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Source Molecular Corporation announced that Mauricio Larenas, Chief Executive Officer, departed from the company on November 26, 2018. The company will continue to execute its plan of providing robust centralized ISO 17025 accredited laboratory services [...]

Source Molecular Corporation gave a presentation about Digital PCR technology at the 53rd Annual Water Resources Conference hosted by the American Water Resources Association (AWRA). The event was held from November 4 to 8, 2018, [...]

Source Molecular Corporation gave presentations at 38th International Symposium of the North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) and the 47th Annual Water Management Association of Ohio (WMAO) Conference both held at the Duke Energy Convention [...]

Source Molecular Corporation shared insights on measuring effectiveness of best management practices (BMPs) and discussed how the Host Fecal Source works at the Great Lakes Beach & Water Safety Conference held at the Doubletree By [...]

Source Molecular Corporation discussed new developments in DNA technology that make it easier to determine bacteria sources at the Fall Conference and Expo hosted by the Great Rivers Chapter of the International Erosion Control Association. [...]

Source Molecular Corporation was one of the presenters and exhibitors at the 18th Annual Southeast New York Stormwater Conference & Trade Show held in Beacon, New York, on October 17, 2018. The conference was presented [...]

Source Molecular Corporation gave two presentations at the Tennessee Stormwater Association (TNSA) Annual Conference held October 16 to 17, 2018, at Montgomery Bell State Park. Project Manager James Herrin discussed "Demonstrating BMP Effectiveness with Microbial [...]

Source Molecular Corporation attended the 2018 California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) Annual Conference held at the Riverside Convention Center from October 15 to 17, 2018. Dr. Yiping Cao, Source Molecular’s Vice-President of Technology, and Daron [...]

Source Molecular Corporation gave a presentation at the State of Lake Superior 2018 Conference hosted by the International Association for Great Lakes Research and Michigan Technological University in Houghton, Michigan, from October 9 to 12, [...]

Source Molecular Corporation’s Dr. Yiping Cao was one of the invited speakers at the Exfiltration Workshop hosted by the California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) and the Southern California Association of POTWs (SCAP) on October [...]

Source Molecular Corporation discussed MST guidelines at the 2018 Annual Conference hosted by the Indiana Association for Floodplain and Stormwater Management (INAFSM) from September 5 to 7, 2018, at Old National Events Plaza in Evansville, [...]

Source Molecular Corporation tackled Digital PCR during its presentation at 2018 EPA Region 6 Stormwater Conference held August 19 to 23, 2018, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This year’s conference theme is “Our Water, Our Future: [...]

Source Molecular Corporation attended the 17th Annual StormCon Conference and Exposition and met with stormwater managers in Denver, Colorado. The Stormcon, held August 13 to 15 at the Colorado Convention Center of the Hyatt Regency [...]

Source Molecular Corporation has transferred to its new office in Miami Lakes, Florida, and advised clients to send samples to the new address: Source Molecular Corporation 15280 NW 79th Court Suite 107 Miami Lakes, Florida [...]

Source Molecular Corporation attended the Knowledge Development Forum (KDF) on Detection of Sewage Contamination for Rapid Remediation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The KDF, held August 10, 2018, was hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey, the University [...]

Source Molecular Corporation emphasized the importance of having more laboratories capable of microbial source tracking (MST) at the 11th Los Angeles Environmental Forum held in the San Gabriel Hilton from August 7 to 11, 2018. [...]

An article contributed by Source Molecular Corporation about a mathematically defined standardized approach to estimate the extent of human fecal pollution at a site was published in the August edition of the Storm Water Solutions [...]

A study published in the Water Research journal showed how microbial source tracking was instrumental in removing a waterbody from the 303(d) impaired water body list by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. MST test [...]

Source Molecular Corporation attended the 3rd Annual Conference on Environmental Conditions of the Animas and San Juan Watersheds: Past, Present and Future that took place on June 20-21, 2018 at San Juan College in Farmington, [...]

Source Molecular Corporation's James Herrin spoke about nutrient source tracking at the 61st Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research, held from June 18 to June 22 at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Mr. Herrin's presentation [...]

Source Molecular Corporation's Dr. Yiping Cao was invited to speak at the APHL Annual Meeting in Pasadena, California, where she talked about the laboratory's development of its Automated Microbial Source Tracking (MST) qPCR Platform. Dr. [...]

Source Molecular Corporation attended for the first time the U.S. Smart Water Conference 2018, which was hosted by the Akron Global Water Alliance and the City of Akron, from May 30 to May 31 at [...]

Source Molecular Corporation was one of the speakers at the Municipal Wet Weather Stormwater Conference, which was held May 21-23, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Source Molecular's Project Manager James Herrin gave a presentation on "Finding [...]

Source Molecular Corporation attended the 20th Annual Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Quality Management & Planning Conference held May 14-19 in South Padre Island, Texas. Source Molecular's Chief Executive Officer Mauricio Larenas gave a presentation [...]

Orange County Coastkeeper and Source Molecular Corporation announce a new partnership to investigate sources of pollution in the Santa Ana River Watershed. With this partnership, Coastkeeper’s water quality testing now uses more effective tools to [...]

Source Molecular Corporation's Dr. Yiping Cao recently talked about quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) eligibility in the Swimmable California Webinar Series hosted by the California Water Quality Monitoring Collaboration Network. The Collaboration Network is a [...]

Stormwater managers can demonstrate compliance with their National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits using microbial source tracking (MST) results. This was one of the highlights of the presentation made by Source Molecular Corporation's Daron [...]

Source Molecular Corporation met with South Carolina stormwater managers in early March and shared guidelines on how to conduct an effective microbial source tracking (MST) project in order to identify the sources of fecal bacteria [...]

Source Molecular Corporation was one of the two invited speakers at the Central/Northern California Ocean and Bay Water Quality Monitoring Group quarterly meeting held early February 2018 in Oakland. Dr. Yiping Cao, Source Molecular Corporation's [...]

Source Molecular Corporation gave a presentation on microbial source tracking (MST) at the general membership meeting of the Colorado Stormwater Council in January 2018. Source Molecular's CEO Mauricio Larenas attended the meeting along with local [...]

Source Molecular Corporation, the nation's leader in the field of microbial source tracking, has earned its laboratory ISO accreditation from American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) for technical competence in the field of biological testing. [...]

Source Molecular Corporation co-hosted a microbial source tracking or MST workshop with the California Water Board Region 5 on January 23 at the EPA headquarters in Sacramento. It was attended by regulators, environmental consultants and [...]

Source Molecular Corporation was recently featured in a news report by WLRN Public Radio that explained how its genetic testing services is helping improve water quality. Chief Executive Officer Mauricio Larenas toured WLRN's Kate Stein [...]

Source Molecular Corporation's Yiping Cao emphasized the importance of identifying fecal bacteria sources at a seminar in the University of California, Irvine, in December 2017. She discussed a study that identified sources of fecal contamination [...]

Source Molecular Corporation is the only commercial laboratory in the United States providing Droplet Digital Polymerase Chain Reaction (ddPCR or Digital PCR) service in the field of environmental water testing. It is also the world’s [...]

Source Molecular Corporation provided microbial source tracking (MST) analysis for a study that won an award from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA). The MST study is entitled “Utilizing DNA Markers for Identification [...]

Microbial source tracking was one of the topics discussed at the Great Lakes Beach Association Workshops held together with the 2017 State of Lake Michigan or SOLM Conference from November 7 to 10 at the [...]

A paper detailing the development of a human fecal contamination score that allows for site prioritization and measurement of BMP effectiveness and […]

More than 300 stormwater professionals gathered at the 2017 Storm Water Solutions SWS Conference and Exhibition held November 7 to 9 at the Tinley Park Convention Center in Illinois. Source Molecular Corporation's Haley Gershon gave [...]

The Kentucky Division of Water shared their statewide approach to Pathogen Total Maximum Daily Loads at the 12th Annual Regional Stormwater Conference of the Southeast Stormwater Association (SESWA) held in Louisville from October 11 to [...]

Source Molecular Corporation attended the annual conference hosted by the California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA) in Sacramento late September. […]

Source Molecular Corporation attended the 2017 EPA Region 6 Stormwater Conference held September 17-21, 2017, in San Antonio, Texas. […]

Water managers dealing with high levels of bacteria concentration can fix their problems better with the help of microbial source tracking (MST), according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Dr. Orin Shanks, a geneticist at [...]

Source Molecular Corporation will be expanding its test services, products, and data analysis and project platform. The expansion follows the $1.6 million in Series A round of funding it received in early July. “The laboratory [...]

Source Molecular Corporation attended the 2017 Biscayne Bay Marine Health Inaugural Summit (BBMHS) on June 28, 2017. The event was held at the Florida International University Biscayne Bay Campus. Source Molecular was one of the [...]

Source Molecular Corporation met with various stakeholders at the annual conference hosted by the Florida Stormwater Association from June 14-16, 2017, and held at the Sanibel Harbour Marriott in Ft. Myers. Source Molecular’s Haley Gershon [...]

Source Molecular Corporation supported the 2017 Municipal Wet Weather Stormwater Conference as speaker and exhibitor on May 15-17, 2017, in Charleston, South Carolina. Source Molecular’s Project Manager James Herrin presented evidence-based guidelines to crafting an [...]

Source Molecular Corporation gave a presentation on the detection and mitigation of PCR Inhibitors in Forensic DNA, and Case Studies and Research Updates on Microbial Source Tracking at the UNC Water Microbiology Conference held May [...]

Close to 400 Indiana stormwater managers, MS4 operators, coordinators, elected officials and stormwater consultants, including Source Molecular Corporation, attended the 10th Annual Indiana MS4 Conference held May 15-16, 2017, in Indianapolis. The Indiana MS4 StormWater [...]

Source Molecular Corporation took part in the Michigan Watershed Summit hosted by the Michigan Water Environment Association on March 29, 2017, in East Lansing, Michigan. The event was held in partnership with the Michigan Department of [...]

Source Molecular Corporation was one of the presenters at the 2016 American Water Resources Association or AWRA Conference held at the Florida Hotel Conference Center in Orlando, Florida, from November 13 to 17, 2016. The [...]

Source Molecular Corporation sponsored three separate water quality conferences in Michigan, Texas and Montana this October, emphasizing the importance of identifying sources of water pollution in solving water quality related problems. Source Molecular’s Grace Anderson [...]

Source Molecular Corporation once again makes an appearance at the annual conference hosted by the California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA). The 12th CASQA conference was held on September 12 to 14, 2016, at Paradise Point [...]

Scientists from the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority (SCCWRP) outlined the advantages of digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) over real-time quantitative PCR (qPCR) in ambient water monitoring at a conference hosted by the [...]

Source Molecular Corporation was one of the presenters at the recent stormwater seminar organized by the Chesapeake Water Environment Association with the theme, “Beyond Nutrients: Case Studies and Tools for Addressing TMDLs.�?-endpar- Mauricio Larenas, Source [...]

Source Molecular Corporation’s Mauricio Larenas met beach managers from northern California last week and gave them an update on the California Source Identification Manual and provided a couple of examples of lessons learned.-endpar- Members of [...]

Source Molecular Corporation was mentioned in a webinar presentation on “Finding Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Stormwater Runoff�? by Dr. David Tomasko, Principal Associate and Senior Scientist at Environmental Science Associates.-endpar- Dr. Tomasko was [...]

Source Molecular Corporation participated in the 10th National Monitoring Conference held May 2-6, 2016, in Tampa, Florida. The National Water Quality Monitoring Council planned and organized the biennial conference. The North American Lake Management Society co-sponsored [...]

Source Molecular Corporation joined the 2016 Recreational Waters Conference hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Science and Technology from April 12 to 15, at the JW Marriott in New Orleans, Louisiana.-endpar- Mauricio Larenas [...]

A study that sought to identify the sources of fecal pollution of the Concho River in Texas, a water body listed as a 303(d) impaired surface water system for dissolved oxygen and bacteria since 2008, [...]

Source Molecular Corporation was mentioned in a presentation entitled, “Results from an Experiment to Find Sources of Fecal Coliform Bacteria in Stormwater Runoff�? at the Florida Stormwater Association’s Winter Conference last month.-endpar- David Tomasko and [...]