{"id":22369,"date":"2019-12-04T11:16:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T10:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T14:57:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T12:57:13","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/us\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"header_image headermodule rounded align_right\" style=\"background-color: #fff;\" data-text-color=\"#fff\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/0986741_wp-uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC_0651-kopiera-e1708337166597.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <div class=\"wrapper\">\r\n            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\r\n                <h1 class=\"heading\">We are Q-linea<\/h1>\r\n                <p class=\"text\">Q-linea is a company of thinkers and makers who develop solutions for improved infection diagnostics. Since 2008, we have worked hard to create innovative technologies with a keen focus on improving sepsis treatment while reducing antibiotic resistance. <\/p>\r\n                                            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"content_txtcenterpuff contentmodule alignfull\" style=\"background-color: #fff\" data-text-color=\"''\">\r\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\r\n        <div class=\"textWrapper\"><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Back in 2008, three people crammed into an office the size of a cleaning closet were working on an idea. That idea led to an international team with a single focus &#8211; to improve sepsis treatment.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Here&#8217;s the story:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n    #frontpageMainSection .page-content .content_txtcenterpuff .puffs .puff h1:before, #frontpageMainSection .post-content .content_txtcenterpuff .puffs .puff h1:before, #subpageSection .page-content .content_txtcenterpuff .puffs .puff h1:before, #subpageSection .post-content .content_txtcenterpuff .puffs .puff h1:before, #singlePostSection .page-content .content_txtcenterpuff .puffs .puff h1:before, #singlePostSection .post-content .content_txtcenterpuff .puffs .puff h1:before {\r\n        border-top: solid '' 5px;\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"content_mediatext contentmodule alignfull\" style=\"background-color: #fff\" data-text-color=\"''\">\r\n    <div class=\"wrapper flexRowWrapper\">\r\n                    <div class=\"textWrapper\">\r\n                <h1>It all started&#8230;<\/h1>\n<p>In the scientific and innovative environment of Uppsala University in Sweden, our founders had the idea for a biosecurity application. It would be based on proprietary (non-PCR) technologies for molecular identification of bacteria, mainly for detecting biological warfare agents (such as anthrax and smallpox). Shortly after, a small office was rented and three people were hired to develop this idea. Q-linea was born.<\/p>\n<p>We also made our first big investment: <strong>a coffee machine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now you might be wondering how a company that was developing systems for detecting biological warfare agents ended up developing a rapid AST (antimicrobial susceptibility testing) system. The story is not as complicated as it sounds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n                <div class=\"links\">\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/0986741_wp-uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC_0780-ed.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                        <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"content_mediatext contentmodule alignfull\" style=\"background-color: #fff\" data-text-color=\"''\">\r\n    <div class=\"wrapper flexRowWrapper\">\r\n                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/0986741_wp-uploads\/2024\/02\/2023-10-17_065-r4.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                        <div class=\"textWrapper\">\r\n                <h1>Sushi, pizza and rapid AST<\/h1>\n<p>As our team continued to grow, an evolution in rapid bacterial ID techniques from positive blood cultures was happening in the world of infectious disease diagnostics. From this, a market niche for AST-only systems that could match the speed and accuracy of these new ID methods had opened.<\/p>\n<p>We realized that our years of knowledge could be put to good use in the field of AST and envisioned a system that could test directly from positive blood cultures to offer an unmatched value for microbiologists, clinicians, and patients. Something not just evolutionary, but revolutionary.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">Taking previous lessons learned and working long nights fueled by sushi and pizza, our small but dedicated team refined components from our previous instruments to create our most sophisticated system to date \u2013 <strong>ASTar<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n                <div class=\"links\">\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"header_image headermodule align_left\" style=\"background-color: #fff;\" data-text-color=\"''\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/0986741_wp-uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC07507-2-stor.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <div class=\"wrapper\">\r\n            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\r\n                <h1 class=\"heading\">ASTar<\/h1>\r\n                <p class=\"text\">ASTar is our rapid AST solution. A fully automated system for phenotypic susceptibility testing that helps microbiologists and clinicians provide even faster and more accurate healthcare. What usually takes 12-48 hours using conventional methods, ASTar does in approximately six.  <\/p>\r\n                                            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"content_mediatext contentmodule alignfull\" style=\"background-color: #fff\" data-text-color=\"''\">\r\n    <div class=\"wrapper flexRowWrapper\">\r\n                    <div class=\"textWrapper\">\r\n                <h1>A team with many talents<\/h1>\n<p>ASTar started as an idea to help patients suffering from bacteremia and sepsis, while also supporting the healthcare professionals caring for them. The idea succeeded because the team was determined and skilled in their field, while also willing to lend a hand wherever needed.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">It wasn\u2019t strange to see the CEO in the workshop polishing components, or one of the microbiologists assembling IKEA furniture for new employees &#8211; <\/span>everybody contributed to whatever needed doing.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years this changed. People were hired for specific tasks and the roles became clearer. Q-linea is now a world-class company full of pioneers forging a path in the field of infection diagnostics. But every once in a while, you can still catch Anna from the microbiology team happily assembling a desk for a new colleague.<\/p>\n                <div class=\"links\">\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/0986741_wp-uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC_0360-ed-e.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                        <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"content_mediatext contentmodule alignfull\" style=\"background-color: #fff\" data-text-color=\"''\">\r\n    <div class=\"wrapper flexRowWrapper\">\r\n                                                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/0986741_wp-uploads\/2024\/02\/DSC_1331.png\" alt=\"\">\r\n                                        <div class=\"textWrapper\">\r\n                <h1>The path ahead<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak\" dir=\"ltr\">From a small startup to the company we are today, we have always known what we want:<\/span> to future-proof healthcare and ensure that antibiotics continue to be an effective treatment for generations to come.<\/p>\n<p>We also know where we come from, and how we got here. Our first investment \u2013 the coffee machine \u2013 is still making coffee, the attitude of \u201cWhat we don\u2019t know, we learn\u201d is still an important part of our identity, and discussions of innovation still continue over lunchroom chats and afternoon coffee (or fika as we Swedes call it).<\/p>\n<p>Since the first time ASTar helped a patient, we knew it was just the beginning. Now, as we continue to support healthcare professionals and the patients they care for, we tread a path to redefine the gold standard in AST technologies.<\/p>\n<p>All of this is part of our story.<\/p>\n                <div class=\"links\">\r\n                                    <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n<section class=\"header_textmedia headermodule\" style=\"background-color: #fff\" data-text-color=\"''\">\r\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\r\n        <div class=\"textWrapper\">\r\n                            <h1 class=\"title\">One of our founders, Jonas Jarvius, talks about how the story started for him:<\/h1>\r\n                            <div class=\"iframeContainer iframeVideoContainer\">\r\n                    <iframe title=\"Q-linea | Future-proof Healthcare\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S1CM6hGDEps?start=58&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>                                    <\/div> \r\n                        <div class=\"textContent flexRowWrapper\">\r\n                                            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\n\n\r\n<section class=\"content_twoimgstopbot contentmodule alignfull\" style=\"background-color: #fff\" data-text-color=\"''\">\r\n                        <div class=\"wrapper flexRowWrapper blocks imgtop\">\r\n                                    <div class=\"block\">\r\n                                                                            <a href=\"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/us\/support-zone\/\" class=\"imgContainer \">\r\n                                <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/0986741_wp-uploads\/2024\/02\/2023-10-17_281-700x446.jpg\" alt=\"Click here to get in touch\">\r\n                            <\/a>\r\n                                                <div class=\"textWrapper\">\r\n                                                            <h2 class=\"title h3-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qlinea.com\/us\/support-zone\/\">Contact our US team<\/a><\/h2>\r\n                                                        We&#8217;re here for you and ready to support you. 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