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St. Louis, MO, USA - February 18, 2021
St. Louis-based biotech company Pluton Biosciences proudly announces its acceptance into Plug and Play Tech Center’s (Plug and Play) agtech accelerator program.
St. Louis, MO, USA - February 10, 2021
Pluton Biosciences is proud to announce that it is the first St. Louis-based biotech company to graduate from Illumina Accelerator’s first global funding cycle and 11th U.S. cycle.
St. Louis, MO, USA - November 6, 2020
Pluton Biosciences CEO Charlie Walch will join next week’s Ag Innovation roundtable as part of STL Startup Week. The second annual STL Startup Week offers an extended lineup of online workshops and special events designed for idea-thinkers, innovators, researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, and small business owners to connect, learn, and grow their businesses.
St. Louis, MO, USA - October 2, 2020
Pluton Biosciences has expanded its team to include two new Research Associates, Elizabeth Scherer and Farhan William. Pluton is a microbial testing and discovery research company based in St. Louis dedicated to finding unique microbes in the soil for use in sustainable, natural products. Pluton’s first product candidates are ten novel bacteria capable of eliminating larvae of disease-carrying mosquitoes.
St. Louis, MO, USA - September 22, 2020
Pluton Biosciences is pleased to announce that it has launched a new website, branding and updated services for its microbial testing division, Microbe Inotech Laboratories (MiL). Pluton Biosciences acquired the 29-year-old laboratory, which provides environmental pathogen testing and identification, at the start of 2020.
St. Louis, MO, USA - June 26, 2020
Pluton Biosciences is the first St. Louis-based biotech company to be chosen for Illumina Accelerator, a company creation engine started by San Diego-based, global DNA sequencing leader Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN). its mosquito biopesticide discovery for commercial use in the vector control industry.
St. Louis, MO, USA - May 21, 2020
The Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2), a technology incubator and platform funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), today announced that it has selected Pluton Biosciences to join the program as a member of IN2’s seventh cohort.
St. Louis, MO, USA - May 13, 2020
Pluton Biosciences, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive license agreement with biotechnology company Evolugate of Gainesville, FL to optimize its mosquito biopesticide discovery for commercial use in the vector control industry.
St. Louis, MO, USA - March 19, 2020
Pluton's Testing Division Microbe Inotech (MiL) is committed to remaining open and providing lab testing services for the duration of the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. As a provider of food, water and environmental safety tests for microbial pathogens, we anticipate qualifying as a “vital industry” to remain open should a “shelter-in-place” order be issued in St. Louis, our lab’s location.
St. Louis, MO, USA - February 20, 2020
St. Louis startup Pluton Biosciences, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has acquired Microbe Inotech Laboratories (MiL), Inc., a full-service microbiological lab also headquartered in St. Louis. The 29-year-old laboratory is now Pluton MiL, LLC, a division of Pluton Biosciences.
St. Louis, MO, USA - January 11, 2019
St. Louis-based Pluton Biosciences launched today a new investment offering through local crowdfunding platform Nvsted. Pluton is also seeking to raise additional funds from accredited investors through a separate Regulation D offering. Together, the offerings will propel the biosciences startup beyond its first major discovery toward its goal of becoming a global leader in assay-based microbial research and discovery.
St. Louis, MO, USA - October 2, 2018
St. Louis Based Pluton Biosciences Signs Research and License Agreement with Terramera to Test Novel Discoveries Using Bacteria for Insect Control.
St. Louis, MO, USA - August 16, 2018
Pluton Biosciences – Micromining Explained