Mawi is doing its part to help fight the global spread of COVID-19 HAYWARD, CA – October 25, 2021 – As the new school year begins, the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) welcomes their students back to campus with a request to have their SARS-CoV-2 vaccination or… read more →
Collecting genetic DNA from turtles is no easy feat, yet Dr. JJ Apodaca and his team at the Tangled Bank Conservation have partnered with Turtle Survival Alliance to embark on a nationwide project to build a spatial genetic database for various turtle species. With the rise of illegal poaching in… read more →
What a Waste… Think about the amount of plastic waste clinical laboratories produce each year. Back in 2015, a team of scientists from the University of Exeter calculated that research institutions collectively generate up to 5.5 million metric tons of plastic waste each year. Fast forward to 2020 in the… read more →
As the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to grow globally, readily available and reliable testing is essential to identifying and slowing the spread of the disease. However, we are encountering unique issues with our supply chain that limit our testing capabilities, specifically sample collection. This challenge however, is an… read more →
Mawi DNA Technologies is thrilled to share that our iSWAB patent was granted on March 24th, 2020 with additional claims! The utility of iSWAB has been well received by the scientific community and we are proud to continue to provide you with more innovative technologies for bio-sample collection and room… read more →
Meet the team! At Mawi DNA Technologies, we’re committed to doing everything we can to continue supporting our scientific and medical research community locally and globally. We’ve been actively participating in the fight to curb the global transmission of COVID-19 by continuing the production and scale up of high-quality room… read more →
In this blog post, we discuss how drive-thru testing sites are counter-intuitive to reducing the risk of pandemics such as COVID-19.
HAYWARD, CA – January 13, 2020 – Mawi DNA Technologies, a biotechnology company focusing on the development of innovative technologies for biosampling, announces a collaboration with CosmosID to help advance understanding of microbiome complexity in different biological samples and environments. “Our fellow microbiome researchers have been looking for a more… read more →
A recent New York Times article reported that Chris Long (a bone marrow transplant recipient) learned that “Swabs of his lips and cheeks contained his DNA — but also that of his donor.” This is the exact reason that Mawi DNA Technologies has always chosen to focus on buccal cells,… read more →
In the video above, Dr. El-Fahmawi shares a personal experience of his child having serious ailments as a baby. She was severely ill and doctors had a difficult time diagnosing the issue. Going through the traumatic experience resulted in the creation of the company, Mawi DNA. Dr. El-Fahmawi saw that there was a need for:… read more →