Detecting Pathogens for Food Safety with Katherine Clayton of OmniVis

How do you turn an academic research project into a truly accessible product to help improve or save lives??There’s so much value to unpack from this conversation with Katherine Clayton of OmniVis as she discusses her journey from childhood dreams of curing all diseases, to Phd researcher, turned entrepreneur and startup leader.We touch on how having an inspirational supervisor and other key advisors helped transition from lab work to forging a pathway to commercialize her research, utilizing the much-vaunted customer discovery methodology.Katherine shares insights into the latest product focus and how she has applied the mantra, think global, act local, to undergo a key pivot and leverage her native marketplace. With a huge ambition to solve multiple SDGs and remove food safety issues before they appear on your plate, this is definitely an episode that will whet the appetite of those passionate about solving the big problems!