University of Minnesota has spun out CoreBiome, which will commercialise genomic and informatics technology aimed at the agricultural, environmental and healthcare sectors.
CoreBiome, a US-based developer of genomic and informatics technology, has been spun out from University of Minnesota.
The institution established the spinout through its Venture Center, a part of its TTO, the Office for Technology Commercialization. The company was created towards the end of last month.
CoreBiome will commercialise tools that rely on machine learning and genomic profiles to offer control, reproducibility and accuracy of detailed information about microbial communities, also known as microbiomes.
The technology has applications in the agricultural, environmental and human healthcare sectors, making it possible, for example, to understand how microbes behave in the human gut.
The spinout is based on research by Kenneth Beckman, director of the university’s Genomics Center (UMGC), Daryl Gohl, research and development lead of UMGC, and Dan Knights, assistant professor of computer science and engineering in the College of Science and Engineering and the Biotechnology Institute in the College of Biological Sciences.
Dale Nugent, venture development executive at the Venture Center, said: “University of Minnesota researchers are among those at the vanguard of the emerging science describing the powerful effects microbial communities exert on their environment.
“We are excited that CoreBiome, as one of the university’s newest startup companies, pushes university knowledge outside of the lab. The company will deliver much-needed services to a fast-growing market and should speed the arrival of solutions to significant problems we face in health and the environment.”
