TruGenomix Wins Southeast Life Sciences SE Color Pitch

The first SE Color Pitch event, hosted by Southeast Life Sciences, was held on June 24, 2021, featuring top minority-led, early-stage life science companies from the southeast United States.

The winner of the SE Color Pitch event, TruGenomix, which will receive the $10,000 prize, sponsored by Moderna. Presenting for TruGenomix was Charles Cathlin. CEO & Founder.

TruGenomix is a precision behavioral health company focused on advancing the diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our behavioral health platform incorporates our core products, TruGen-1and TruBase. TruGen-1 is a 1000 gene neuropsychiatric panel, designed in collaboration with Illumina, that includes our patented markers for PTSD predisposition. TruBase is our custom-built machine learning and bioinformatics engine, which is designed to support behavioral health research, clinical decision-making, and biomarker discovery.

See the presentation HERE.

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