ASN Nutrition 2026 · Academic Offering

Know the mechanism behind your bioactive — in 8 weeks.

BioSēq runs bulk RNA-seq on your nutritional ingredient in our C. elegans organism-on-chip, then maps the differentially expressed genes to human orthologs and pathways — turning a phenotype into actionable, human-relevant bio-intelligence.

Special: $1,500 / ingredient if you order by September 15 reg. $2,000
3 technical replicatesDEGs + human orthologs + pathways60–80% human orthology8-week turnaround
Why BioSēq

Worm-to-human bio-intelligence

BioSeq logo

BioSēq™ provides mechanistic insight into the human-relevant genes and pathways modulated by your bioactive — mapping worm DEGs to their human orthologs and enriched pathways.

In vivo transcriptomics in weeks — not years.

Conserved worm-to-human pathways BioSēq resolves
Insulin / IGFCholinergicMAPK / p38AMPKMyogenesisCa²⁺ signalingWnt / β-cateninmTORAdipogenesisDopaminergicTGF-βToll-like / TIR-1NRF2 / SKN-1HSF-1 / HSP90AutophagySirtuinsMitochondrial
Why C. elegans

Faster, cheaper, and ethical organism-on-chip for nutrition research

Labeled anatomy of the nematode C. elegans, adapted from Corsi et al., Wormbook 2015
~20,000

Protein-coding genes

Same number as humans, with 60–80% orthologs.

1 day = 2.85 yr

Whole-lifecycle in <4 weeks

One worm day maps to ~2.85 human years.

959 cells

Fully transparent body

Every cell observable in real time under a microscope.

4 Nobel Prizes

Proven model

Cell death, RNAi, GFP imaging, microRNA (2024).

How it works

From bioactive exposure to translational insight

1

Bioactive exposure

Your ingredient at a target dose, dosed to C. elegans on the Infinity Chip.

2

HT RNA-Seq

Bulk RNA-seq across three technical replicates.

3

Worm-to-human mapping

Worm DEGs mapped to human orthologs with a homology score.

4

Translational insights

Enriched human pathways and candidate health benefits.

See the full science →
Trusted platform

Flown in space. Funded by NASA and the NIH. Peer-reviewed.

The organism-on-chip and in vivo transcriptomics platform behind BioSēq has been validated in orbit under federal funding and documented in the peer-reviewed literature.

NASA
NCCIH — National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
National Institute on Aging
Soni et al. — Spaceflight Induces Strength Decline in Caenorhabditis elegans
Cells, 2023
CBIOMES — C. elegans Biological Investigation on Microbiome Effect in Space
NASA Space Biology investigation
Supplementation with bovine thymus extract improves survival, motility and stress resistance in C. elegans
Experimental Gerontology

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The offer

BioSēq Academic Access — ASN 2026

$1,500
per ingredient · promotional
Order by September 15
Regular $2,000 / ingredient
3 technical replicates · 8-week turnaround
Submit your ingredient

What we need from you

An ingredient sample of 1–10 grams (amount depends on the target dose), the target dose, and basic solubility / vehicle information.

What you get back

DEGs, human orthologs, enriched pathways, gene-level roles by health area, and candidate clinical endpoints — a publication-ready readout in 8 weeks. See an example →