Synbiotic Health announces it has signed a lease on a laboratory space at the Biotech Connector space located at the NUtech Innovation Center on the University of Nebraska’s Lincoln campus. The new lab will allow the company’s science team to continue its efforts to advance the development of a unique class of synergistic synbiotics.
The company’s inaugural synbiotic nutritional ingredient is forthcoming in 2020.
University of Nebraska professor and Synbiotic Health co-founding scientist Dr. Robert Hutkins is leading the development of a unique strategy to formulate synergistic synbiotics—and this innovative technique was recently published in an academic paper in the American Society for Microbiology Journal. The paper, entitled “An In Vitro Enrichment Strategy for Formulating Synergistic Synbiotics”, is co-authored by Hutkins along with Car Reen Kok, David Fabian Gomez Quintero, Clement Niyirora, Devin Rose, and Amanda Li.
“To date, demonstrating synergistic effects of probiotic and prebiotic ingredients has been scientifically challenging,”— says Tim Brummels, CEO of Synbiotic Health. “This publication pioneers and approach that shows it’s possible to improve on the synbiotic products currently available on the market. We look forward to continuing our scientific work, creating unique synbiotic formulations to support human health.”
The paper can be found here.
Synbiotic Health has opened an office at Nebraska Innovation Campus (NIC), adjacent to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. NIC is a public/private research campus connected with the University of Nebraska—designed to connect the talents of experts, industry, and the university to create a culture of collaboration and innovation.
The office will serve as the company headquarters as its science team continues its R&D efforts on a new class of synergistic synbiotics.
The Synbiotic Health team is pleased to announce that Tim Brummels has been appointed Chair of the Board, CEO, and President. Brummels is a 30-year entrepreneur, executive officer, board member, and investor for natural health ingredient companies.
Brummels and has worked with companies that range from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, including his own consultancy, Edgewater Company, ConAgra Foods and Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Company. Brummels is also a co-founder and current board member of Prenexus Health, Inc., having previously served the company as CEO and President. His approach to achieving market success centers around strategic planning, capitalization, financing and measurable execution plans.
Brummels says, “As we move into an era of learning more about the human microbiome, new opportunities are emerging for modulating the gut microbiome to achieve better health. I look forward to working with this world-leading team of scientific experts who are pioneering new approaches and products.” See here for more on Tim Brummels.
Synbiotic Solutions has announced its intention to update the company name to “Synbiotic Health”. The new name parallels a shift in strategy, toward developing and marketing premium synergistic synbiotic ingredients for the purposes of supporting human health and wellness.
Company co-founder Dr. Robert Hutkins says, “Synbiotics can look many different ways—but ultimately, it’s the health effect that matters most. We are focusing on probiotic and prebiotic combinations that have clear-cut effects on health, as shown in clinical studies.”
The company is currently formulating its inaugural synbiotic product.
A group of leading researchers in the field of probiotics, prebiotics, and fermented foods has come together to form Synbiotic Solutions—a Nebraska-based limited liability company focused on developing the highest quality synbiotic products for the food and supplements industries.
The academic co-founders of the company bring together decades of experience and have authored dozens of scientific papers in the field. They are: