The Atlanta Center for Microsystems-Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies (ACME POCT) is a nationally renowned academic partnership between Emory University, Georgia Tech, and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. We were founded in 2018 as part of the National Institutes of Health Point-of-Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN). 

Our mission is to foster collaboration among clinicians, technologists, and entrepreneurs to accelerate innovation and translation of microsystems-engineered technologies including microchip-enabled devices such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMs)-based sensors, microfluidics, and smartphone-based systems.

ACME POCT 2025-26 Call for Proposals: Microsystems-Based Point-of-Care Technologies


Do you have a promising point-of-care medical technology in need of further development?  Click here for more information on the 2025 solicitation.

Thank you for an amazing half-day event  held on November 14, 2024.  We appreciate all the clinicians, engineers, and point-of-care device developers who came to learn, collaborate, and network on point-of-care diagnostic medical device innovation! See the photos here.  Click here for full presentation.

ACME Wins Golden Helix Award at GA Bio -
Deals of the Year

The Golden Helix Awards celebrate the contributions and achievements of Georgia leaders working to advance the growth of the life sciences industry and foster strategic partnerships that can create a healthier world. Presented to ACME POCT as one of the most significant financial or commercial transactions in fiscal year 2023 based on the importance of the transaction to Georgia’s life sciences industry.  

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The overall goal of ACME POCT  is to assist and enable inventors from across the country who have developed microsystems-based point-of-care technologies for applications that are beyond proof-of-concept to define their specific clinical needs, conduct clinical validation, and refine their technology, with the objective of accelerating the path to translation and clinical adoption and directly addressing the barriers thereof. 

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ACME POCT is one of six Technology Research and Development Centers in the Point-of-Care Technology Research Network (POCTRN).