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Nines is a dynamic team applying world-class ML and AI expertise to the field of medicine.
Tute Genomics is a web-based, powerful solution for analyzing genetic sequencing data in a matter of minutes. Tute is robust, secure, professional-grade; a true web application that lives in the cloud and has the ability to analyze and annotate entire human genomes in a rapid and cost-effective way. What makes Tute stand out above the rest? Tute is built on ANNOVAR, the gold-standard in whole genome interpretation with already over 400 scientific citations. Tute pulls in 125+ annotation types, databases, and scores; more than any other analyses software. Tute can use your genome variant data in a variety of common formats (VCF, CG masterVar, and more) and uses proprietary machine-learning algorithms to rank each variant. For each genetic variant, Tute presents a human-readable annotation with links to external supporting evidence. Tute supports disease gene finding, biomarker discovery, pharmacogenetics and more.
BioAmber is a renewable chemistry company. We use agricultural crops and transform them into green chemicals that directly substitute chemicals derived from oil. BioAmber combines industrial biotechnology and chemical catalysis into a process that offers a better carbon footprint than petrochemicals. In addition to moving away from petroleum, our process consumes CO2, directly reducing greenhouse gas emissions and aiding in the fight against global warming. Bioamber is today the only producer of bio-succinic acid, a chemical building block used in a number of applications, such as plastics, polyurethane, solvents, personal care, plasticisers, etc.
Kezar co-founder Christopher Kirk, Ph.D. began his work on the unique function of the immunoproteasome at Proteolix in 2005, while working on the compound that would become the successful multiple myeloma drug KYPROLIS™ (carfilzomib). As VP of Research at Onyx Pharmaceuticals, which acquired Proteolix in 2009, Christopher led the efforts to develop the first selective inhibitors of the immunoproteasome and designed multiple studies demonstrating their profound immunomodulatory effects. In parallel with this work, Christopher and Kezar co-founder Jack Taunton, Ph.D. collaborated on several research projects involving protein secretion. This collaboration inspired a belief in the strong synergies between protein degradation and protein secretion, two fertile areas for drug discovery with platform potential. In 2014, Christopher and Kezar co-founder John Fowler began developing the business plan for Kezar, acting on a longstanding desire to work together and build a world-class company. In 2015, John and Christopher raised $23M and negotiated a worldwide, exclusive license agreement with Amgen for the Onyx immunoproteasome inhibitor patent estate. Now underway, John and Christopher are excited to leverage their complementary skill sets to build Kezar into a leader in small molecule drug development.
Evozyne is a data-driven evolution-based molecular engineering platform for building novel, application-specific proteins with advanced functionality.