Month: September 2023

Our Co-founder, Karl Schiller, will be presenting Pheronym’s technology at the THRIVE Hawaii AgriFood Summit, organized by SVG Ventures in Honolulu, Hawaii, from September 26-27.

This two-day event will feature leading experts on sustainable agriculture and aquaculture practices along with global corporate leaders on industry trends and innovation. The event will consist of keynote speeches, panel conversations, start-up pitches and more.

We are very excited to have the opportunity to present at this event.

Mark your calendars for September 26-27, 2023 and join us at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Our CEO, Dr. Kaplan, is presenting at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit 2023, organized by ReThink Events in London on September 26-27.

The event will bring together over 900 agribusinesses, farming co-operatives, CPGs, policy makers, investors, and start-ups to explore breakthrough innovations. Pheronym is honored to be one of the featured start-ups at this year’s start-up exhibition.

Join us in person from September 26-27 at the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London. 

This year Pheronym hosted its second UC Davis AI Institute Fellow. We were delighted to see how third-year undergraduate student Willow Jungling, developed skills to be an independent scientist. Like many undergraduate students, Willow did not have the opportunity for hands-on laboratory training in the past three years due to COVID-19 shutdowns. This summer was Willow’s first laboratory experience.

We were impressed by Willow’s enthusiasm for learning. She improved her skills so fast. For example, within four weeks of the fellowship, she was able to plan and start her own experiments relevant to AI Institute goals with guidance and feedback from all of us.

We were glad that our experiences were mutual. Here is what Willow wrote about her experience. “1- I enjoyed being in a hands-on learning environment. Being able to watch somebody complete an experiment and then replicate it on your own is an amazing learning experience. 2- I enjoyed the independence. After training for a while, I was able to be independent and work on my own for select experiments. I feel that this allowed me to grow my confidence working in a lab setting. 3- I enjoyed learning about in vitro and in vivo fermentation. Being able to work with both types has allowed me to see the pros and cons of each.”

We have loved watching her progress. We look forward to seeing Willow do great things.

This is our first step to scale-up the nematode pheromone manufacturing. We learned a lot from running this fermentation at ABPDU at Lawrence Berkeley Lab.  We are very grateful for such a supportive ecosystem.