U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has named Azitra Inc. in Branford Innovator of the Month. The company currently has 14 employees in Connecticut and will be adding more research staff in 2021.
Azitra was founded by two graduate students at Yale University to combine synthetic biology tools with microbes naturally found on the skin. They are a clinical-stage medical dermatology company leveraging the power of the microbiome to address serious skin diseases and conditions.