Leadership
The founders, board, advisors, and associated labs behind VUS Genetics.
Founders
Arne Nedergaard Kousholt, PhD
Zhenya Ivakine, PhD
Philip Schouten, MD PhD
Thomas M. Thestrup, PhD
Founders
Arne Nedergaard Kousholt, PhD
CEO
Zhenya Ivakine, PhD
Scientific and technology advisor
Philip Schouten, MD PhD
Diagnostic advisor
Thomas M. Thestrup, PhD
Investment and strategy advisor
Board
Karin Absalonsen, LL.M.
Thomas M. Thestrup, PhD
Jordan Kuhnemann, MBA
Niall Martin, PhD
Eric Lindquist, MBA
Board of Directors
Karin Absalonsen, LL.M.
Independent chair and strategy advisor
Thomas M. Thestrup, PhD
Founder, board director, investment and strategy advisor
Jordan Kuhnemann, MBA
Investor director and strategy advisor
Niall Martin, PhD
Board director
Eric Lindquist, MBA
Board director
Advisors
Jos Jonkers, PhD
Hans Schambye, MD PhD
Shridar Ganesan, MD PhD
Alan Rubin, PhD
Stephen Pettitt, PhD
Emma Supper, PhD
Advisory Board
Jos Jonkers, PhD
Professor, Oncode Institute and Netherlands Cancer Institute
Hans Schambye, MD PhD
CEO, BOOST Pharma
Shridar Ganesan, MD PhD
NYU Langone
Alan Rubin, PhD
WEHI
Stephen Pettitt, PhD
Senior Staff Scientist, The Institute of Cancer Research
Emma Supper, PhD
Commercial advisor
Associated labs
Associated Labs
Zhenya Ivakine, PhD (academic capacity)
geneSlice™ inventor; saturated mutagenesis; CRISPR technologies; rare genetic diseases including lysosomal storage disease.
Affiliation: Genetics and Genome Biology Program, Department of Physiology & Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S1A8, Canada.