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The omicron variant is spreading rapidly — but doctors note cases so far are not severe

Scientists are rushing to find answers, as omicron's mutational profile raises concerns.

Lab Manager

Nov 30, 2021

Trends in Lab Automation

Life science labs embrace AI and cloud computing.

Salon

Nov 09, 2021

Why the coronavirus is unlikely to mutate into something deadlier

The virus may have reached "peak fitness," experts say — here's what that means.

Salon

Oct 27, 2021

How worried should we be about the "delta plus" variant?

The variant is spreading across the UK – so Salon spoke to experts about whether the US could be next.

PR Newswire

Oct 14, 2021

Clear Labs Automated NGS Technology Platform (Clear Safety™) Approved by USDA’s National Poultry Improvement Plan for Salmonella Detection

Clear Safety™ Salmonella has been approved by the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP) for interim use in the detection of Salmonella. Established in the 1930s to provide a cooperative...

Salon

Oct 07, 2021

How the once-feared mu variant all but disappeared

The vaccine-resistant variant turned heads when it was discovered. It hasn't been detected anywhere for two weeks--

APHL Lab Matters

Sep 01, 2021

Clear Labs Shares Its 10 Considerations for Implementing NGS in a Post-Pandemic World

NGS-based technologies have played a significant role in public health, but such technologies have remained relatively inaccessible for a number of reasons. Subsequently, the COVID-19 pandemic...

Journal of Food Protection

Aug 24, 2021

Clear Labs Research Published in the Journal of Food Safety

In collaboration with the USDA, Clear Labs investigated how combining risk-based information with diagnostic tools can help poultry processors identify spread of #Salmonella, utilizing the...

Alldus

Aug 23, 2021

Clear Labs VP of Engineering Interviewed by Alldus “AI in Action” Podcast

VP of Engineering, Henrik Gehrmann, discusses the impact that data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence are making on our everyday lives, and how Clear Labs is contributing to...

Press Democrat

Jul 13, 2021

Sonoma County gets new tool to quickly detect COVID-19 mutations

With new COVID-19 cases on the rise and the more infectious delta variant spreading especially among unvaccinated people, Sonoma County public health officials have added a new weapon in the...

GenomeWeb

Jul 02, 2021

Clear Labs Develops SARS-CoV-2 Variant Monitoring Engine Using Rapid Sequencing Workflow

With a rapid, automated solution that incorporates Oxford Nanopore sequencing for diagnostics and surveillance, Clear Labs is growing its footprint in both applied and clinical markets.

PRWeb

May 26, 2021

Clear Labs Raises $60MM in Series C Financing to Accelerate Breakthrough Approach that Identifies Pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2 and Its Variants, in Real-Time

The financing was co-led by new investors Counterpoint Global (Morgan Stanley) and funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., with significant participation by existing...

Gothamist

Mar 31, 2021

How Coronavirus Variants Are Tracked: A Tour Inside NYC’s Genome Labs

Tracing the evolution of the coronavirus has taken over Anne-Catrin Uhlemann’s life. Formerly, the Columbia University researcher studied why drug-resistant bacteria often thrived inside...

Omaha World Herald

Mar 31, 2021

Nebraska Lab Uses New Gene Sequencer to Look for COVID-19 Mutations

A team of scientists at the Nebraska Public Health Laboratory in Omaha is using a new machine that can sequence the coronavirus’s entire genome to help track the movement of the virus in...

GEN

Mar 04, 2021

SARS-CoV-2 Under Surveillance

Sequencing information about the viral genome can be gathered so quickly—almost in real time—that it can power a dynamic public health response.

Biocentury

Feb 26, 2021

How variant surveillance could drive a sequencing boom

The push to keep up with COVID-19 variants could be the inflection point that turns genomic sequencing from a sophisticated technique into a widely accessible tool, with companies in the...

PRWeb

Jan 27, 2021

Clear Labs Launches Groundbreaking Solution for Enhanced Screening and Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and its Mutations

Leader in Next-Generation Sequencing Automation Workflow Solutions Delivers First Turn-key Solution for Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) of COVID-19

MDisrupt

Jan 05, 2021

Clear Labs Recognized as One of 10 Companies to Watch

The fully-automated platform has major implications for monitoring and surveillance applications, particularly now as novel mutated strains of the virus emerge

PRWeb

Oct 29, 2020

Jeff Field Joins Clear Labs as Chief Commercial Officer

Healthcare industry veteran with deep experience in NGS will lead development and scaling of Clear Labs’ signature products, Clear Safety and Clear Dx.

PRWeb

Sep 24, 2020

Clear Labs Granted EUA by FDA for SARS-CoV-2 Novel Descriptive Diagnostic

NGS-enabled platform tracks infection clusters for contact tracing and monitors emerging mutations, combining once separate aspects of screening and genomic surveillance

PR Web

May 14, 2020

Clear Labs Raises $18M; Plans to Expand Application of Automated Next-Generation Sequencing Platform to COVID-19 Diagnostics

Company’s novel characterizing diagnostic could significantly improve testing rates, results, and ability to trace the virus.

GenomeWeb

May 14, 2020

Clear Labs Will Launch Diagnostic Nanopore Sequencing COVID-19 Assay

The company submitted for Emergency Use Authorization to the US Food and Drug Administration last week.

Thrive AgiFood

Mar 25, 2020

Clear Labs Again Lands on the Thrive Top 50 Report, an Annual Ranking of Leading AgTech and FoodTech Companies

The San Carlos, California company has made the list for the third year in a row, which exemplifies the best in agriculture and food-focused innovation.

Forbes

Mar 10, 2020

Clear Labs Named to Forbes’ America's Best Startup Employers Ranking

The list was compiled by evaluating 2,500 American businesses with at least 50 employees on three criteria: employer reputation, employee satisfaction and growth.

PRWeb

Jan 08, 2020

Clear Labs Moves Headquarters, Expanding Office and R&D Space to Support Rapid Growth

Clear Labs today announced that the company has relocated its headquarters to 1559 Industrial Road, San Carlos, California 94070 in order to support its growth plans.

Food Safety Tech

Jan 06, 2020

2020 Expectations: More Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Technology Advances in Food Safety Testing

In addition, technology will play an even larger role in how the food industry manages its supply chain this year.

Food Dive

Nov 11, 2019

Accuracy in food safety: Why good enough isn't good enough

When evaluating food safety solutions, accuracy should be the most important variable in the equation.

PRWeb

Sep 24, 2019

Clear Labs’ Clear Safety Platform Receives AOAC Certification for Listeria Testing

Official Approval from Leading Accreditation Group Follows the Recent Addition of Listeria testing and Environmental Mapping™ capabilities to the Clear Safety™ platform

Food Safety Tech

Sep 18, 2019

Beyond the Results: What Can Testing Teach Us?

The value of next-generation food safety technology goes beyond squashing outbreaks within facilities.

GenomeWeb

Jul 25, 2019

Integrated DNA Technologies, Clear Labs Ink Supply Agreement for Food Safety Testing

Integrated DNA Technologies of Coralville, Iowa,said today that it has signed a multi-year agreement with Menlo Park, California-based Clear Labs to act as the primary supplier of...

Food Industry Executive

Jul 23, 2019

Clear Labs Announces Listeria Testing, Persistence Monitoring, and Environmental Mapping Powered by Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)

Clear Safety connects Listeria screening, subtyping, persistence monitoring, and mapping software in one unified platform.

The Packer

Jul 22, 2019

Clear Labs adds listeria testing, mapping capabilities

Clear Labs, Menlo Park, Calif., has new listeria testing and environmental mapping capabilities on its Clear Safety platform, a rapid detection method that reduces the time needed to pinpoint...

GenomeWeb

Jul 22, 2019

Clear Labs Announces Clear Safety Listeria, Environmental Mapping Testing

Menlo Park, California-based Clear Labs has launched new Listeria testing and environmental mapping capabilities on its Clear Safety next-generation sequencing platform.

The Feed Blog

May 30, 2019

Tyson Ventures Invests in Clear Labs Tech to Advance Food Safety

Clear Labs’ focus on food safety, speed and accuracy makes sense to the venture capital arm of the meat processing company and forms part of core investment strategy.

Food Dive

Apr 12, 2019

Tyson's VC arm invests in Clear Labs food safety tech

Tyson Foods' venture firm is branching its investments out. The fund has put money into alternative meat and protein companies that could be the future for its core business. With this new...

Bloomberg

Apr 11, 2019

Tyson Ventures Invests in Food Safety Testing Firm Clear Labs

Tyson Ventures has already made splashes buying stakes in alternative protein companies. Now, the venture capital arm of giant Tyson Foods Inc. is betting the meat industry will beef up its...

GenomeWeb

Mar 25, 2019

Clear Labs Turns to Nanopore Sequencing for Food Safety Testing

Having inked a distribution partnership with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT), food testing and analytics startup Clear Labs plans to offer a next-generation sequencing-based platform to...

AgFunder News

Mar 25, 2019

Clear Labs & Oxford Nanopore Team up to Offer Rapid Result Food Safety Testing Technology

Food recalls are becoming common fodder in the news, from rubber pieces in chicken nuggets to multi-state outbreaks of salmonella-contaminated beef. Each year, food safety outbreaks cause 9.4...

PRWeb

Mar 25, 2019

Clear Labs and Oxford Nanopore Announce Distribution Agreement for Rapid, Intelligent Food Safety Testing

Clear Safety leverages Oxford Nanopore’s GridION technology for rapid pathogen screening purpose-built for food safety testing.

Food Safety Magazine

Mar 25, 2019

Clear Labs Announces Partnership with Oxford Nanopore

Clear Labs has announced a North American distribution agreement with Oxford Nanopore. Clear Labs’ flagship product Clear Safety will leverage Oxford Nanopore’s GridION DNA sequencing...

GenomeWeb

Mar 25, 2019

Clear Labs, Oxford Nanopore Ink North American Distribution Agreement for Food Safety Testing

Food testing and analytics startup Clear Labs said today that it has signed a US distribution agreement with Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) for rapid food-based pathogen screening technology.

Quality Assurance & Food Safety

Mar 04, 2019

Clear Labs Releases New Clear Safety Feature; Adds Robach to Board of Directors

Clear Labs has released a new feature on its NGS platform, Clear Safety – Salmonella serotyping enabling food safety professionals to detect up to 40 unique Salmonella serotypes in an enriched...

The Packer

Feb 26, 2019

Food Safety expert Michael Robach joins Clear Labs' board of directors

Michael Robach has joined Clear Labs’ board of directors. Robach has more than 40 years of experience in the food industry, most recently as vice president of corporate food safety, quality...

PRWeb

Feb 21, 2019

Clear Labs Welcomes Michael Robach to Board of Directors

Former VP, Corporate Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Affairs at Cargill and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Global Food Safety Initiative brings deep industry expertise and...

WATT Ag Net

Feb 21, 2019

Clear Labs Clear Safety platform with serotyping capabilities

Clear Labs, the only automated and intelligent NGS platform purpose-built for food safety testing, announced it is including serotyping capabilities on its Clear Safety platform. Food safety...

GenomeWeb

Feb 21, 2019

Clear Labs Releases Serotyping Update for its Clear Safety NGS Platform

According to the firm, food safety professionals can now detect up to 40 unique Salmonella serotypes in an enriched sample in about 24 hours.

Food Industry Executive

Feb 19, 2019

Clear Labs Announces Salmonella Serotyping Capabilities Powered by Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)

Clear Safety platform now enables food safety professionals to capture significantly more data from one test, improve accuracy, and dramatically reduce time from insight-to-decision.

Grub Street

Jan 09, 2019

Do You Know What’s in Your Salad’s DNA?

New technology promises to tell us everything about the food we eat.

Food Quality and Safety

Dec 17, 2018

Can NGS Be a Replacement for PCR?

As the industry becomes complacent with current tools, safety systems are in need of new, intelligent innovation. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which has been a popular method for detecting...

FoodNavigator

Dec 10, 2018

How next-generation sequencing will impact your food safety program

It is impossible to ignore next-generation sequencing (NGS) in the food industry. It is no longer just a buzzword – it’s changing food safety as we know it. By leveraging the power of NGS,...

PRWeb

Dec 04, 2018

Clear Labs’ Clear Safety Receives AOAC Certification for Salmonella Testing

Clear Labs, the only automated and intelligent next-generation sequencing (NGS) platform purpose-built for food safety testing, today announced that its flagship product, Clear Safety, has...

Food Safety Magazine

Dec 04, 2018

Clear Labs Earns AOAC Certification for Salmonella Testing

Clear Labs has announced that its flagship product, Clear Safety, has received AOAC Performance Tested certification for Salmonella enterica testing, license number #111802.

FoodNavigator

Nov 02, 2018

‘We can effectively eliminate recalls’: Clear Labs eyes $100bn food safety opportunity

Clear Labs thinks it has a big role to play in the future of food safety. The company has just completed a $21m finding round and is gearing up for growth.

PRWeb

Oct 30, 2018

Clear Labs Raises $21M Series B2 to Expand Clear Safety, World’s Only Automated NGS Platform for Routine Pathogen Testing

Clear Labs, the only automated and intelligent NGS platform purpose-built for food safety testing, today announced the close of $21M in funding. The Series B2 was led by Menlo Ventures, with...

Food Dive

Oct 30, 2018

Clear Labs closes $21M funding round to advance food safety solutions

Food safety testing has become big business as manufacturers try to avoid the negative fallout of a potential recall. The average cost of a recall can be as much as $10 million if brand damage...

GenomeWeb

Oct 30, 2018

Food Testing Firm Clear Labs Closes $21M Series B2 Round

Food testing and analytics firm Clear Labs announced today that it has raised $21 million in a Series B2 financing round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures and included Wing VC, Dentsu...

AgFunder News

Oct 30, 2018

Clear Labs Raises $21m in Series B-2 Funding to Make Food Safety Testing Quicker and Cheaper

Clear Labs, a Californian startup using next-generation sequencing (NGS) to test food for dangerous pathogens like Salmonella, has raised $21 million in an extension to its Series B round. The...

GenomeWeb

Oct 30, 2018

Food Testing Firm Clear Labs Closes $21M Series B2 Round

Food testing and analytics firm Clear Labs announced today that it has raised $21 million in a Series B2 financing round. The round was led by Menlo Ventures and included Wing VC, Dentsu...

Food Dive

Oct 26, 2018

Why whole genome sequencing is not the right tool for routine pathogen testing

A misconception has run amok in the food safety industry. You’ve likely heard the terms “whole genome sequencing” and “next-generation sequencing” a lot lately. It’s common even for...

Food Safety Tech

Oct 05, 2018

The Power of Advanced NGS Technology in Routine Pathogen Testing

The use of NGS represents a seismic shift in the food safety world. It changes the age-old food microbiology question from: “Is this specific microbe in my sample?” to “what is the...

FoodNavigator

Jul 11, 2018

‘A new era in food safety’: Clear Labs wants to disrupt the food safety sector

Food safety specialist Clear Labs has unveiled what it describes as âthe first automated systemâ for routine pathogen testing that takes advantage of âadvanced DNA sequencing and...

Food Safety Tech

Jul 09, 2018

Will Next-Generation Sequencing Dethrone PCR?

Clear Safety, a new NGS platform from Clear Labs, aims to go head-to-head with PCR, as it is touted to be on par with cost and turnaround time but provides more accuracy and targets multiple...

Food Safety Tech

Jun 27, 2018

The Future of Food Safety: A Q&A with Cargill’s Mike Robach

Continuing on our journey to bring you the successes, best practices, challenges and accomplishments from the very best in this industry, this month I had the pleasure of interviewing Mike...

Forbes

Jun 27, 2018

The 25 Most Innovative AgTech Startups In 2018

Forbes has taken to the fields and phones to come up with the top 25 most innovative startups in the ag-tech space. Just as we did last year, we surveyed the agricultural technology landscape by...

Food Industry Executive

Jun 05, 2018

Advancing Food Safety Testing with Next-Generation Sequencing: An Interview with Clear Labs’ Mahni Ghorashi

Clear Labs, a Silicon Valley startup, is seeking to change that by replacing the traditional method of routine safety testing with next-generation sequencing (NGS). The company recently launched...

Food Safety Tech

May 23, 2018

The Future of Food Safety: A Q&A with Walmart’s Frank Yiannas

Continuing on our journey to bring you the successes, best practices, challenges and accomplishments from the very best in this industry, this month I had the pleasure of interviewing Frank...

Food Safety Tech

May 15, 2018

Pilot Program Aims to Advance NGS to a Routine Pathogen Testing Platform

Clear Labs is working to bring industry a platform that uses DNA sequencing, bioinformatics and robotics, while being competitive with the turnaround times and cost of PCR.

Food Industry Executive

May 15, 2018

Clear Labs Launches Pilot Program to Usher in a New Era of Routine Food Safety Testing

Clear Labs, the only automated and intelligent platform purpose-built for food safety testing, today announced the launch of a pilot program that will bring a routine pathogen testing platform...

Food Safety Tech

Apr 10, 2018

The Future of Food Safety: A Q&A with Mars, Inc.

For our first interview, I had the pleasure of interviewing Bob Baker, corporate food safety science and capability director at Mars, Inc.. Bob leads the corporate food safety science strategy...

Food Safety Magazine

Nov 06, 2017

Technology’s Role in Eradicating Foodborne Illness

Food recalls cost an average of $15 million per incident and cause significant harm to brands’ reputation and credibility. They can also cause significant harm to individuals. In the U.S....

Food Safety Magazine

Sep 26, 2017

Food Safety Matters Podcast Interviews Mike Taylor Former FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine

Mr. Taylor currently a senior fellow at the Meridian Institute, an advisor to the Food and Society Program at the Aspen Institute, and a board member of both STOP Foodborne Illness...

Food Safety Tech

Sep 20, 2017

NGS in Food Safety: Seeing What Was Never Before Possible

Over the last 30 years, multiple technology transitions have occurred to improve food safety. Now, NGS offers an unprecedented opportunity to protect against likely threats in food...

Project Nosh

Aug 30, 2017

Clear Labs Lands $16M to Improve Food Safety

Developments in food technology are altering more than just product innovation. Using next-generation proprietary technology based on DNA sequencing and data management...

San Francisco Chronicle

Aug 15, 2017

What’s in my food? DNA sequencing, blockchain provide closer look

Looking at food at the molecular level helps Clear Labs answer questions that plague retailers, manufacturers and consumers.

Forbes

Jun 28, 2017

The 25 Most Innovative Ag-Tech Startups

From irrigation hardware engineered to beat the drought to biotechnology startups cultivating future cash crops, Forbes has identified the 25 most innovative pieces of burgeoning technology...

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Omicron variant confirmed in southeast Nebraska

Salon

The omicron variant is spreading rapidly — but doctors note cases so far are not severe

Lab Manager

Trends in Lab Automation

Salon

Why the coronavirus is unlikely to mutate into something deadlier

Salon

How worried should we be about the "delta plus" variant?

PR Newswire

Clear Labs Automated NGS Technology Platform (Clear Safety™) Approved by USDA’s National Poultry Improvement Plan for Salmonella Detection

Salon

How the once-feared mu variant all but disappeared

APHL Lab Matters

Clear Labs Shares Its 10 Considerations for Implementing NGS in a Post-Pandemic World

Journal of Food Protection

Clear Labs Research Published in the Journal of Food Safety

Alldus

Clear Labs VP of Engineering Interviewed by Alldus “AI in Action” Podcast

Press Democrat

Sonoma County gets new tool to quickly detect COVID-19 mutations

GenomeWeb

Clear Labs Develops SARS-CoV-2 Variant Monitoring Engine Using Rapid Sequencing Workflow

PRWeb

Clear Labs Raises $60MM in Series C Financing to Accelerate Breakthrough Approach that Identifies Pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2 and Its Variants, in Real-Time

Gothamist

How Coronavirus Variants Are Tracked: A Tour Inside NYC’s Genome Labs

Omaha World Herald

Nebraska Lab Uses New Gene Sequencer to Look for COVID-19 Mutations

GEN

SARS-CoV-2 Under Surveillance

Biocentury

How variant surveillance could drive a sequencing boom

PRWeb

Clear Labs Launches Groundbreaking Solution for Enhanced Screening and Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 and its Mutations

MDisrupt

Clear Labs Recognized as One of 10 Companies to Watch

PRWeb

Jeff Field Joins Clear Labs as Chief Commercial Officer

PRWeb

Clear Labs Granted EUA by FDA for SARS-CoV-2 Novel Descriptive Diagnostic

PR Web

Clear Labs Raises $18M; Plans to Expand Application of Automated Next-Generation Sequencing Platform to COVID-19 Diagnostics

GenomeWeb

Clear Labs Will Launch Diagnostic Nanopore Sequencing COVID-19 Assay

Thrive AgiFood

Clear Labs Again Lands on the Thrive Top 50 Report, an Annual Ranking of Leading AgTech and FoodTech Companies

Forbes

Clear Labs Named to Forbes’ America's Best Startup Employers Ranking

PRWeb

Clear Labs Moves Headquarters, Expanding Office and R&D Space to Support Rapid Growth

Food Safety Tech

2020 Expectations: More Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Technology Advances in Food Safety Testing

Food Dive

Accuracy in food safety: Why good enough isn't good enough

PRWeb

Clear Labs’ Clear Safety Platform Receives AOAC Certification for Listeria Testing

Food Safety Tech

Beyond the Results: What Can Testing Teach Us?

GenomeWeb

Integrated DNA Technologies, Clear Labs Ink Supply Agreement for Food Safety Testing

Food Industry Executive

Clear Labs Announces Listeria Testing, Persistence Monitoring, and Environmental Mapping Powered by Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS)

The Packer

Clear Labs adds listeria testing, mapping capabilities

GenomeWeb

Clear Labs Announces Clear Safety Listeria, Environmental Mapping Testing

The Feed Blog

Tyson Ventures Invests in Clear Labs Tech to Advance Food Safety

Food Dive

Tyson's VC arm invests in Clear Labs food safety tech

Bloomberg