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Kern Systems

Kern Systems

Kern Systems is a company developing processes to accelerate, simplify, and reduce the cost of DNA synthesis and storage of digital data in DNA.

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kernsystems.com
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Industry
Engineering
Engineering
DNA synthesis
DNA synthesis
Software
Software
Health
Health
Fitness
Fitness
Life science
Life science
Biomedical engineering
Biomedical engineering
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Location
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline, Massachusetts
United States
United States
Boston
Boston
Utah
Utah
Brookline (Pittsburgh)
Brookline (Pittsburgh)
B2X
B2C
B2C
CEO
Henry H. Lee
Henry H. Lee
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Founder
Henry H. Lee
Henry H. Lee
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George Church
George Church
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Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles...279839-35
Legal Name
Kern Systems Inc.
Accelerator
Y Combinator
Y Combinator
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Accelerator Batch
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Y Combinator S19 Batch
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Corporation
Corporation
Number of Employees (Ranges)
1 – 10
Email Address
info@kernsystems.io?subject=Kern%20Inquiry
Full Address
202 Washington Street Suite 330 Brookline, MA 02446 United States
Investors
Y Combinator
Y Combinator
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Country
United States
United States

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Company Operating Status
Active
Y Combinator URL
ycombinator.com/compani...-systems0

Kern Systems is developing a scalable DNA data storage infrastructure. The suggested types applications for their DNA data storage would include precious personal data, forensic data storage molecule for traceable quality control in food, textiles or pharmaceuticals, and big data.

Co-Founder and CEO Henry H. Lee has systems and synthetic biology expertise and developed the first demonstration of enzymatic DNA synthesis for data storage at Harvard Medical School. Co-Founder George M. Church is a Harvard/MIT professor who made foundational contributions to DNA sequencing and researches in the areas of synthetic biology and genome engineering.

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Molecular digital data storage using DNA

Luis Ceze, Jeff Nivala, Karin Strauss

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-019-0125-3

Web

May 8, 2019

Save it in DNA

Eriona Hysolli

https://wyss.harvard.edu/save-it-in-dna/

Web

August 6, 2019

Your future DNA hard drive will use enzymes

Kostas Vavitsas

https://synbiobeta.com/your-future-dna-hard-drive-will-use-enzymes/

Web

July 8, 2019

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