Nebula Genomics

Type| Private
Industry| Biotechnology
Personal Genomics
Founded| 2018
Founder| George Church
Dennis Grishin
Kamal Obbad
Headquarters|

San Francisco, California

Services| Genetic testing
Whole-genome sequencing
Website| www.nebula.org

Nebula Genomics is a personal genomics company based in San Francisco, California. It offers a whole-genome sequencing service.[1][2]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Technology
* 3 Awards
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## History

Nebula Genomics was co-founded in 2018 by George Church, geneticist at Harvard Medical School.[3][4] In August 2018, Nebula Genomics announced a seed funding round of $4.3 million led by Khosla Ventures.[5][6] In September 2019, the company launched the first anonymous genetic testing service.[7] In February 2020, Nebula Genomics began offering high-coverage whole-genome sequencing for $299 internationally.[8] The service also requires a subscription to Nebula Explore. Which makes the total cost of 499$.[9]

## Technology

Nebula Genomics develops technologies to enable controllable, transparent and secure genomic data sharing.[10] It is also developing approaches for privacy-preserving analysis of genomic datasets.[11][12]

## Awards

In 2019, Nebula Genomics won the “Best-in-Show” award at the SXSW Pitch competition, part of the South by Southwest festival.[13]

## References

1. ↑ "Startup Offers To Sequence Your Genome Free Of Charge, Then Let You Profit From It" (in en). https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/11/15/667946213/startup-offers-to-sequence-your-genome-free-of-charge-then-let-you-profit-from-i.
2. ↑ Purdy, Chase. "Everyday people can now map their genomes and maybe keep their privacy" (in en). https://qz.com/1467046/nebula-genomics-aims-to-map-peoples-genomes-protect-privacy/.
3. ↑ Mullin, Emily. "This new company wants to sequence your genome and let you share it on a blockchain" (in en-US). https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610221/this-new-company-wants-to-sequence-your-genome-and-let-you-share-it-on-a-blockchain/.
4. ↑ "In startup, George Church bets cryptocurrency will boost DNA sequencing" (in en-US). 2018-02-07. https://www.statnews.com/2018/02/07/george-church-cryptocurrency-genome-sequencing/.
5. ↑ "George Church's genetics on the blockchain startup just raised $4.3 million from Khosla" (in en-US). http://social.techcrunch.com/2018/08/29/george-churchs-genetics-on-the-blockchain-startup-just-raised-4-3-million-from-khosla/.
6. ↑ "Nebula Genomics Raises $4.3M, Partners With Veritas" (in en-us). https://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/nebula-genomics-raises-43m-partners-veritas.
7. ↑ "You Can Soon Get Your DNA Sequenced Anonymously" (in en). Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. https://www.wired.com/story/you-can-soon-get-your-dna-sequenced-anonymously/.
8. ↑ Mullin, Emily (2020-02-20). "The Price of DNA Sequencing Dropped From $2.7 Billion to $300 in Less Than 20 Years" (in en). https://onezero.medium.com/the-price-of-dna-sequencing-dropped-from-2-7-billion-to-300-in-less-than-20-years-f5e07c2f18b4.
9. ↑ "The Price of DNA Sequencing". https://portal.nebula.org/cart/nebula-30x.
10. ↑ Grishin, Dennis; Obbad, Kamal; Church, George M. (2019). "Data privacy in the age of personal genomics" (in en). Nature Biotechnology 37 (10): 1115–1117. doi:10.1038/s41587-019-0271-3. ISSN 1546-1696. PMID 31537915. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-019-0271-3.
11. ↑ Grishin, Dennis; Raisaro, Jean Louis; Troncoso-Pastoriza, Juan Ramón; Obbad, Kamal; Quinn, Kevin; Misbach, Mickaël; Gollhardt, Jared; Sa, Joao et al. (2019-10-10). "Citizen-Centered, Auditable, and Privacy-Preserving Population Genomics" (in en). bioRxiv: 799999. doi:10.1101/799999. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/799999v1.
12. ↑ "This Company Wants to Sequence Your Genome, Put It On a Blockchain—And Pay You For It" (in en). https://fortune.com/2018/02/09/blockchain-genetic-testing-nebula/.
13. ↑ "The Funded: Two Bay Area startups win SXSW Pitch competition". https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2019/03/11/the-funded-two-bay-area-startups-winsxsw-pitch.html.

## External links

* Nebula Explore
* Review of Nebula Genomics

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