Venture Philanthropy / BiomeSense
Revolutionizing Microbiome Precision Medicine
The problem
Ineffective microbiome data generation
Much like genetic research, understanding our microbiome and its more than 100 trillion microbes is essential for continuing to improve human health, development, and immunity. However, while interest in the microbiome is increasing, it has remained largely unexplored due to ineffective technology and high costs of data generation that prevent generation of the large, robust datasets required for scientific discovery.
The solution
A Better Approach to Microbiome Data
BiomeSense has created the first technology to overhaul microbiome data generation & analysis
- GutLab At-home Automated Laboratory – The GutLab is a proprietary “smart bathroom” technology for microbiome tracking, combining a user-friendly interface and advanced internal fluidics to produce high-frequency, fully standardized data
- MetaBiome Bioinformatics Platform – MetaBiome is an AI-powered microbiome biomarker discovery engine, designed by Rob Knight @ UCSD, that uses advanced signal processing algorithms to enable microbiome analysis far beyond anything possible today.
In an industry first, these solutions form a single comprehensive platform – the GutLab continuously feeds ultra-high-resolution data into MetaBiome’s database where it is analyzed using MetaBiome AI. This platform generates far superior microbiome data than ever before possible, revolutionizing the development of microbiome biomarkers, precision therapeutics, and consumer products.
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Large-Scale, Time-Series Datasets
Our novel technology was built from the ground up to make generating dense, time-series microbiome data routine and standardized
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Cutting-Edge Analytics
Using proprietary, time-series optimized algorithms developed by leading bioinformatics experts, we translate microbiome data into actionable insights
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Simple, affordable integration into any clinical study
By eliminating expensive manual bottlenecks, our smart technology, in-house lab and end-to-end workflow solution reduce the costs of obtaining microbiome data by up to 90%
BiomeSense has created the first technology to overhaul microbiome data generation & analysis
- GutLab At-home Automated Laboratory – The GutLab is a proprietary “smart bathroom” technology for microbiome tracking, combining a user-friendly interface and advanced internal fluidics to produce high-frequency, fully standardized data
- MetaBiome Bioinformatics Platform – MetaBiome is an AI-powered microbiome biomarker discovery engine, designed by Rob Knight @ UCSD, that uses advanced signal processing algorithms to enable microbiome analysis far beyond anything possible today.
In an industry first, these solutions form a single comprehensive platform – the GutLab continuously feeds ultra-high-resolution data into MetaBiome’s database where it is analyzed using MetaBiome AI. This platform generates far superior microbiome data than ever before possible, revolutionizing the development of microbiome biomarkers, precision therapeutics, and consumer products.
Large-Scale, Time-Series Datasets
Our novel technology was built from the ground up to make generating dense, time-series microbiome data routine and standardized
Cutting-Edge Analytics
Using proprietary, time-series optimized algorithms developed by leading bioinformatics experts, we translate microbiome data into actionable insights
Simple, affordable integration into any clinical study
By eliminating expensive manual bottlenecks, our smart technology, in-house lab and end-to-end workflow solution reduce the costs of obtaining microbiome data by up to 90%
The progress
Achieved milestones
January
2022
Internal Validation Study Launch
October
2021
GutLab "Alpha" development completed
September
2019
Seed investment placed
The Team
Microbiome KOL meets savvy entrepreneur
Kevin Hoenaker
Co-founder
Kevin is a skilled STEM commercialization leader with more than eight years’ experience in the healthcare space. Prior to joining BiomeSense, Kevin provided strategic and operational leadership as the Director of Operations for a seed-stage pharmacogenomics spinoff from the University of Chicago.
Jack Gilbert
Co-founder
Jack is a global leader in microbiome research and co-founder of both the Earth Microbiome Project and American Gut Project. He has authored more than 300 peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on ecosystem ecology and is the founding editor-in-chief of mSystems, a journal of the American Society of Microbiology.
More Information
Links and Documentation
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