Recording 2020 Santa Cruz Biotech Startups

Recording of the August 5, 2020 event

About this Event

We will begin this event with an overview of the Santa Cruz biotech scene by Lou Pambianco of Startup Sandbox. Followed by

  • PinPoint: Lisa Diamond will wow us with her 30-second Coronavirus detection device. Details HERE

  • SanguineDx: David Sierra will demonstrate how to detect COVID 19 with an instant-read pen-sized device in less than a minute.

  • Astrea Forensics: Kelly Harkins Kincaid is a 2-time entrepreneur. Her new startup helps law enforcement and genetic genealogy investigators in their mission to solve cold cases.

  • Ontera: Mark Rose will give an update on how Ontera is building a point-of-care device to detect COVID-19 using silicon nanopores.

  • Cito Medical: Mark Coates' biotech company specializes in Sample to Answer, PCR, Sample on Chip technology, and microfluidics.

  • Unnatural Products: Cameron Pye will discuss AI-enhanced technology platform creates entirely new drugs by engineering passively permeable, macrocyclic peptides that access traditionally undruggable targets.

Apologies from David Deamer / UpRNA needing to bow out due to testing of a provisional patent.

Three more companies will be added soon. If you are a biotech company interested in presenting, contact us at: CONTACT