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Feb 2023
37m 8s

HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matu...

Guy Raz | Wondery
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Biobot Analytics founders Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli first met in a poop lab. Yep, you read that correctly...Their company has been working with government and corporate clients since 2017 to analyze disease levels and other biomarkers in our wastewater. Their insights have been used to predict spikes in Covid and other infections, help local officials ... Show More
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