News

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.

Recent News

09/14/2026

BRAINBox Solutions Announces Agreement with Prolight Diagnostics for Commercial Supply of Pyros® Devices for Delivery of BRAINBox Concussion Diagnostics/Prognostics at Point-of-Care

BRAINBox Solutions announced it has entered into an agreement with Prolight Diagnostics to supply its Psyros® instruments and cartridges for use in point-of-care (PoC) delivery of BRAINBox’s TBI diagnostic/prognostic tests for concussion (also known as mTBI or Acute Traumatic Encephalopathy). “This agreement is an important step towards commercialization of our solutions and reflects the successful

09/03/2026

Seppic announces the appointment of Virginie Cavalli as Chief Executive Officer

A subsidiary of Air Liquide Healthcare, Seppic designs, manufactures, and distributes a wide range of specialty ingredients used in cosmetics, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, veterinary products, and industrial applications. Nearly 900 employees support customers in 100 countries through the company’s subsidiaries and distributor network. With a degree from EMLyon school in business and financial strategy, Virginie Cavalli

09/01/2026

Andre Marshall to join National Science Foundation; Aurali Dade named Interim Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Economic Impact

Since joining George Mason in 2021, Marshall has played a pivotal role in advancing the university’s research enterprise and entrepreneurial ecosystem and strengthening the university’s reputation as a leading public R1 institution, including launching the Grand Challenge Initiative and empowering institute-driven initiatives like Nexus234 and the Virginia Climate Center. During Marshall’s tenure, George Mason expanded research activity and strategic partnerships,