Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Daily Archives

Digitization of Biology to Revolutionize Lab Productivity

Biological research is limited by a technical barrier that exists between scientists and lab hardware. Each piece of hardware has its own software, its own file format and its own eccentricities, which the user needs intimate familiarity with to get the most from the machine. Using Antha, a user-friendly but hugely powerful software platform, gives biologists sophisticated, flexible and integrated control over lab hardware. This enables experiments and lab workflows to be rapidly automated, with data automatically integrated and linked…

Dynamk Capital Invests in Envisagenics to Advance AI Drug Discovery

Dynamk Capital, a recently launched life sciences venture capital fund, today announced an exciting new investment in early drug discovery by adding Envisagenics, Inc. to its growing portfolio. Dynamk’s portfolio companies provide technologies and services that enable biopharmaceutical companies around the world to develop therapeutics faster and produce them more economically. Dynamk Capital invested $500,000 in Envisagenics, leading the $2.25 million seed round alongside other investors. Envisagenics, a life science company applies artificial intelligence to the genetic sequence of patients…