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Sam Fiorello is president and CEO of the Cortex Innovation District.

This funding advances Pairidex's mission to reduce uncertainty in leukemia care through highly sensitive, personalized MRD testing.

Lohmann is president of the Missouri Botanical Garden, one of Cortex's founding partners.

Rapp joins the Danforth Center from RiverVest Venture Partners, where he served as a managing director.

Bank of America's Neighborhood Builders program provided a $200,000 grant to the entrepreneurship program.

C2N Diagnostics partnered with SouthGenetics to distribute Alzheimer's blood tests in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Leaders from Cortex and BioSTL quoted in article on local bioscience system.

How a Custom Lab Is Helping Varro Life Sciences Transform Disease Detection

SweetSpot and SentiAR are two startups supported by Cortex District member BioGenerator Ventures.

The Women's Business Development Center served 4,936 clients in fiscal 2025, creating and retaining 586 jobs.

GiftAMeal has provided over 2.5 million meals to those in need across 44 states since its inception in 2015.

St. Louis is a leader in bioscience, especially agriculture, and a destination for companies researching technology that protects food crops.