Barnwell Bio
Barnwell Bio provides environmental biosurveillance services for animal agriculture. The company collects barn- and farm-level environmental samples (waste streams, litter, boot/boot-sock swabs, egg wash, wastewater), applies shotgun metagenomic sequencing and bioinformatic analysis, and delivers operation-specific results through an online dashboard to support early detection of pathogens, trend monitoring, and product validation for producers, veterinarians, and ag-focused companies.
Industries
Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Products
Environmental sampling kit and protocols
Field sampling materials and standardized protocols for collecting representative barn- and farm-level environmental samples (boot swabs, litter grabs, egg wash collection, wastewater sampling).
Analytics dashboard for farm-specific biosurveillance
Web-based dashboard that visualizes longitudinal sequencing results, pathogen trends, and interpreted recommendations for biosecurity and intervention prioritization.
Metagenomic sequencing and bioinformatic reporting service
Laboratory sequencing and computational reporting for detection of taxa, strain-level variants where supported, and functional genes (including AMR) from environmental samples.
Environmental sampling kit and protocols
Field sampling materials and standardized protocols for collecting representative barn- and farm-level environmental samples (boot swabs, litter grabs, egg wash collection, wastewater sampling).
Analytics dashboard for farm-specific biosurveillance
Web-based dashboard that visualizes longitudinal sequencing results, pathogen trends, and interpreted recommendations for biosecurity and intervention prioritization.
Metagenomic sequencing and bioinformatic reporting service
Laboratory sequencing and computational reporting for detection of taxa, strain-level variants where supported, and functional genes (including AMR) from environmental samples.
Services
Ongoing environmental biosurveillance service
End-to-end service combining field sample collection, laboratory sequencing, bioinformatic analysis, and delivery of barn- and operation-level insights via an online dashboard for producers and veterinarians.
Product validation and R&D trial support
Support for feed, pharmaceutical, and biologic companies to design and run development and field trials using broad-target metagenomic profiling to assess efficacy and mechanisms.
Ongoing environmental biosurveillance service
End-to-end service combining field sample collection, laboratory sequencing, bioinformatic analysis, and delivery of barn- and operation-level insights via an online dashboard for producers and veterinarians.
Product validation and R&D trial support
Support for feed, pharmaceutical, and biologic companies to design and run development and field trials using broad-target metagenomic profiling to assess efficacy and mechanisms.
Expertise Areas
- Environmental biosurveillance for animal agriculture
- Shotgun metagenomic data analysis
- Bioinformatics for pathogen and functional-gene detection
- Field sampling protocols for barns and farms
Key Technologies
- Shotgun metagenomic sequencing
- Environmental sampling (boot/boot-sock swabs, litter, egg wash, wastewater)
- Bioinformatic reference-driven taxonomic classification
- Functional gene detection (AMR and virulence markers)