Newsha Ghaeli

1 appearance on the record.

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Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Biobot Analytics was the first company globally to commercialize wastewater intelligence
“When we started Biobot, we were the first company in the world to bring wastewater intelligence to market, and it was precisely for that reason.”
Newsha Ghaeli Feb 9, 2023 ▶ 12:45 HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli

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Disclosure
Biobot monitors wastewater for enterprise office campuses and Manhattan skyscrapers
“So we do work with some enterprise clients as well. So these are namely office buildings or campuses that are so large that they somewhat operate like a small city or a mini city. So the types of buildings we monitor can range from large office campuses or par…”
Newsha Ghaeli Feb 9, 2023 ▶ 20:43 HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli
Opinion
Climate change accelerates outbreak risks, making global wastewater tracking systems critical
“Climate change is just accelerating the potential of outbreaks with pandemic potential, and so having a global wastewater intelligence system in place is gonna be really critical to our collective public health.”
Newsha Ghaeli Feb 9, 2023 ▶ 30:24 HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli
Assertion Supported
Biobot Analytics was the first company globally to commercialize wastewater intelligence
“When we started Biobot, we were the first company in the world to bring wastewater intelligence to market, and it was precisely for that reason.”
Newsha Ghaeli Feb 9, 2023 ▶ 12:45 HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli
Assertion Supported
Biobot monitors wastewater in over 400 US communities for the CDC
“Through our work with the CDC, we're working in over 400 communities across the country.”
Newsha Ghaeli Feb 9, 2023 ▶ 20:01 HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli
Disclosure
Biobot deploys wastewater testing to universities and prison systems to detect outbreaks
“And then we also work with university campuses, so similar value proposition there, and prison systems to help guide, you know, when there might be silent outbreaks in the community, and guide when they should deploy clinical tests to identify some of these si…”
Newsha Ghaeli Feb 9, 2023 ▶ 21:43 HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli
Insight
Wastewater intelligence networks become exponentially more powerful as more locations join
“The more and more locations domestically and abroad come online and are generating You know, this intelligence from their wastewater systems, the more powerful the data becomes. There truly is a network effect at play”
Newsha Ghaeli Feb 9, 2023 ▶ 29:40 HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli
Disclosure
Biobot advises urban planners on designing smart sewers for newly built cities
“I mean, it's already happening, you know, in some countries where they are building cities sort of from scratch, where, you know, we've talked to some of the folks leading those urban planning projects around how can they build smart sewers into their design f…”
Newsha Ghaeli Feb 9, 2023 ▶ 35:40 HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
HIBT Lab! Biobot Analytics: Mariana Matus and Newsha Ghaeli Feb 9, 2023 9m
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