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An empty laboratory at dusk: a long steel bench of pipettes, tube racks and a small centrifuge lit by warm bench lamps, deep blue sky in the tall windows.

Illustrative image, not our laboratory.

Our lab

The address, the certificate and the director accountable for every result: this is the laboratory your sample goes to (New York orders excepted).

The laboratory

GeneMatrix is the consumer brand of Gene Matrix LLC, founded in 2022: genetic tests you collect at home, genotyped in our own CLIA-certified laboratory in Chicago (New York orders excepted). The laboratory, CLIA certificate 14D2276402, is at Fulton Labs, 1375 W Fulton St, Suite 545, Chicago, IL 60607, and every order is tested there except those shipped to New York.

CLIA certificate
14D2276402
Address
Fulton Labs, 1375 W Fulton St, Suite 545, Chicago, IL 60607

Visits by appointment: email info@genematrix.io.

Check it yourself

Our CLIA certificate number is 14D2276402. You can look it up in the CLIA laboratory search of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (QCOR). Our organization’s NPI, 1225729312, is listed in CMS’s NPPES NPI Registry.

Our people

  • Dr. Shawn Desai, Ph.D., J.D., N.R.C.C.

    Board-certified CLIA high-complexity laboratory director

    Dr. Shawn Desai directs GeneMatrix’s CLIA-certified laboratory in Chicago (CLIA 14D2276402) and is responsible for its testing and for every result it releases. He is board-certified as a CLIA high-complexity laboratory director through the National Registry of Certified Chemists (NRCC), an HHS-approved certification board. Dr. Desai earned his Ph.D. in chemistry at Emory University in 2008. His doctoral research, on synthetic riboswitches (RNA switches that control gene expression in bacteria), was published in journals including the Journal of the American Chemical Society. He also holds a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law.

Chain of custody

What happens to a sample between the moment you seal it and the moment your report is released.

  1. Sealed at home

    You collect the sample at home, seal the tube and send it back in the return packaging.

  2. Checked in

    When it reaches the laboratory, each sample is identified and checked against its order before testing begins.

    Gloved hands lifting a small capped collection tube out of an opened mailer at a laboratory bench, a rack of identical tubes beside it.
    Illustrative image, not our laboratory.

  3. Genotyped in our lab

    Testing happens in our own CLIA-certified laboratory in Chicago. Orders shipped to New York are completed through a physician order or a reference laboratory permitted in New York.

    A gloved hand placing a sealed clear plate of tiny wells into an open benchtop instrument on a laboratory bench, a tip box and an ice bucket beside it.
    Illustrative image, not our laboratory.

  4. Released under the director

    Results are released under the responsibility of our laboratory director.

    A grey tote of sealed clear bags on a laboratory bench, each holding one white-capped collection tube with a blank label, a gloved hand resting on its edge.
    Illustrative image, not our laboratory.

Afterwards

We destroy your sample within 30 days of your results unless you separately consent to storing it. We don’t offer that consent at checkout today, so we never store a sample beyond that. If you ask us to destroy your sample sooner, we complete that within 30 days, and confirm it to you in writing.

  1. Received

    Checked in at the laboratory

  2. Tested

    Your results are released

  3. Destroyed

    Within 30 days of your results

Sooner on request: within 30 days, confirmed in writing

The GeneMatrix kit, box open and the collection tube beside it.

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LabOur genetic tests are laboratory-developed tests performed in our own CLIA-certified laboratory. New York is the exception: orders shipped there are completed through a physician order or a reference laboratory permitted in New York. Our genetic tests have not been cleared or approved by the FDA. Results describe inherited traits and risks and are meant to inform decisions you make with your clinician. They are not a diagnosis.

WellnessOur nutrition, supplement, athletic and wellbeing reports are for general wellness and information. The evidence behind these associations is less established than for our clinical panels, and these reports are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.