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Debkishore Mitra

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Founder at Lucira Health

Berkeley, California, United States

FoundedLucira Health · YC

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Debkishore: together at Bio-Rad Laboratories

About

Debkishore Mitra is an independent consultant working in medical device and biotechnology product development. He co-founded Lucira Health, Inc. (formerly Diassess Inc.), where the company developed and commercialized at-home COVID and COVID-Flu molecular tests, and previously served as CTO at Hound Labs, leading development of breath THC tests. He holds a PhD in bioengineering from the joint program of the University of California, Berkeley and UC San Francisco, with research focused on microfluidic tools for point-of-care diagnostics, and an undergraduate degree in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

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Lucira Health's investors · 7

11.2 CapitalLas Vegas · $500K – $3M checksForesite CapitalWest HollywoodNational Institutes of Health (NIH)since 2014National Science FoundationAlexandria · since 2015OS FundPark Ridge · $1M – $2M checksShangBay Capital LLCPalo AltoY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2015

Co-founders at Lucira Health

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John R. WaldeisenDirector

Experience

  1. Self-employedIndependent Consultantcurrent2024 — present
  2. Testmate HealthAdvisorcurrent2024 — present
  3. z21 VenturesLimited Partnercurrent2023 — present
  4. Hound Labs, Inc.Chief Technology Officer2023 — 2024
  5. Lucira HealthCo-founder and Advisor2022 — 2024
  6. Lucira HealthCo-founder and Chief Technology Officer2019 — 2022Emeryville, California
  7. Diassess Inc.Co-Founder2013 — 2019Stanley Hall, U.C. Berkeley
  8. 10X GenomicsR&D Engineer2014Pleasanton, CA
  9. University of California, BerkeleyDoctoral Student2008 — 2013Berkeley, California
  10. Bio-Rad LaboratoriesSummer Intern2012
  11. Indian Institute of Technology, KharagpurB.Tech (H) Biotechnology2004 — 2008
  12. Invitrogen Bioservices, IndiaSummer Intern2007

Skills & more

Fluorescence Microscopy14Microscopy12Cell Culture34Western Blotting4Microfluidics20PCR21RT-PCR1Photolithography1Soft Lithography3Microbiology2ELISAImmunoblotting
+6 moreGel ElectrophoresisCOMSOLBiotechnologyMolecular BiologyAutoCADMatlab

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Who is Debkishore Mitra?
Debkishore Mitra is an independent consultant working in medical device and biotechnology product development. He co-founded Lucira Health, Inc. (formerly Diassess Inc.), where the company developed and commercialized at-home COVID and COVID-Flu molecular tests, and previously served as CTO at Hound Labs, leading development of breath THC tests. He holds a PhD in bioengineering from the joint program of the University of California, Berkeley and UC San Francisco, with research focused on microfluidic tools for point-of-care diagnostics, and an undergraduate degree in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
Where does Debkishore Mitra work?
Debkishore Mitra is Founder of Lucira Health.
What companies did Debkishore Mitra found?
Debkishore Mitra founded Lucira Health.
Where did Debkishore Mitra go to school?
Debkishore Mitra studied at University of California, Berkeley (Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Bioengineering); Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering); Apeejay School (Higher Secondary, Science (with Biology)).

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