Our Team

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    Dr Cian Duggan

    CEO & Co-Founder

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    Prof Tolga Bozkurt

    Co-Founder

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    Prof Sophien Kamoun

    Co-Founder

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    Pankhuri Srivastava

    Research Technician

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    Dr Imogen Binnian

    Lead Biologist

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    Dr Doko-Miles Thorburn

    Lead Computational Biologist

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    Rovena Walichchoru

    Research Technician

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    Robert Lo Bue

    Operations Manager

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    Jisoo Nah

    Research Technician

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    Cynara Romero

    Senior Scientist

  • Camila Gonzalez

    Scientist II

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    Kevin Gallego

    Operation & Finance Analyst

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    Vladimir Polonskii

    Bioinformatics Analyst

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    Aneta Wajs

    Lab Manager

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