Cellaria Biosciences

Website http://www.cellariabio.com

Founded 2013

Employees 4

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Overview

Cellaria is a revenue stage company that creates and markets patient specific cell model systems for disease research and drug screening. Our cell models create a direct relationship with the unique characteristics of the patient, enabling more personalized assessment of drug response and biology of disease.

Management Team

Co-Founder

Elin S Agoston

Dr. Agoston has dedicated a significant amount of her post-doctoral work to researching and developing methods for the primary culture of tumor tissues, including ovarian, breast, and other cancers. Her work has led to the development of a novel cell culture media which she has continued to develop the media into a product while at Stemgent and her continued research efforts have created the foundation for Cellaria’s product portfolio.

Co-Founder

Bryan Roberts

Dr. Roberts has founded and established six biotechnology companies between 1982 to the present. Three companies were in the therapeutic area focused on the control and prevention of infectious diseases and the most recent company Stemgent is a stem cell reagent and service company. He has had career long interest/involvement in global health with focus on new approaches to infectious disease prevention and control in the developing world.

Principal

David Deems

David Deems has over 25 years in life sciences and diagnostics with a focus on development and validation of novel technologies for new or emerging markets. David has developed and successfully launched novel products into the diagnostic and drug discovery markets, for both large and small companies, including Becton Dickinson, EXACT Sciences, Predicant Biosciences and, most recently, as CEO of Xceed Molecular, a molecular diagnostics company.

Founder/Investor

Joseph S Gentile

With over 28 years of global medical device and life science industry experience, Mr. Gentile is Executive Vice President/COO of Stemgent, a life science tools company with operations in Cambridge, MA, Detroit, MI and UK. Mr. Gentile is an investor in Genometry, Inc, and Firefly Bioworks, and serves as a board advisor. In addition, he is a board advisor for New England Healthcare Institute and Virtify, Inc, and is a director for ChanTest, Inc.