Episode 2: Peggy Sammon with GeneCapture

03/14/23 • 38 min

From Idea to Action: Stories from Alabama Innovators

In this episode, we sit down to talk with Peggy Sammon, CEO & Co-Founder of GeneCapture. We discuss her unique professional background, how the idea for GeneCapture came to be, how programs like Alabama Launchpad helped propel some of GeneCapture’s early success, and where GeneCapture is now as an organization.
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Peggy Sammon

https://www.genecapture.com/peggy-sammon

GeneCapture

https://www.genecapture.com/

ADS Environmental Services

https://www.adsenv.com/

Village of Promise

https://www.villageofpromise.org/

Rocket City Civil Rights

https://rocketcitycivilrights.omeka.net/

Time Domain Corporation

https://cummingsresearchpark.com/directory/time-domain-corporation/

https://timedomain.com/

University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)

https://www.uah.edu/

Krishnan Chittur, PhD

https://www.genecapture.com/krishan-chittur

Paula Millirons, PhD

https://www.genecapture.com/paula-millirons

CFD Research Corporation

https://www.cfd-research.com/

SBIR Grants

https://www.sbir.gov/

Alabama Launchpad

https://alabamalaunchpad.com/
Learn more about Alabama Launchpad in a broad overview in Episode 3: Greg Barker with the EDPA

BIO Alabama

https://bioalabama.com/

Innovate Alabama (previously Alabama Innovation Commission)

https://innovatealabama.org/

Cynthia Crutchfield, CEO of Innovate Alabama

https://innovatealabama.org/2023/01/01/meet-cynthia-crutchfield/

Alabama Outdoor Recreation

https://alabamaoutdoorrecreation.org/

Micheal Chambers, JD, PhD

https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/research/michael-chambers.html

Auburn University

https://www.auburn.edu/

Alabama A&M University

https://www.aamu.edu/

University of Alabama at Birmingham

https://www.uab.edu/home/

Veteran Association of America

https://www.vetsaa.org/

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Peggy Sammon

https://www.genecapture.com/peggy-sammon

GeneCapture

https://www.genecapture.com/

ADS Environmental Services

https://www.adsenv.com/

Village of Promise

https://www.villageofpromise.org/

Rocket City Civil Rights

https://rocketcitycivilrights.omeka.net/

Time Domain Corporation

https://cummingsresearchpark.com/directory/time-domain-corporation/

https://timedomain.com/

University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH)

https://www.uah.edu/

Krishnan Chittur, PhD

https://www.genecapture.com/krishan-chittur

Paula Millirons, PhD

https://www.genecapture.com/paula-millirons

CFD Research Corporation

https://www.cfd-research.com/

SBIR Grants

https://www.sbir.gov/

Alabama Launchpad

https://alabamalaunchpad.com/
Learn more about Alabama Launchpad in a broad overview in Episode 3: Greg Barker with the EDPA

BIO Alabama

https://bioalabama.com/

Innovate Alabama (previously Alabama Innovation Commission)

https://innovatealabama.org/

Cynthia Crutchfield, CEO of Innovate Alabama

https://innovatealabama.org/2023/01/01/meet-cynthia-crutchfield/

Alabama Outdoor Recreation

https://alabamaoutdoorrecreation.org/

Micheal Chambers, JD, PhD

https://www.southalabama.edu/departments/research/michael-chambers.html

Auburn University

https://www.auburn.edu/

Alabama A&M University

https://www.aamu.edu/

University of Alabama at Birmingham

https://www.uab.edu/home/

Veteran Association of America

https://www.vetsaa.org/

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Previous Episode

Episode 1: Troy Fountain with The Wiregrass Foundation

In this episode we sit down to talk with Troy Fountain, President of the Wiregrass Foundation in Dothan, Alabama. We discuss the different areas associated within the Wiregrass Region, the HudsonAlpha Wiregrass parternship, and what goals he hopes the Wiregrass Foundation is able to achieve moving forward.
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Wiregrass Foundation

“To energize the spirit and potential of our local community through charitable investments that will have significant, measurable impact on our health, education, and quality of life.”

https://wiregrassfoundation.org/

Dothan, Alabama

https://www.dothan.org/

Wiregrass Region

https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/wiregrass-region/

Dr. Marnix Heersink

https://www.eyecentersouth.net/our-doctors/marnix-e-heersink/

Abby Burch

https://www.hudsonalpha.org/hudsonalpha-taps-rehobeth-high-school-and-troy-university-graduate-as-lab-manager-for-hudsonalpha-wiregrass/

Huntsville Wiregrass

https://www.hudsonalpha.org/wiregrass/

HudsonAlpha’s Culture of Collaboration

https://www.hudsonalpha.org/innovate/ecosystem/

Troy’s comment about wanting to see the headline “Dothan Area High School Students Discover the Next Peanut Variety” corresponds to a project that started shortly after this podcast was recorded. Read more about the WIREGRASS Peanut Project here:

https://www.hudsonalpha.org/students-schools-begin-the-wiregrass-peanut-project/

https://www.hudsonalpha.org/historic-peanut-breeding-project-expands-to-more-high-schools-in-wiregrass-area/

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Next Episode

Episode 3: Greg Barker with the EDPA

In this episode, we sit down to talk with Greg Barker, President of the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama. We discuss his twenty-plus-year background, ways the EDPA works in the realm of innovation, and how new startups can get involved in programs like Alabama Launchpad.

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Greg Barker
https://edpa.org/staff-expertise/greg-barker/

Economic Development Partnership of Alabama
https://edpa.org/

Alabama Power
https://www.alabamapower.com/

Alabama Department of Commerce
https://www.madeinalabama.com/

Alabama Launchpad
https://alabamalaunchpad.com/
Learn more about how Alabama Launchpad gives startup companies a boost by listening to Episode 2: Peggy Sammon with GeneCapture

Greg Canfield
https://governor.alabama.gov/cabinet/department-commerce/

Alabama Business Intelligence Center
https://www.albicenter.org/

Innovate Alabama (previously Alabama Innovation Commission)
https://innovatealabama.org/

Cynthia Crutchfield, CEO of Innovate Alabama
https://innovatealabama.org/2023/01/01/meet-cynthia-crutchfield/

Innovate Alabama Supplemental Grants
https://innovatealabama.org/supplemental-grant-program/

Bill Poole
https://governor.alabama.gov/cabinet/department-finance/

Senator Greg Reed
https://innovatealabama.org/leadership/

Miller Girven, Executive Vice President, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, EDPA
https://edpa.org/staff-expertise/miller-girvin/

Alabama Farmers Federation
https://alfafarmers.org/
Learn more about the impact of ALFA in Episode 12: Jeff Helms and Russ Durrance with ALFA

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