3-6 April 2012: NatX-ray was present at the GTBio meeting in Montpellier (France)

January 2012: NatX-ray starts the production of a G-Rob 2D system for the CBS at Montpellier, France.

22-30 August 2011: NatX-ray was present at the IUCR meeting in Madrid, with a G-Rob system for demonstration.

August 2011: NatX-ray signed a distribution partnership agreement with Molecular Dimensions. Our most popular consumables are now available in the Molecular Dimensions catalogue.

August 2011: NatX-ray France moves to a new location, to give more room to its future development. See our new coordinates in Contact

April 2011: NatX-ray signed a cross-distribution partnership agreement with MiTeGen. Our most popular consumables are now available in the MiTeGen catalogue.

May 2010: NatX-ray starts production of its second G-Rob "synchrotron" system in partnership with Irelec. This system was specifically designed by NatX-ray for beamline MX2 at LNLS (Brazilian synchrotron).

Apr. 2010: NatX-ray LLC was created in California, USA, as a resale unit for consumables. NatX-ray LLC, located in San Diego, is a 100% subsidiary of NatX-ray SAS.

Feb. 2010: After a series of validation tests, the first "in house" G-Rob system is delivered to the EPFL.
See the details and the first results obtained on this machine here.
Press release can be found here.

Jan. 2010: NatX-ray starts production of its first G-Rob "synchrotron" system in partnership with Irelec. This system was specifically designed by NatX-ray for the MASSIF project at ESRF.

June 2009: NatX-ray is awarded the 2009 national competition for innovative projects (category "Creation/Development"), organized by the French Ministry of Research and OSEO-ANVAR.

May 2009: NatX-ray starts production of its first G-Rob "in house" system in partnerhip with Irelec, a local integrator. This system was specifically designed by NatX-ray for the automated crystallography platform of the EPFL.

Apr. 2009: Nathalie Larive is recipient of the "Reseau Entreprendre Isère" grant, through the Innotech program, which supports innovative Businesses. A movie designed for the laureate celebration is available here.

Apr. 2009: NatX-ray SAS is created in France. The headquarter is located at Minatec, and the research and production facility is hosted by the IBS.

Main co-founders are: Nathalie A. Larive, President Dr. Jean-Luc Ferrer, scientific consultant Xavier Vernède, scientific consultant

Oct. 2008: The G-Rob SE-V (Sample Environment Viewing project) is funded by the "Région Rhone-Alpes" through the "Fonds d'Appui Labo" program.

May 2008: Nathalie Larive is awarded the 2008 national competition for innovative projects (category "Emergence"), organized by the French Ministry of Research and OSEO-ANVAR.

Oct. 2007: The NatX-ray project starts incubation at GRAIN.

May 2007: The NatX-ray project is officially launched.

Since 2000: the IBS team on the FIP-BM30A beamline at the ESRF continuously develops robotized systems for crystallography. The decision is taken in 2007 to commercialize these systems trough a startup.