Our Mission
To use innovation to improve our knowledge of living organisms and to catalyze biodiversity conservation globally.
We provide our clients and partners with the most advanced technologies to monitor biodiversity in time and space, everywhere on the planet. Our biodiversity inventories, which are the most robust and exhaustive on the market, serve various purposes from research to conservation to impact reporting.
eDNA Frontrunners Since the Beginning
At SPYGEN, we aim to set industry standards
Born from the Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine – a joint research unit involving the CNRS, Grenoble Alpes University and Savoie Mont Blanc University – SPYGEN has been at the forefront of biodiversity monitoring using environmental DNA (eDNA) since 2011.
From the beginning, our R&D team has been advancing the boundaries of scientific knowledge and technological capabilities, continually exploring innovative approaches to enhance our eDNA technologies.
Our R&D efforts enable us to conduct the most robust and exhaustive species inventories, using our multi-patented eDNA technology.
- We have developed high-capacity filters that collect 6 to 20 times more eDNA from the field than standard filters;
- Established a unique extraction and amplification protocol that increases the amount of eDNA available for sequencing (up to 5 times more than industry average)
- And optimized our sequencing protocol to accurately detect both common and rare species while minimizing sequencing errors (sequencing depth up to 1 million eDNA strands analyzed, which is about 10 times more than industry average).
We firmly believe that excellence cannot be achieved alone, and hence, have placed collaborations at the core of our activities.
Our partnerships span a variety of purposes and objectives, enhancing our capabilities and extending our impact globally.
- We engage in Research Partnerships aimed at developing innovative projects around the world. These collaborations focus on creating primers for taxonomic groups not currently available in the market and expanding reference databases for specific locations, and enable us to remain at the forefront of advancements in the field of eDNA and its applications.
- Additionally, our Technology Partnerships are dedicated to developing pioneering tools such as eDNA collecting autonomous vehicles for various ocean depths, including the deep sea. These innovations enhance our ability to gather and analyze eDNA in diverse environments.
- Furthermore, we partner with Experts to foster innovation in the service of knowledge and protection of living organisms. A notable example is the International Alliance Vigilife, launched in 2021. Together with several public and private partners, SPYGEN initiated this effort dedicated to establishing enduring ecosystem monitoring networks on a global scale.
- Moreover, we partner daily with Environmental Studies Offices and Consulting Firms, ensuring that our analyses are effectively utilized within business contexts.
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