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9 juillet 2025
TENDANCES EN MATIÈRE DE TECHNOLOGIES ET DE MALADIES
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Forward Throttle: Cepheid Celebrates the Cepheid Bike
This Mainstay of the Cepheid Brand Symbolizes Art, Tech, and PCR Innovation
This year, we are celebrating the 14th anniversary of the Cepheid Bike, a mainstay of the Cepheid brand: a specially customized road bike that represents the cutting-edge, innovative, and elegant design of Cepheid technology.
The bike was designed as a tribute to Cepheid’s GeneXpert system: The color palette on the frame, seat, tank, fenders, wheels, and exhaust perfectly matches the GeneXpert system.
The bike’s exhaust was designed to resemble a jet engine, highlighting the speed of our systems. DNA is often referred to as a 'chain,' so the blue bike chain was another brilliant touch.
The custom road bike was designed and built by Paul Jr. Designs, a company dedicated to pushing the limits of creativity beyond motorcycles for some of the world's most iconic brands. The partnership between Paul Jr. Designs and Cepheid was a first in the medical diagnostic industry.
Cepheid’s then CEO, John Bishop, an experienced motorcycle rider himself, knew what was needed in this collaboration of Art and Innovation: Une moto moderne et sophistiquée qui symboliserait la marque Cepheid et mettrait en lumière notre technologie novatrice. And for that, the partnership made sense.
The bike was unveiled in a highly anticipated event entitled “Art Meets Innovation” at the AACC/ASCLS (now ADLM) show in Atlanta, GA, on 26 juillet 2011. The excitement was even captured within industry publications. Attirant une foule nombreuse, la présentation officielle est devenue le sujet de toutes les conversations, avec un engouement palpable pendant toute la semaine. Pour les personnes qui ne pouvaient être présentes au moment de la présentation officielle, la moto est restée fièrement exposée sur une plateforme mobile, attirant des centaines d’admirateurs sur le stand de Cepheid.
As a unique dual reveal, Cepheid also unveiled 5 new diagnostic systems at the event— also an industry first. The bike then went on tour to various scientific meetings across the nation, from Wichita, KS, St. Louis, MO, Sturbridge, MA, to Portland, OR, and Charlotte, NC. The events featured the newly launched GeneXpert system as well as the Cepheid Bike.
The details and specifications of the Cepheid Bike are outlined below, which highlight six key features of the bike that represent features of the GeneXpert system.
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