Two Chattanooga scientists who organized a site at Baylor School for coronavirus testing early in the pandemic are creating an expanded laboratory at The Bend in a new medical complex.
Athena Esoterix, the company formed by Dr. Elizabeth Forrester and Dr. Dawn Richards, plans to open a 3,850-square-foot lab at the Riverfront Medical Center next spring.
They said they’ll specialize in advanced molecular detection and microbial testing at the independent lab with the aim to better help clinicians and enhance patient care.
“It will allow us to dive into infectious diseases at the highest level available,” Richards said.
Forrester said that once the two scientists had started operating in that realm in their work, they began asking questions in a different way.