Leadership
The founders, board, advisors, and associated labs behind VUS Genetics.
Founders
Founders
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Arne Nedergaard Kousholt
Arne Nedergaard Kousholt, PhD
CEO
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Zhenya Ivakine
Zhenya Ivakine, PhD
Scientific and technology advisor
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Philip Schouten
Philip Schouten, MD PhD
Diagnostic advisor
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Thomas Michael Thestrup
Thomas Michael Thestrup, PhD
Investment and strategy advisor
Board
Board of Directors
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Karin Absalonsen, LL.M.
Independent chair and strategy advisor
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Thomas M. Thestrup, PhD
Founder, board director, investment and strategy advisor
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Jordan Kuhnemann, MBA
Investor director and strategy advisor
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To be announced
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Independent board director
Serial biotech CEO and founder.
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To be announced
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Board member and head of BD
CDx and biotech expert.
Advisors
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.