Germ-specific diagnosis is hard
but necessary
Inappropriate treatment does not prevent hospitalization (40%, of >65 with pneumonia end up hospitalized), and antibiotic misuse leads to antimicrobial resistance
01
Respiratory tract infections are the most common (~30%) cause of consultation for primary care worldwide
02
Doctors can diagnose
pneumonia, but cannot
easily identify the underlying
microorganism
03
By guidelines, they must prescribe broad-spectrum antibiotics to every patient, despite 50% are actually viral
04
Inappropriate treatment does not prevent the patient from ending up hospitalized (cost > $30k /patient)
05
Antibiotic overuse leads to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), #1 world cause of death by 2050
Our Team
Jordan Parker
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Max Johnson
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Drew Carlyle
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Morgan James
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Any sample works
Compatible with respiratory swab, blood, urine, saliva, stool…
Point of care
Can sit on a desk, no lab required
Fast
Result in 10-15 minutes
Cheap
Device intrinsic value
< $10,000, consumables
< $50 /test
Quantitative
Customizable panel of 50+ viruses, bacteria, and fungi in 1 test
One test to rule them all
About
We are developing a quantitative analysis capable of detecting all microrganisms in both clinical and non-clinical samples, using a fast and cheap technology which can be deployed at the point of care.
How it works
Competitor approaches
Meet the team
Giulio Deangeli
MD, PhDc, MBiotech, MMedSci, BEng
2024 - Final year PhD student, University of Cambridge
2021 - «100 number ones» by Forbes
2020 - 5 university courses in parallel, 30/30 GPA
2018 - Harvard HIP Scholarship, ranked in top 5%
2016 - Amgen Scholarship, Cambridge, ranked #1
2013 - World Vice-Champion Neuroscience, IBB
Author of 2 books; papers in Science and in Brain.
Cristiano Peron
MD, PhD
2023 - PhD, University of Oxford
2023 - Clinical Fellow Oxford University Hospital
2021 - Old Silver VC Fellow, Boston
2019 - Medical Doctor, summa cum laude
2018 - Armenise-Harvard Fellowship, Harvard univ.
2017 - IEF Fellowship, Columbia university
Papers in peer reviewed journals
Ulrich Keyser
MEeng, PhD
2016 - Professor of Applied Physics, Cavendish Lab, University of Cambridge
2015 - ERC consolidator grant winner
2010 - ERC starting grant winner
2006 - Emmy Noether award as a group leader, Leipzing University
2006 - Performed the first direct force measurement on DNA in a solid-state nanopore (Nature physics)
Rachele Catalano
MEng, PhDc
2024 - Final year PhD student, TU Dresden
2023 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie researcher
2019 - Maria Yzuel Fellowship award
2018 - Armenise-Harvard Fellowship, Harvard univ.
2020 - Master of Engineering, summa cum laude
Michela Cristofolini
MS, MBA
2024 - Research Business Developer, San Raffaele hosp.
2021 - VC Operation Manager, Pariter Partners
2021 - MBA, MIP Business School
2018 - Armenise-Harvard Fellowship, Harvard univ.
2018 - Master of Neurobiology, summa cum laude
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