Leadership Team



Hans Lehrach
Marie-Laure Yaspo
George Church
Founder, Chairman of the company board
Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer, Chief Operating Officer
Co-founder, member of the scientific advisory board
Prof. Dr. Hans Lehrach is a distinguished molecular geneticist and systems biologist. After earning his Ph.D. from the Max Planck Institute in Göttingen, he conducted postdoctoral research at Harvard University. He subsequently led research groups at EMBL-Heidelberg and at the the Imperial Cancer …
Dr. Marie-Laure Yaspo is a molecular geneticist with extensive experience in genomics and cancer research. She conducted postdoctoral research at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London. Since 1996, she has served as a research group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics …
Prof. Dr. George M. Church is the Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and MIT. He directs the Personal Genome Project and leads the NIH Center of Excellence in Genomic Science. A pioneer in genomics and synt …



Sebastian Meier-Ewert
Michael Tysiak
Bodo Lange
Member of the company board
Member of the company board
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Sebastian Meier-Ewert is a biotech entrepreneur with extensive experience in translational drug discovery. He conducted his doctoral research at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund in London and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin. Dr. Meier-Ewert has co-founded several b …
Michael Tysiak is an international experienced entrepreneur and finance professional. He focusses on the company finances including reporting, budgeting, accounting, funding, on legal and tax matters and organizational development. He has more than 20 years experience as a CEO, CFO and Finance M …
Dr. Bodo Lange is a seasoned cell biologist. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Manchester (UK), KARC (Kobe, Japan), and EMBL (Heidelberg). Subsequently, he served as group leader at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics (Berlin) and as lecturer at Freie Universität …