In this episode i speak to the CEO’s of Verne Bio and Neatleafabout their partnership to help improve the quality and health of cannabis grows using live information that is fed to the cloud and data crunched to provide quick solutions for growers in the cannabis industry. We also touch on topics like regulators, building communications betweens states on groe data and issues, METRC and more
Nathan Johnson, Ph.D.
President & CEO Verne Bio.
Dr. Nathan Johnson, Ph.D. is the President & CEO of Verne Bio. He has a hybrid of microbiology, molecular biology, and bioinformatics expertise across 15 years for food testing, oncology, immunology, stem cell biology, animal model development, and plant-related efforts. He has published peer-review scientific papers including in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell, and Science, and held positions such as Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Takeda, H3 Biomedicine, and Mouse and Rat Resource Centers. He holds a Ph.D. in Bioinformatics & Computational Biology, MS in Biomedical Sciences, and a BS in biology and minor in chemistry.
Our vision is to be able to help the world’s smallest to the largest farmers with their risk, productivity, and bottom line. We achieve this by identifying the risks associated with growing through genetic and pathogen testing, implementing remediation to remove or reduce those risks, and prevention through genetic crop steering.
Rooted in a strong integration between bioinformatics and wet-lab testing, Verne Bio administers high quality plant genetic or pathogen testing kits, conducting internal R & D to develop genetic assays while manufacturing kits for other growers and labs to run assays, thus providing quick, scalable genetic and pathogen testing to farmers in the cannabis industry.
Elmar Mair Neatleaf
Bringing AI and robotics to revolutionize controlled environment agriculture; Founder/CEO of Neatleaf
Founded in 2020, Neatleaf’s mission is to enable cultivators to grow their crops in the most efficient and sustainable way.
With offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Munich, Germany, we are bringing together a multidisciplinary and diverse group of world-class professionals. Our talent comes from some of the world’s leading technology companies and research institutions.
We are committed to connecting people with plants and data, and creating a positive impact for our planet.
