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Hi Jay,
We hope this newsletter finds you safe and healthy. If anyone needed a reason for more research and development of genomic applications, the COVID-19 pandemic certainly filled that bill.
Take a break from the panicdemic and check out what's going on with our companies!
The MG Team
RuleOut.org
Brandon has been working around the clock with scientists and engineers from around the world to come up with solutions to the testing crisis we face.
The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched our diagnostic testing capacity: the number of tests available do not meet the population's needs. Testing is conventionally performed at clinical labs with pre-assembled kits, strictly bound to the manufacturer’s instructions.
RuleOut.org's team has created a novel decentralized approach that can exponentially increase COVID-19 testing capacity. Utilizing existing equipment and highly trained personnel from non-conventional academic and research labs across the U.S, our decentralized model draws on instruments and reagents from outside the strained supply chain to set up rule-out testing for underserved populations.
For more information go to www.ruleout.org - download the whitepaper and join the slack conversation if you want to be a part of the testing solution.
UCR Lunch'n'Learns on Hold
Due to the COVID lockdown we have had to put our Lunch'n'Learns on hold. We considered doing virtual events, but much of the benefit of these events is to build community and that is hard to do over video. We'll provide everyone with a heads up when we start the series back up.
Recent Visits
Another casualty of the pandemic, we have had no visitors to the lab recently. We did have a meeting scheduled with Sarah Mishek of ArgoNox and were really excited about meeting her and finding out how we can help with their mission.
Sarah's mission is not only to explore and discover, but to sustainably recreate new biochemicals found in extreme environments like the deep-sea, to be used in the fields of health, environmental remediation, nutrition and renewable resources.
"With advances in technology, we are able to push the limits of exploration further than ever before. We investigate underwater worlds like hydrothermal vents and deep-sea sediments that were once off-limits, giving us the opportunity to unearth never-before-discovered exotic marine species."
We can't wait to meet with Sarah and see how we can be a part of this exciting endeavor!
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