Making High Throughput Natural Product Discovery Possible
Natural products are chemicals produced by microbes that have important applications as the active ingredients in specialty chemical products ranging from pharmaceuticals to herbicides.
Our Mission at MicroMGx is to accelerate the discovery of new chemistry from nature that can enrich and extend human life.
Our Vision is that all undiscovered compounds produced by microbes will be identified and made accessible to life science R&D organizations around the world.

What exactly are Natural Products?
We discover Natural Products here at MicroMGx. But, what exactly ARE Natural Products? Why is it hard to discover them? What makes MicroMGx special?
We are constantly asked these questions and have designed a short 2.5 min video to answer them. We hope you find it educational and interesting!
Making High Throughput Natural Product Discovery Possible
Natural products are chemicals produced by microbes that have important applications as the active ingredients in specialty chemical products ranging from pharmaceuticals to herbicides.
Our Mission at MicroMGx is to accelerate the discovery of new chemistry from nature that can enrich and extend human life.
Our Vision is that all undiscovered compounds produced by microbes will be identified and made accessible to life science R&D organizations around the world.
What exactly are Natural Products?
We discover Natural Products here at MicroMGx. But, what exactly ARE Natural Products? Why is it hard to discover them? What makes MicroMGx special?
We are constantly asked these questions and have designed a short 2.5 min video to answer them. We hope you find it educational and interesting!
News & Events
MicroMGx Welcomes Dr. Raj Pannu to the Team
We are extremely excited, during this period of growth and expansion, to welcome Dr. Raj Pannu to our Board of Directors. Raj is a practicing vascular specialist in Westerville, OH. He is one of a select few specialists [...]
Congratulations to Prof. Neil Kelleher, MicroMGx’s Chairman of the Board, who co-authored a published article in ACS Chemical Biology
Prof. Neil Kelleher, MicroMGx’s Chairman of the Board, co-authored a published article in ACS Chemical Biology, 2020, again showing the efficacy of using the metabologenomics platform to identify new bioactive compounds and a new biosynthetic gene cluster. Learn [...]
Corteva and MicroMGx Collaborate to Accelerate the Development of Microbial-Based Crop Protection Products
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 8, 2019 — Corteva Agriscience and MicroMGx today announced a collaboration that aims to provide farmers a wider range of novel, microbial-based crop protection products. Under the agreement, MicroMGx will apply its metabologenomics platform [...]
News & Events
MicroMGx Welcomes Dr. Raj Pannu to the Team
We are extremely excited, during this period of growth and expansion, to welcome Dr. Raj Pannu to our Board of Directors. Raj is a practicing vascular specialist in Westerville, OH. He is one of a select few specialists [...]
Congratulations to Prof. Neil Kelleher, MicroMGx’s Chairman of the Board, who co-authored a published article in ACS Chemical Biology
Prof. Neil Kelleher, MicroMGx’s Chairman of the Board, co-authored a published article in ACS Chemical Biology, 2020, again showing the efficacy of using the metabologenomics platform to identify new bioactive compounds and a new biosynthetic gene cluster. Learn [...]
Corteva and MicroMGx Collaborate to Accelerate the Development of Microbial-Based Crop Protection Products
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Oct. 8, 2019 — Corteva Agriscience and MicroMGx today announced a collaboration that aims to provide farmers a wider range of novel, microbial-based crop protection products. Under the agreement, MicroMGx will apply its metabologenomics platform [...]
Our Process

Our History
MicroMGx (originally named Microbial Pharmaceuticals) was co-founded in 2015 by Northwestern University Professors Neil Kelleher and Regan Thomson and University of Illinois Professor William Metcalf. The Chief Scientific Officer of MicroMGx, Anthony Goering, PhD, discovered the first novel, active compound using MicroMGx’s cutting-edge technology platform.
Metabologenomics is the core of MicroMGx’s natural product discovery platform, developed over a decade-long collaboration between the co-founding Professors. MicroMGx began operations in 2017 with an award from the Small Business Innovation Reward (SBIR) program of the National Institutes for Health.
Our History
MicroMGx (originally named Microbial Pharmaceuticals) was co-founded in 2015 by Northwestern University Professors Neil Kelleher and Regan Thomson and University of Illinois Professor William Metcalf. The Chief Scientific Officer of MicroMGx, Anthony Goering, PhD, discovered the first novel, active compound using MicroMGx’s cutting-edge technology platform.
Metabologenomics is the core of MicroMGx’s natural product discovery platform, developed over a decade-long collaboration between the co-founding Professors. MicroMGx began operations in 2017 with an award from the Small Business Innovation Reward (SBIR) program of the National Institutes for Health.
Our History
MicroMGx (originally named Microbial Pharmaceuticals) was co-founded in 2015 by Northwestern University Professors Neil Kelleher and Regan Thomson and University of Illinois Professor William Metcalf. The Chief Scientific Officer of MicroMGx, Anthony Goering, PhD, discovered the first novel, active compound using MicroMGx’s cutting-edge technology platform.
Metabologenomics is the core of MicroMGx’s natural product discovery platform, developed over a decade-long collaboration between the co-founding Professors. MicroMGx began operations in 2017 with an award from the Small Business Innovation Reward (SBIR) program of the National Institutes for Health.
Our Team
Careers
Thank you for your interest in a career at MicroMGx, please email us at info@micromgx.com for more information.
Contact Us
The goal at MicroMGx is to develop the largest, functional library of natural products (through the most robust discovery platform) in order to facilitate a new pipeline of chemical matter into early stage pharmaceutical testing. If you are interested in supporting our mission, or have any type of inquiry, feel free to contact us.
Contact Us
The goal at MicroMGx is to develop the largest, functional library of natural products (through the most robust discovery platform) in order to facilitate a new pipeline of chemical matter into early stage pharmaceutical testing. If you are interested in supporting our mission, or have any type of inquiry, feel free to contact us.