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January 3, 2023

Precision Medicine World Conference 2023

Clear Labs CSO and COO Ramin Khaksar to Present at the PMWC 2023 Sequencing Technologies Showcase

Clear Labs' Dr. Ramin Khaksar, will be presenting on 1/27/2023 at 1:30pm PT on "Automated Pathogen-Agnostic, Isolate Whole Genome Sequencing".

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December 1, 2022

Health Tech World

28 Health Tech Innovations Which are Truly Changing Healthcare

Who is having a real impact on healthcare and digital health? Which innovations will positively affect healthcare in 2023? Here’s the Health Tech World longlist of some of the most prominent...

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November 11, 2022

Genome Web

Clear Labs Pushing Automated Whole-Genome Sequencing Into Clinical Market for Infection Control

During the pandemic, Clear Labs expanded the market for its automated sequencing system from environmental pathogen detection in the food industry to SARS-CoV-2 surveillance and wastewater...

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October 20, 2022

BioProcess International

From Immigrant to Entrepreneur: Lessons Learned in Building an Innovative Business

As an entrepreneur, I stepped away from a fulfilling position in a large and established company to go out on my own and build something new. My decision to leave the advanced research...

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October 19, 2022

Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) News

State of the industry 2022: Molecular diagnostics

The 2022 Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) State of the Industry (SOI) survey on molecular diagnostics revealed some intriguing insights on the use of molecular testing by U.S. labs for COVID-19...

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October 11, 2022

PRWeb

Clear Labs to Present at IDWeek on Role of Whole Genome Sequencing in Hospitals

Clear Labs announced plans to attend key events in October that are focused on microbiology, pathogen surveillance, and outbreak management, including sponsoring and presenting at this year’s...

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August 16, 2022

npj Science of Food

The Power, Potential, Benefits, and Challenges of Implementing High-Throughput Sequencing in Food Safety Systems

The paper presents a review of recent advances in high-throughput sequencing (HTS) and its impacts on the food industry and three U.S. federal agencies: CDC, FDA, and USDA FSIS.

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August 2, 2022

Clear Labs

Clear Safety Salmonella: Automated Targeted NGS Detection and Serotyping from Sample Enrichment

This IAFP scientific poster presented how Clear Safety Salmonella uses an automated NGS-based platform to detect Salmonella and identify the most common serotypes from sample enrichments.

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July 27, 2022

PRWeb

Clear Labs to Present at IAFP Annual Meeting of 4,000 Global Food Safety Experts

Clear Labs will present a scientific poster that showcases the power of sequencing for detecting Salmonella and identifying the most common serotypes.

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July 25, 2022

PRWeb

Clear Labs to Lead Session on Whole Genome Sequencing at AACC Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago

Clear Labs, an innovator in next-generation sequencing, showcases solutions at premier global scientific technologies event.

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July 11, 2022

PRWeb

Clear Labs Expands Leadership Team with Appointment of Edward Fan as Chief Financial Officer

Clear Labs, an NGS innovator, hires healthcare finance leader to support the mission to liberate genomics to all.

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June 22, 2022

PMWC

Clear Labs CSO Speaks at Genomic Profiling Showcase

Dr. Ramin Khaksar, Chief Scientific Officer and Chief Operating Officer, will be speaking at the Precision Medicine World Conference on June 29th 2022 - 4.15pm PST - Track 7.

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June 8, 2022

Food Navigator

How next-gen sequencing tech is advancing food safety testing technologies

As the food industry champions full transparency, genomics testing provider Clear Labs has developed surveillance to increase accuracy and efficiency in food safety diagnostics.

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June 7, 2022

PRWeb

Clear Labs to Address NGS for Near Real-Time Surveillance and Outbreak Response at ASM Microbe 2022 in Washington, D.C.

Clear Labs CSO and COO Ramin Khaksar is leading a session about the value of Near Real-Time Surveillance for Outbreak Response, while CEO Sasan Amini will join Dr. Khaksar at the close of the...

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June 6, 2022

Ingredients Network

Automation meets advanced technology to maximize food safety

Food safety testing technologies, such as Clear Labs' automation and next-generation sequencing methods, are instrumental to building industry transparency, consumer confidence, and detecting...

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May 31, 2022

The Tech Tribune

The Tech Tribune Nominated Clear Labs to be One of the 2022 Best Tech Startups in San Carlos

Clear Labs was found in 2014. With a novel approach, Clear Labs is helping the world better understand, track and mitigate tomorrow’s novel pathogens.

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May 31, 2022

The Tech Tribune

Clear Labs CEO Sasan Amini is Profiled by The Tech Tribune

Sasan shares his startup entrepreneur experiences, challenges, and how he grew Clear Lab to be one of Tech Tribune’s 2022 Best Tech Startups in San Carlos.

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May 19, 2022

APHL Press Release

Clear Labs Presents New Science at the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) Annual Conference

Clear Labs' experts in automated next-generation sequencing workflow solutions presented a scientific poster, panel, and lecture on novel technologies for pathogen and public health surveillance.

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April 28, 2022

CBS News

COVID Detectives: A look inside Bay Area lab hunting for new variants of COVID

Clear Labs CEO Sasan Amini talks to CBS about the increasingly important role of genomics and how our next-generation sequencing technology is helping public health labs continue to understand...

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April 28, 2022

Medical Laboratory Observer (MLO) News

The impact of next-gen sequencing on tracking SARS-CoV-2 variants

How ClearDx helps public health to detect the COVID19 variants and improves sequencing workflows

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April 28, 2022

Food Quality and Safety

How Advances in Food Testing Technology Help Fight SARS-CoV-2

A new article in Food Quality and Safety describes how innovations in automating genomics developed for food testing were used to fight the SARS-CoV-2 global pandemic.

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April 19, 2022

Clear Labs White Paper

Comparison of Clear Safety Listeria with Conventional Methodologies for Listeria Detection and Speciation

A new white paper describes how Clear Safety Listeria and qPCR achieved 100% accuracy in detection while ELISA-1 (28.6% false negative rate) and ELISA-2 (23.8% false negative rate) failed to...

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March 31, 2022

Clear Labs White Paper

The Clear DX Rapid, Fully Automated Whole Genome Sequencing Platform for SARS-CoV-2 Detection and Genomic Surveillance

This new technical publication details the Clear Dx WGS SARS-CoV-2 application, automation and software that provides complete characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

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March 21, 2022

Xtalks

Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing in the Ever-Evolving Age of COVID-19 Webinar on April 5

Clear Labs' Sasan Amini and Nebraska Public Health Laboratory's Baha Abdalhamid discuss Clear Dx technology for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance.

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March 10, 2022

Xtalks

The Advantages and Challenges of Next Generation Sequencing in Food Safety Testing

Clear Labs’s CEO, Sasan Amini, discusses solutions to manage microbial contamination in food manufacturing.

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March 10, 2022

Xtalks

Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing in the Ever-Evolving Age of COVID-19

Clear Labs is excited to offer a free webinar beginning 4/5/22 that features a case study from Nebraska on SARS-CoV-2 variant tracking.

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March 9, 2022

BioPharm International

The Next Step For COVID-19 Vaccines

New technologies in development help tackle COVID-19 and its assorted variants.

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March 2, 2022

AGDaily

2022 list of top 50 agtech and FoodTech companies is released

Clear Labs is one of the top 50 FoodTech companies, according to SVG Ventures THRIVE FoodTech Reports.

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March 1, 2022

PRWeb

Clear Labs’ Real-Time Technology Solution Supports Half of U.S. Public Health Labs in Identifying SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Leader in automated next-generation sequencing solutions provides rapid detection of COVID-19 variants for more than 50% of state public health labs

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February 23, 2022

PRWeb

Food Safety Testing with the Power of Fully Automated Sequencing, Upcoming Webinar Hosted by Xtalks

In this free webinar, learn how genomic diagnostic and software tools offer a deeper understanding of microbial contamination in food manufacturing.

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February 8, 2022

Xtalks

Food Safety Testing with the Power of Fully Automated Sequencing

Clear Labs is proud to present this new webinar focused on advancements in food safety testing.

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January 31, 2022

La Crosse Tribune

Senators Baldwin, Cassidy Introduce Tracking Pathogens Act to Prepare for Future Pandemics

The Tracking Pathogens Act would enhance the US's ability to prepare for future pandemics and strengthen efforts to identify new viral threats.

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January 6, 2022

Healthline

What to Know About the New Isolation Guidelines from the CDC

Isolation restrictions for people who test positive for COVID-19, yet remain asymptomatic, were reduced from 10 to only 5 days.

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January 6, 2022

Meat+Poultry

Establishing barriers

There is no doubt that Listeria is a significant threat to food safety.

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January 1, 2022

BioPharm International

What’s Next for COVID-19 Vaccines and Variants?

Although mRNA and viral vector vaccines have been top of mind for COVID-19 treatments, other technologies and treatments are emerging—along with new variants.

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December 21, 2021

MedCity News

The power of Next Generation Sequencing in management of the pandemic and future outbreaks

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a laser focus to the critical and immediate need for next-generation sequencing tools.

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December 14, 2021

PRWeb

Clear Labs Appoints Three Innovators in Microbiology and Diagnostics to Leadership Team

The company announced the expansion of its leadership team with the appointments of Darshna Tanna as Vice President of Product Portfolio, Scott Carlucci as Vice President of Customer Success and...

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December 4, 2021

PubMed Central

COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Hospitalizations and Deaths in the Veterans Health Administration

A paper that reports Veterans Health Administration (VHA) breakthrough cases, focusing on hospitalizations and deaths.

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December 4, 2021

WISN 12

Milwaukee Health Department testing for omicron variant, but haven't seen it yet

95% of genomic sequencing samples from people sick with COVID-19 in Milwaukee area showing delta variant.

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December 3, 2021

WOWT 6 News

Omicron variant confirmed in southeast Nebraska

Dr. Peter Iwen and Dr. Baha Abdalhamid at NPHL identified the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 using the Clear Labs next-generation whole-genome sequencer and the identification was made available...

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December 2, 2021

KETV Omaha

An inside look at the Nebraska public health lab testing for SARS-CoV-2 variants

Clear Labs supports Nebraska Public Health Dept with its #ClearDx platform, enabling detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants.

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November 30, 2021

Lab Manager

Trends in Lab Automation

Life science labs embrace AI and cloud computing.

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November 30, 2021

Salon

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.

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November 9, 2021

Salon

Why the coronavirus is unlikely to mutate into something deadlier 

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

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October 27, 2021

Salon

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.

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October 14, 2021

PR Newswire

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...

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October 7, 2021

Salon

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--

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September 1, 2021

APHL Lab Matters

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...

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August 24, 2021

Journal of Food Protection

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...

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August 23, 2021

Alldus

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...

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July 13, 2021

Press Democrat

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...

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July 2, 2021

GenomeWeb

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.

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May 26, 2021

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

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...

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March 31, 2021

Gothamist

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...

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March 31, 2021

Omaha World Herald

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...

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March 4, 2021

GEN

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.

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February 26, 2021

Biocentury

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...

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January 27, 2021

PRWeb

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

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January 5, 2021

MDisrupt

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

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October 29, 2020

PRWeb

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.

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September 24, 2020

PRWeb

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

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May 14, 2020

PR Web

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.

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May 14, 2020

GenomeWeb

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.

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March 25, 2020

Thrive AgiFood

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.

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March 10, 2020

Forbes

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.

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January 8, 2020

PRWeb

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.

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January 6, 2020

Food Safety Tech

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.

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November 11, 2019

Food Dive

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.

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September 24, 2019

PRWeb

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

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September 18, 2019

Food Safety Tech

Beyond the Results: What Can Testing Teach Us?

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

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July 25, 2019

GenomeWeb

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...

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July 23, 2019

Food Industry Executive

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.

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July 22, 2019

GenomeWeb

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.

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July 22, 2019

The Packer

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...

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May 30, 2019

The Feed Blog

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.

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April 12, 2019

Food Dive

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...

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April 11, 2019

Bloomberg

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...

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March 25, 2019

Food Safety Magazine

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...

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March 25, 2019

GenomeWeb

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...

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March 25, 2019

AgFunder News

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...

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March 25, 2019

PRWeb

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.

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March 25, 2019

GenomeWeb

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.

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March 4, 2019

Quality Assurance & Food Safety

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...

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February 26, 2019

The Packer

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...

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February 21, 2019

GenomeWeb

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.

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February 21, 2019

WATT Ag Net

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...

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February 21, 2019

PRWeb

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...

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February 19, 2019

Food Industry Executive

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.

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January 9, 2019

Grub Street

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

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

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December 17, 2018

Food Quality and Safety

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...

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December 10, 2018

FoodNavigator

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,...

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December 4, 2018

Food Safety Magazine

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.

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December 4, 2018

PRWeb

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...

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November 2, 2018

FoodNavigator

‘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.

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October 30, 2018

Food Dive

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...

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October 30, 2018

GenomeWeb

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...

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October 30, 2018

GenomeWeb

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...

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October 30, 2018

AgFunder News

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...

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Oct 30, 2018

PRWeb

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...

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October 26, 2018

Food Dive

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...

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October 5, 2018

Food Safety Tech

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...

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July 11, 2018

FoodNavigator

‘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...

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July 9, 2018

Food Safety Tech

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...

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June 27, 2018

Forbes

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...

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June 27, 2018

Food Safety Tech

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...

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June 5, 2018

Food Industry Executive

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...

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May 23, 2018

Food Safety Tech

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...

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May 15, 2018

Food Safety Tech

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.

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May 15, 2018

Food Industry Executive

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...

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April 10, 2018

Food Safety Tech

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...

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November 6, 2017

Food Safety Magazine

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....

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September 26, 2017

Food Safety Magazine

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...

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September 20, 2017

Food Safety Tech

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...

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August 30, 2017

Project Nosh

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...

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August 15, 2017

San Francisco Chronicle

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.

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June 28, 2017

Forbes

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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