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The team, the lab, the allies, the history.

Auragen is the plant genomics brand of Granatum. Operations 100% in Mexico.

The Team

Seven people. Deep roots across genomics, consulting, and plant production.

Carlos Solares

Operations Director

MIT grad. Ex-automotive industry. Brings systems egineering perspective into Agricultural genomics

Daniel Eduardo González Treviño

Commercial Director

MIT grad. Ex-Bain & Parthenon EY. A proven track record of translating complex solutions to real problems

Dr. Arely Lechuga Jiménez

Dry Lab Leader.

Bioinformatics PhD. Multi-omic. world-class research in proteomics and transcriptomics

Ricardo Leal

Senior Lab associate

International Biology Olimpiad finals. Bridge international standards to novel workflows and propietary bioinformatics


Mi Dam Kim

Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School.

Experienced molecular biology "hacker", adapting workflows to fit challenging samples

Roberto Zarazua

Bioinformatics - Dry lab

Universitat Potsdam graduate student with access to world-class experts.

Victor Lopez

Commercial Partner, and field operations

15 years: greenhouse ops, Rubus and blueberry commercialization.

The Lab

Built for the field. Powered by the frontier.

Sequencing

Oxford Nanopore Long-read platform. One of very few commercial-only partners in Mexico.

Bioinformatics

AWS HealthOmics. Unbounded AI computing for complex polyploid genomes.

Genotyping

Multiplex qPCR at scale. Efficient, quick turnaround.

Field-to-Lab

"We handle the mud, you handle the strategy." Sample collection, chain of custody, customer coordination.

Partners

The Allies

Every partnership here was chosen deliberately: organizations we know at the team level, whose expertise sits close enough to ours to matter when the work gets hard.


TEC de Monterrey

Active genomics and biotech programs. Keeps our methodology connected to current research.

I2T2 NL

Instituto de Innovacion y Transferencia Tecnologica de Nuevo Leon. Bridge between research and commercial operation.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies

Long-read sequencing platform. Commercial partner relationship in Mexico.

AWS Amazon HealthOmics

Cloud-native bioinformatics. AI computing infrastructure for multi-omic analysis.

Origin

Three obsessions. Three different worlds.

1

Two paths converge at MIT

Carlos (automotive operations) and Daniel (management consulting) met studying their master's. Two different frameworks. One shared conviction: build complex technology that reaches people who need it.

2

The pandemic revealed a structural problem

Granatum Bioworks was already operating. The pandemic made visible what had been quietly true. The world's best plant genomics sat in labs in the US and Europe. For breeders in Mexico, samples crossed borders, customs added weeks, and reports arrived after the season closed.

The problem was not science. It was operational distance.

3

Victor's field game completes the picture

The idea met Victor's deep operational ground game in plant production. Auragen took shape from that combination: lab precision plus field presence, on the same time zone and in the same language as the breeders.

4

The mission today

Strengthen the genetic asset of breeding programs in Mexico and Latin America. More resilient varieties. Earlier decisions. Full command stays with the breeder.

Parent Company

Granatum: Moving Nature Forward

Granatum-Bioworks is out technical and operational holding. A first mover in NGS and advanced bioinformatics in Latin America. We operate in different markets with strong leverage from our capabilities and team.

GreenFort

Biostimulants for plant health and crop performance.

ZenGen

Human genetics. Genotyping and sequencing

Drenova

Water bio-remediation. Biological solutions for water treatment.

Auragen

Plant genomics. Sequencing, bioinformatics, and field integration for breeders.

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Knowing the team is a first step. The discovery conversation is the best way to evaluate fit.

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Auragen

Plant genomics, locally operated in Mexico.

Auragen is part the ecosystem of Granatum-bioworks.

Contact

[email protected]

Operations in Mexico. Serving breeding programs in Mexico and Latin America.

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Prices shown on this site are indicative starting points. Final pricing is built per program in conversation.