Nanopore Diagnostics, LLC

Developing a hand-held tool that will put the microbiology testing lab into the pocket of the consumer.

  • Stage Product In Development
  • Industry Biotechnology
  • Location St. Louis, MO, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded October 2013
  • Employees 3
  • Incorporation Type LLC
  • Website nanoporedx.com

Company Summary

We are commercializing a hand-held testing platform, the iNDxer, which can rapidly count bacterial and viral pathogens in complex biological samples. Initially we will target Salmon aquaculture farms that are in dire need of an on-site method to identify disease before it spreads and causes significant economic loss. The platform is universal though allowing for easy expansion into food safety testing and human clinical diagnostics.

Team

  • Tom Cohen
    Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer

    Dr. Cohen is an entrepreneur and scientist focused in the molecular diagnostic industry. He received his Ph.D. from UC San Diego where he ran a non-profit which hosted an $80k business plan competition for student-lead ventures. He then conducted his postdoctoral work in diagnostic technology development at Washington University in Saint Louis. Dr. Cohen was a 2014 fellow in the nationally-recognized Pipeline entrepreneur development program.

  • Christoph Bausch
    Co-Founder, board of directors

    Dr. Bausch is an entrepreneurial executive with 18 years of combined R&D and technology commercialization expertise within the biotechnology and renewable energy industries. Currently he is directing strategy and commercialization of biorefined products and technologies for POET. He is a founder of NanoporeDx and currently assists as a board member and business advisor.

  • Somes K. Das
    Sr. Researcher

    Dr. Das has a biophysical and chemical engineering background spanning academic professor and industrial senior scientist positions. He has a highly relevant knowledgebase for Nanopore Diagnostics having focused his career on nanopore-based technologies and their applications.

Advisors

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