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SnapDNA SomaDetect
Showcase Companies

SnapDNA is developing low cost, rapid, SomaDetect is a precision-dairy
high throughput, genetic analysis for company that is creating an in-line
seeds and pathogens. For food safety, system for measuring the two most
SnapDNA can eliminate 3-day test/ critical indicators of dairy-quality:
hold with projected 2-hour total time- somatic cells and fat content. With
to-result pathogen analysis. This can this technology, farmers are better
elevate supply chain transparency and, connected with every cow they milk,
for the first time, provide quantitative, enabling them to identify problems early,
strain specific results for rapid make informed decisions, and produce
identification, isolation, and eradication the best possible milk. The team behind
of pathogen contamination in food SomaDetect has experience in science,
production. agriculture and entrepreneurship, and is
now focused on combining a novel IoT
SnapDNA’s detection inexpensively sensor technology with cutting-edge
analyzes hundreds of DNA per sample machine learning and computer vision
in minutes with unmatched specificity techniques to provide dairy farmers with
and the lowest projected false positives the information they need to optimize
in the industry. Enrichment-free their operations.
processing can reduce total-time-to-
result from days to 2 hours for markets PRESENTER:
including food, ag, clinical diagnostics Bethany Deshpande
and gene therapy. CEO
bethanydeshpande@somadetect.com
PRESENTER:
(418) 570-2197
David Medin somadetect.com
CEO
dmedin@snapdna.com
(650) 265-6904

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