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It might not seem like warming global temperatures and drug-resistant bacteria have any connection. But, in fact, they do. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the world’s wicked problems because...

Overuse of antibiotics has led to a losing battle against mutating, drug-resistant bacteria. A restrained approach to antibiotic prescription will be key to addressing this massive global health...

Host response testing allows physicians to quickly rule out entire categories of potential infection to narrow their focus to the likely culprits for an illness. This can enable physicians to make...

Biomeme pioneers a new era in healthcare with the HR-B/V platform. Our host response molecular testing, based on decades of research and collaboration with leading institutions, empowers healthcare...

It’s no secret that there are major issues in the healthcare industry, including breakdowns in doctor-patient communication, delayed test results, and information gaps. Even after consulting with...

You’re sick. You’ve been sick for a couple of days. You feel awful. You feel so awful that you go see your doctor. They can’t quite figure out what’s the matter, but they prescribe you a general...

After 15 years working in molecular diagnostics, I know how far the science has come and who is doing what in this industry. And right now is an incredible time to be working in the IVD space because...

With the rapid advancements in bioterrorism, the landscape of potential threats faced around the world is evolving. Among the many establishments navigating these challenges, the U.S. State...

Since 2012, Biomeme has been dedicated to addressing global health challenges by developing state-of-the-art platforms and decentralized testing solutions that can detect and identify infectious...

When people think about global health, they tend to think about far-flung locales and communities of people different from their own. But the biggest challenges to global health like pandemic...

A lot can change in a decade. We started 10 years ago as a venture among friends and family, each of whom was deeply and personally committed to impacting global health, each in their own way. Since...

The landscape of modern warfare is undergoing rapid transformation. This evolution demands preparedness not only against conventional threats but also against emerging chemical and biological...

Biomeme has announced its participation in a collaborative fight against antimicrobial resistance and antibiotic misuse, focusing on better diagnostic testing. With the Antibacterial Resistance...

We have a very clear goal as a company: to improve global health for humans, animals, and the environment. We do this by creating technology that helps clinicians make informed decisions so that they...

Biomeme CEO Max Perelman explains why host response testing has the potential to transform global health – starting with military preparedness. It’s not hard to imagine how the next pandemic could...

We are happy to announce our participation in the highly anticipated AACC Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo, taking place in Anaheim, CA. This event presents an incredible opportunity for us to...

Take a look inside how a PCR test works, how it is different from a rapid PCR test and how the test is applied to a sample. COVID has made the general public more familiar with scientific terms and...

Should You Take a PCR Test or an Antigen Test? What is the difference between PCR and antigen testing? And which should you take if you need a COVID test? Our in-house COVID expert explains. Three...

For companies to avoid shutdowns and impactful drops in productivity, continued employee COVID testing during times of peak transmission can be beneficial. The pandemic has waned, but COVID-19 hasn’t...

As a company, we measure our progress in the diagnostics we develop and deliver and the impact we have on global health. But awards are nice, too. So we were humbled and honored to receive the PACT...

Our COVID-19 testing facilities have mostly closed, but what they accomplished in three years lives on. Recently, we did something painful: We shut down a business. We let dedicated staff go. It was...

About MRIGlobal MRIGlobal improves the health and safety of people everywhere by addressing some of the world’s greatest threats and complex biological, chemical, and engineering challenges. Founded...

As August comes to a close, we complete our reflective journey through the last 10 years of Biomeme history and the obstacles, achievements, late nights, connections, partnerships, pots of coffee...

As CEO, I am extremely proud to be marking Biomeme’s 10th anniversary as a company — a significant milestone. In 2012, Marc DeJohn, Jesse vanWestrienen and I started Biomeme. In a decade, we went...

Step Back into 2012: The space shuttle had its final flight (Endeavor) and the Curiosity rover landed on Mars. Apple introduced the iPhone 5. The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar reached the date...

Every year the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates World Health Day on April 7th and takes the opportunity to draw attention to a specific health topic of concern to people all over the world....

We’ve talked a lot about the immense growth has seen in recent years. Throughout our growth we’ve had people from all walks of life, all over the world, and of all kinds of perspectives work...

Biomeme recently announced the completed acquisition of Predigen. The announcement brings together Predigen's combined decades of host response research with Biomeme's portable PCR test solutions to...

New Year, New Biomeme Headquarters We are settled in and so glad to finally welcome our employees, customers, and everyone involved with Biomeme's success to our new headquarters space. To recap, we...

FIND, the global alliance for diagnostics, announced on December 20, 2021 a US$21 million investment to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and launch of affordable, multi-pathogen, molecular...

Through in silico analysis, we’ve confirmed Biomeme’s SARS-Cov-2 assay detects all current variants of concern and variants of interest including delta and omicron. Omicron was first identified in...

Each year, the University City Science Center’s Nucleus Awards bring together the region’s leaders and groundbreakers in innovation, all while supporting Philadelphia’s future as a hub of innovation...

Biomeme is excited to announce that we have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Predigen, a spin-out from Duke University and global leader in the development of host gene expression signatures...

Biomeme’s move into its new corporate headquarters at Netrality's 401 North Broad Street, will begin an exciting new chapter for our company. Our new headquarters were announced earlier this year and...

We are pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) amended Biomeme’s SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time RT-PCR Test Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for use with pooled samples in...

This is a very common question, so let’s get straight to it. There are 2 kinds of tests available for COVID-19: Direct Detection - tells you if portions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were detected in your...

With support from the Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense Center of Excellence, Biomeme and Predigen were proud to recently participate in discussion and demonstration of our work...

EDIT: As RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 continue to mutate, so will this panel. Please review our COVID-19 page for the latest information regarding our testing capabilities, including variant/mutation...

Biomeme has officially outgrown its home at 10th and Chestnut and is moving on to Netrality’s 401 North Broad Street for its new corporate headquarters! The new headquarters boasts 44,000 square feet...

As the world crosses the 1-year mark since the World Health Organization classified COVID-19 as a pandemic, testing is still as crucial as ever. The United States tests an average of 2.78 people per...

The Partnership Back in May 2019, Biomeme and INDICAL Bioscience entered into an exclusive global licensing and research agreement in a joint effort to improve animal health globally. At the time,...

Table of Contents: What is a variant? Why are we just now hearing about variants of SARS-CoV-2? What are the current emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants to know? Should we be worried about these SARS-CoV-2...

We are thrilled to announce Biomeme, Inc. has been awarded a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant of $3 million from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This RACP Grant will enable our...

List of SARS-CoV-2 Variants & Classifications Biomeme continuously monitors and analyzes sequences of emerging variants of concern and updates this table accordingly. Variant CDC Label CDC Variant...

The finalists have been announced and Biomeme is moving forward to the next round of XPRIZE Rapid COVID Testing, a $6 million dollar 6-month competition to create increased and more accessible...

When you walk into Biomeme HQ in Philadelphia, you’ll find a bustling office overflowing with our staff, incoming and outgoing packages, and an overworked coffee machine (our office appliances might...

Launched on July 28, 2020, XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing is a $5 million, 6-month competition that aims to increase Covid-19 testing capabilities 100-times past our current standard, the level of...

We all want to make the world a better place, right? Whether you’re a doctor, public servant, or construction worker, we all play a part in making the world go round. All jobs are valuable, but some...

We are pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Biomeme’s SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time RT-PCR Test Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for use in laboratories that meet...

“Ahhhh-CHOO!” Cut to me frantically searching “COVID-19 symptoms” on Google for what must be the millionth time this year. “Could I have COVID-19?” It’s a question we’ve all repeatedly asked...

With the results of the AMR Challenge quickly approaching, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on our amazing team’s development activities over an extremely aggressive timeline leading up to the...

We are proud to announce that Biomeme’s portable test solution to detect SARS-CoV-2 was approved for in vitro diagnostic use by Health Canada on June 30, 2020. Our SARS-CoV-2 Real-Time RT-PCR test...

As the United States rolls into month two of Stay at Home and social distancing orders, ramping up COVID-19 testing is a critical step to track and prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to...

We’re happy to announce that we have entered into a research and sales agreement with American Leprosy Missions! This partnership enables ALM to adapt our mobile molecular point-of-need testing...

Ania Tomaszewicz Brown, Denise McAloose, Paul P. Calle, Angelika Auer, Annika Posautz, Sally Slavinski, Robin Brennan, Chris Walzer, and Tracie A. Seimon developed a quantitative RT-PCR assay for...

Biomeme co-founder, Max Perelman answered your most pressing questions related to SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. In addition to answering your questions, Max will teach you how to run Biomeme’s end-to-end...

In the time of the virus, it is as important as ever to remain calm and practice preventative measures. At the time of writing, WHO characterized COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 2019) as a pandemic and...

Currently, vector-borne diseases account for more than 17% of all infectious diseases, causing more than 700,000 deaths annually. With increased global travel and urbanization, vector-borne disease...

Whether you’re in a remote location tracking the next pandemic, or an endangered species, you need to make decisions FAST. In the past, you relied on DNA/RNA detection via real-time PCR that was...

SARS-CoV-2 (also known as COVID-19, 2019-nCoV, or Wuhan coronavirus) has now infected over 40,000 patients and unfortunately, killed more than 1,000 people. Fast, accurate detection at the point of...

InnovaPrep has partnered with Biomeme, Inc. to pair their expertise in liquid concentration for beverage quality control with our portable real-time PCR platform. Our collaboration will provide...

Water filters and eDNA research At Biomeme, we are passionate about democratizing science and that means occasionally synthesizing the latest academic research into relatively shorter briefs. The...

My wife and I are blessed with our awesome 11-month-old son named Cameron. 95% of the time Cameron is a very happy baby, always smiling and laughing. He loves throwing his toys around the house,...

Event: SETAC North America 40th Annual Meeting When: Monday 4 November 2019 from 11 - 11:15 AM Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre - Toronto, ON Room: 714B What: Solving eDNA Challenges with...

Join Biomeme, Inc. and INDICAL BIOSCIENCE at the 2019 American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) and the United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) Annual Meeting to...

Watch Ryan Ragland, Senior Molecular Biologist, as he brings the lab to the sample in our latest Vector Surveillance webinar. In this 44 minute video, Ryan shows you how Biomeme's latest technology...

Biomeme, Inc. and INDICAL BIOSCIENCE announced on Wednesday that they have entered into an exclusive global licensing and research agreement in a joint effort to improve animal health globally....

We’ve officially launched our brand new sample prep form factor - the Biomeme M1 Sample Prep Cartridge Kit for DNA, DNA-HI, RNA and eDNA. It’s a compact mobile solution for the extraction of purified...

Meet our newest family member. All good things must come to an end… and be replaced with something better! This week we are proud to launch our brand new mobile PCR thermocycler - Franklin™ by...

On Friday, February 22, 2019, Biomeme co-founder Max Perelman joined Dr. Daniel Beiting (Assistant Professor of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania) on the...

Join Max Perelman at the 4th Conference on Mitigation Strategies for Infectious Diseases as he discusses “Rapid Deployment of Molecular Testing: From Lab to the Sample”. Max will cover how...

Biomeme will attend the 2018 AAVLD / USAHA Annual Meeting. This Annual Meeting brings you the latest in veterinary diagnostic laboratory science, animal health, and disease regulation policy...

Biomeme and a team from The Wilds have been featured in The Columbus Dispatch (dispatch.com), a daily newspaper based in Columbus, Ohio. The following is a short excerpt from the post, written by...

The 148th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society is expecting an attendance of over 2,000 fisheries and aquaculture scientists; federal, tribal, state, and local administrators, directors,...

The Biomeme platform went west last week. Our own Sepideh "Sepi" Naderi joined researcher Colleen Kamaroff's team to test out the Biomeme platform's performance as an eDNA detection system for the...

The 2018 Cannabis Business Summit & Expo is the most influential, award-winning cannabis trade show in the U.S, hosted by the industry’s only national trade association (NCIA). This year it’s taking...

Ruth Richardson Ph.D., an Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering at Cornell University, is working with Biomeme to develop a new water monitoring technology that could...

Researchers at the Norwegian Veterinary Institute in collaboration with Swedish colleagues and local authorities used the Biomeme two3 to investigate the crayfish plague using environmental DNA...

Biomeme has been featured on Edutopia's website. Check out the video: Students use scientific inquiry to investigate real-world issues facing their community. This video is part of Edutopia's Schools...

Biomeme and Smith-Root have been featured in Methods.blog, the official blog of Methods in Ecology and Evolution, "a journal promoting the development of new methods in ecology and evolution, and...

The CDC's National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) launched a new dashboard website that offers outbreak information. In 2009 the CDC started tracking waterborne outbreaks, illnesses,...

On Tuesday, March 13, 2018, Biomeme co-founder and Business Lead Max Perelman visited Thomas Jefferson University (or Jefferson University as it is affectionately known) to share the Biomeme platform...

At Biomeme, one of our core goals is to democratize molecular diagnostics. So when our Co-Founder and business lead Max Perelman was invited to give a demonstration to the 8th-grade class at his...

At the 2017 American Society for Cell Biology Meeting held in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Amy Prunuske, Ph.D. a faculty member at the Medical College of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin–Stevens...

Joe Russell and Jonathan Jacobs at MRIGlobal have been designing and building modular systems for real-time, point-of-care molecular microbiology. Recently developed molecular analysis platforms...

We are excited to announce that Biomeme has been featured in the GenomeWeb article, "MRIGlobal Demonstrates Nanopore Sequencing in the Field in Step Toward 'Lab-in-a-Backpack'" by Monica Heger....

On Friday, Jan 26th, 2018 Tracie Seimon, Ph.D. will give a presentation at ZACC (Zoo and Aquarium committing to conservation) in Jacksonville Florida on the new Biomeme test kits her team has...

Last week, Biomeme's own Ryan Ragland Ph.D. returned to his alma mater to share the Biomeme platform with faculty and students at Oberlin College. Located in Oberlin, Ohio the college has a proud...

More and more public health teams are looking for solutions that will allow them to carry out their mission at the point-of-need. A research team made up of representatives from MRIGlobal and the...

Biomeme will be attending the 254th American Chemistry Society (ACS) National Meeting and Exposition taking place in Washington, DC from August 20th to 24th, 2017. Business Lead Max Perelman will...

Amanda M. Naaum, Robert Hanner, Steven Newmaster and the team at TRU-ID have been fighting to provide consumer confidence in the authenticity of food and natural health products for years....

Biomeme will be exhibiting at the 3rd qPCR & Digital PCR Congress on July 24-26, 2017 in Philadelphia. Bringing together industry and academic experts working in areas such as molecular...

Biomeme presented our portable, end-to-end real-time qPCR technology at the June Maker's Meetup at the Science Center in Philadelphia, PA on June 13th, 2017. The Makers Meetup brings together...

Our colleagues at Smith-Root, Inc. will be showcasing our eDNA technology at the 68th Annual Northwest Fish Culture Concepts workshop in Redding, CA from December 5th to December 7th, 2017. Read more...

Our colleagues at Smith-Root, Inc. will be showcasing our eDNA technology at the International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species. This conference will take place in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. from...

Biomeme and Smith-Root will be showcasing our environmental DNA (eDNA) technology at the American Fisheries Society Annual Meeting in Tampa, Fl from August 20th to August 24th, 2017. The American...

Smith-Root, Inc. will be showcasing our eDNA technology at the Western Fish Disease Workshop in Suquamish, WA from June 20th to June 22nd, 2017. Phong Nguyen, a Research Scientist at Smith-Root, will...

Biomeme is proud to announce that our company has been featured in the May issue of Nature Magazine! Founded in 1869, Nature is the leading weekly, international, interdisciplinary scientific...

Smith-Root, Inc., the leading researchers in fisheries conservation technology, brought electrofishing and environmental DNA (eDNA) testing technology out in the field in New Zealand. Patrick Cooney,...

If you are attending the 2017 Aquaculture America Exhibition in San Antonio, be sure to stop by our partner Smith-Root ‘s booth. Biomeme and Smith-Root have partnered to create a one-of-its-kind...

2016 has been one of Biomeme’s most memorable years yet. As a tribute to the progress we’ve made, we wanted to reflect on just few highlights from this past year. We invested in new talent As our...

Our partner at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, Dr. Peter Countway, is deploying Biomeme’s portable, real-time PCR technology in Antarctica on Anvers Island. Peter is the recipient of an award...

Raw oysters always draw a crowd – from “buck-a-shuck” happy hours, to oyster bars, and festivals celebrating the delicacy, these bivalves are celebrated for their unique taste and texture. They’re...

Savvy students turned sushi detectives to find out what’s really on the menu By Maria F. Chacon-Heszele, Ph.D Last month Biomeme teamed up with TechGirlz, a non-profit organization dedicated “to...

Biomeme is grateful to be honored with three awards in the Greater Philadelphia area. We're appreciative for the support from our local business and tech community. Learn more about our three awards...

Lyme disease is the most common disease spread by ticks in the Northern Hemisphere. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 329,000 people are found to have Lyme disease...

Fewer than 500 Siberian tigers are living in the wild. Also known as Amur tigers, these wild populations are dwindling at alarming rates. While conservationists continue to address human pressures...

Biomeme is excited to announce our newest partnership with Smith-Root, Inc. - the leading organization in fishery conservation technology. Smith-Root is integrating our device and data management...

Check out Biomeme's demonstration at NYC Tech Day 2016. We showcased our Fishy Fish test to thousands of citizen scientists! Biomeme's Fishy Fish test sought out to see what kind of fish our local...

Biomeme was part of the 4-month DreamIt Health 2013 accelerator program in Philadelphia 4-7/2013. Max presented the team's background and new product. While Max introduced Food Safety testing in...

Jesse vanWestrienen, Biomeme's co-founder and biology lead, presents the Biomeme platform at Ignite Philly 13. Biomeme started out by creating the first smartphone add-on capable of performing...

How Biomeme & String Theory High School are Teaming Up to Democratize DNA Analysis by Joe Morrison If you were to ask high school biology teachers across the country about using real-time PCR...

Or, Three Lessons Gleaned from “At The Bench: A Laboratory Navigator" by Joe Morrison My offer letter from Biomeme came with a qualification that read, “we’re not exactly sure what you’ll be doing,...

by Max Perelman I want to know… What’s in my gut – and did that yogurt actually do anything or is it just hype? What’s in my mouth – are they fighting or causing my cavities? Why am I such a risk...

I'm constantly asked, “Who is Biomeme’s customer?” While US human health is not our initial focus, this is where people's questioning always seem to center. So, for this post, I'll assume we're...

Max Perelman, Biomeme's co-founder and business lead, gives an update on Biomeme's progress since the company's July 2013 demo day in Philadelphia. Are you interested in running your own real-time...

No, I’m not. I’m an even worse husband. I quit my job, left my wife alone in Monterey with our 3yr old and 7yr old, with no family to help out and her own nearly full-time teaching job. On this...

Before I founded Biomeme, my wife called me frantically on a Saturday morning asking whether she should take our 3 yr old daughter to the doctor. She said there was a bad rash on her leg and she...