Successful completion of our third consecutive workshop at PAG-33

Carmel, Indiana— Jan 12, 2025. Today at #PAG33 (Plant & Animal Genome Conference), I (Rajesh Perianayagam Ph.D.) had the privilege of chairing our 3rd consecutive workshop: “Accelerating Innovations by Leveraging the Startup Ecosystem in Agriculture.”

A strong message echoed throughout the session: while genomics capabilities are moving fast, the real differentiator is translation—turning genomic data into practical decisions and scalable solutions for agriculture.

As the founder of Karyosoft Inc., I’m especially motivated by tools and platforms that reduce friction in secondary and tertiary NGS analysis and enable reproducible, collaborative workflows across research teams.

🙏 Sincere thanks to our distinguished speakers for sharing their innovative work and perspectives:

Ryan Mitchell (InnerPlant ) — enabling real-time detection of fungal infections through crop-based sensing

Bryan Witherbee (Agragene Inc ) — reinventing pest control with precision-guided sterile insect technology (pgSIT)

Gaganpreet Sidhu (Meiogenix) — unlocking natural genetic diversity through targeted recombination to accelerate crop improvement

Mihir Kekre (Tropic)— translating genome-edited crop innovations into real-world products

Dan Kurdys (Pairwise ) — accelerating commercialization through partnerships, gene editing, and AI-enabled innovation

Thank you as well to the PAG community and all attendees for the thoughtful questions and discussion. Innovation moves faster when we build together—startups + academia + industry—and I’m excited about the collaborations sparked by this workshop. 

🙏 Sincere thanks to Darrin Scherago, CEO of PAG, for his continued support of our workshop on agri-startups at PAG33.

Here’s to continued innovation and success for everyone!

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Karyosoft Inc. was founded with a mission to empower non-programming life scientists with no-code software solutions for genomics data and accelerate time to market for their innovations in life sciences. We believe life scientists should spend less time managing data and more time on answering biological questions that are valuable to their organizations. Our vision is to become industry leaders in providing next generation customized software solutions that make complex genomics data analytics simple in life sciences research. Karyosoft Inc. is a genomics software start-up headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, USA. (www.karyosoft.com). Please send an email to info@karyosoft.com for further information.