Eugene Duvenage
N.E.R.D. - Native Evolutionary Response Diagnostics leverages computer vision to track and classify the antennae sampling behaviour of ants in response to volatile organic compounds from cancer cells. Like a sign language interpreter to understand what the ants are detecting to help us rapidly, accessibly, and accurately diagnose multiple cancers. Read more
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Eugene is an inventor, biotechnologist and entrepreneur based in Cape Town, South Africa.
Holding postgraduate degrees in Biochemistry and engaged in active research in the field of computer vision for Biomedical Engineering at multiple South African and UK institutions, he has co-founded two VC-backed startups that pursue multi-cancer early detection and co-morbidity diagnostics from multiple biochemical and -physical perspectives.
Eugene's vision is to integrate living organisms as sensors for everyday medical diagnostics applications. Less ego, more eco.
Top Goal
A fully functional N.E.R.D. device ready for pre-clinical breath diagnostics trials, and a statistically validated metabolomics diagnostics platform.