.

PHYSICS × BIOLOGY × ENGINEERING × COMPUTATION