Dietrich Stephan
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Dietrich A. Stephan | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Scientist and entrepreneur |
| Known for | Co-founder of Navigenics |
Dietrich A. Stephan is an American human geneticist and entrepreneur who works in personalized medicine. Stephan was CEO of NeuBase Therapeutics[1] and a General Partner in Cyto Ventures. Before NeuBase, Stephan was CEO of LifeX[2] and Chairman and Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior, he was founding Chairman of the Neurogenomics Division at the Translational Genomics Research Institute. Stephan has founded or co-founded 14 biotechnology companies and advised many others. Stephan was co-founder of Navigenics,[3] a personal genetics company.
Academic career
[edit]Stephan received his B.Sc. in Biology from Carnegie Mellon University and his Ph.D. in Human Molecular Genetics from the University of Pittsburgh, followed by a fellowship at the National Human Genome Research Institute.[4]
In 2003, Stephan worked at Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) as a Senior Investigator and founding Chairman of the Department of Neurogenomics. He later served as the Deputy Director of Discovery Research at TGen. His laboratory has identified the genetic basis of 20 single gene disorders, and several dozen complex genetic disorders using high-throughput technologies and strategies, many if which were developed by his team[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Grover, Natalie. "Gene silencing company NeuBase Therapeutics to reverse merge its way onto Nasdaq via troubled microcap Ohr". Endpoints News.
- ^ "Dietrich Stephan, CEO and Founder of LifeX™ — Life Sciences Pittsburgh". Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
- ^ http://www.navigenics.com/visitor/about_us/team/executives/dietrich_stephan/ Archived 2011-07-14 at the Wayback Machine Stephan's profile on Navigenics
- ^ "AAAS: Colloquium I - Diagnostics and Diagnoses Paths to Personalized Medicine". AAAS. aaas.org. Archived from the original on 2009-06-14. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
- ^ Elias, Paul (2003-10-02). "Human genes made to fit on a chip the size of a dime". USA Today.