GALATEA BIO

Galatea Bio was co-founded by Carlos Bustamante, Nicholas Katsanis and Alexander Ioannidis because we identified a gap in the way that population studies were being done and the impact that would have both on future discoveries and also underrepresented communities. The last 20 years have seen an explosion of genetic information and data. New technological advances have made it faster and less expensive to understand human genomes but most of such resources have gone to further understanding predominantly northern European communities... The mission of Galatea Bio is to leverage world class ancestry algorithms and direct them to better understand underserved Latin American populations all while maintaining a strong commitment to ethical research. All our collaborators maintain updated HIPAA training, and we also work with WCG-IRB to provide strong and responsible bioethics to our research endeavors... It has been over 20 years since we completed the human genome project and the vast..

Primary location: Miami Lakes United States