Scientific Advisors

Richard J. Ulevitch

Chair of Department of Immunology, Scripps Research Institute

Professor at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla and Chairman of the Department of Immunology. Research interests include basic mechanisms of innate immune response and of injury resulting from inflammation. Discoveries include the characterization of LPS Binding Protein, the function of CD14 and the discovery of p38 MAP kinase. Board member of Nura Inc and Scientific Advisor to the Lombard Odier Immunology Fund, Aravis and 5AM Ventures others.

Karsten Kristiansen

Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Southern Denmark

Head of Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology. Head of the Eukaryotic Gene Expression research group. Particular interests are adipocyte differentiation, peroxisome proliferator activated receptors and gene induction technologies.

Pim Stemmer

Chief Scientific Officer of Avidia Inc.

Founder and chief scientific officer of Avidia Inc. Invented Avidia's antibody replacement technology in 2001. Founder and VP R&D of Maxygen, Inc. and inventor of Maxygen's DNA Shuffling and Molecular Breeding technologies, which also led to spin-offs Codexis Inc. and Verdia Inc. Scientific advisor for Nuevolution, BectonDickinson, Codexis, Surromed. Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1985 on molecular genetics of pathogen-host interactions.

Garry Nolan

Associate Professor, University of Stanford

Associate Professor, Department of Moelcular Pharmacology, University of Stanford. Co-Founder of Rigel Inc. Interests are Cloning/cDNA libraries, Flow Cytometry, Retroviral and Viral delivery systems, Transcription and Promoter Biology, HIV-1, Tat transporter proteins, Novel Apoptosis proteins and intracellular signaling relating to apoptosis, oncogenes and anti-oncogenes, NF-kappa B, NFAT, single cell measures of transcription

Morten Kielland Brandt

Professor & Head of Department of Physiology, Carlsberg Laboratory, Denmark

Research focus is on yeast genetics, in particular the regulation of amino acid transport, amino acid and glycerol metabolisms.