Prince William County-based Ceres Nanosciences Inc. will increase manufacturing of its reagent product used in COVID-19 tests, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Wednesday. The project will create 50 jobs in engineering, advanced manufacturing and materials science during the next three years.
“This expansion will enable Ceres Nanosciences to vastly increase production of its patented technology to support current and future COVID-19 testing needs both in the commonwealth and around the country,” Northam said in a statement.
Ceres Nanosciences manufactures nanotrap magnetic virus particles for diagnostic tests. In September 2020, Ceres was awarded a $6.57 million National Institutes of Health contract to launch technology to be used in COVID-19 testing. Ceres’ technology eliminates the need for RNA extraction kids, reduces sample processing time and improves the sensitivity of the tests.
