Cornell Genomics & Life Sciences Startups

A directory of 46 startups founded by Cornell University alumni in genomics and life sciences, each listed with its founders, stage, and links. Compiled and updated by Big Red AI.

46 listed

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  Kuehnle Agrosystems Series B

  Adelheid Kuehnle, PhD ’88 · Honolulu, HI

  Algae and botanical product ingredients

  BiotechnologyDeveloper PlatformGenetics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Human Longevity Series B

  Robert Hariri, MD PhD ’87 · San Diego, CA

  Early detection for longer life

  BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth Care

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Radical Numerics Seed

  Eric Nguyen, MEng ’19 · Menlo Park, CA

  AI for biological intelligence

  Artificial IntelligenceGeneticsLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Moderna

  Robert Langer ’70 · Cambridge, MA

  mRNA vaccines

  BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth Care

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Boundless Bio Series C

  Paul Mischel, MD ’91 · La Jolla, CA

  Precision oncology therapeutic

  BiotechnologyHealth CareLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Sonoma BioTherapeutics

  Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD ’80 · South San Francisco, CA

  T cell therapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

  BiotechnologyLife ScienceTherapeutics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Pyxis Oncology

  Lara Sullivan ’94 · Boston, MA

  Oncology medicine portfolio

  BiotechnologyHealth CareOncology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Ohalo Genetics Series B

  Judson Ward, PhD ’12 · Aptos, CA

  Plant breeding for food crops

  AgricultureBiotechnologyGenetics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Geneoscopy Series C

  Andrew Barnell ’11, Erica Barnell ’13 · Saint Louis, MO

  Colorectal cancer screening

  BiotechnologyGeneticsHealth Care

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Coya Therapeutics

  Howard Berman, MD ’01 · Houston, TX

  Therapeutics with regulatory T cells

  BiopharmaBiotechnologyLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Liberate Bio Seed

  Michael Mitchell, PhD ’14 · Boston, MA

  AI for genetic medicine

  BioinformaticsBiotechnologyGenetics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Kanvas Biosciences Series A

  Hao Shi, PhD ’20, Iwijn De Vlaminck, Professor · Monmouth Junction, NJ

  Gut microbiome for therapeutics

  BiotechnologyLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Deep Origin

  Ashot Papoyan, PhD ’06 · South San Francisco, CA

  Biology computational analysis for drug development

  AnalyticsBiotechnologyLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Biotia

  Niamh O’Hara, PostDoc ’18 · Brooklyn, NY

  Infectious disease diagnostics

  Artificial IntelligenceBioinformaticsBiotechnology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Redica Systems

  Tony Chen ’97, Oliver Yu ’97, MEng ’98 · Pleasanton, CA

  Biotech regulatory software

  AnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceBig Data

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Celsius Therapeutics Series B

  Jeffrey Bluestone, PhD ’80 · Cambridge, MA

  Precision genomics and therapeutics

  BiotechnologyEmergency MedicineGenetics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  OnCusp Therapeutics Series A

  Bing Yuan, MBA ’02, Eric Slosberg ’91 · New York, NY

  Pipeline of oncology therapeutics

  BiotechnologyHealth CareOncology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  D3 Bio Series B

  John Jin, PhD ’97 · China

  Oncology and immunology medicine

  BiotechnologyLife SciencePharmaceutical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Pranax Series A

  Steven Greco ’00 · Pinehurst, TX

  Develop exosomes for longevity

  BiopharmaBiotechnologyLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Ceretype Neuromedicine Pre-Seed

  Emily Stern, MD ’87 · Cambridge, MA

  fMRI for neuropsychiatry

  BiotechnologyHealth CareLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Abram Scientific Series A

  Abhishek Ramkumar, PhD ’10 · Menlo Park, CA

  Coagulation diagnostics medical device

  Life ScienceMedical Device

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Intelligencia AI Series A

  Vangelis Vergetis ’01 · New York, NY

  Machine learning for drug development

  Artificial IntelligenceBig DataBiotechnology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Volastra Therapeutics Series A

  Lewis Cantley, PhD ’75, Olivier Elemento, Professor · New York, NY

  Cancer therapies targeting chromosomal instability

  BiotechnologyLife ScienceMedical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Ganymede Series A

  Benson Lee ’05 · Palo Alto, CA

  Data platform for the life sciences and manufacturing

  BiopharmaEnterprise SoftwareLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Vibe Bio

  Alok Tayi ’06 · Boston, MA

  AI analysis of pharma pipelines

  AnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceBiopharma

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Phase Genomics

  Ivan Liachko, PhD ’06 · Seattle, WA

  Genome analysis equipment

  BioinformaticsBiotechnologyGenetics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  TetraScience Series B

  Siping Wang ’12, Alok Tayi ’06 · Boston, MA

  Data cloud for scientific labs

  BiotechnologyData IntegrationData Management

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Nionyx Bio Seed

  Leszek Lisowski, PhD ’08 · New York, NY

  Gene therapy for kidney disease

  BiotechnologyGeneticsMarket Research

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Function Oncology Series A

  Srinath Sampath ’99, MD ’07 · San Diego, CA

  Precision medicine for oncology

  BiotechnologyGeneticsOncology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Allogene Therapeutics

  David Chang ’92 · South San Francisco, CA

  CAR-T for cancer and autoimmune diseases

  BiotechnologyHealth DiagnosticsOncology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Inso Biosciences

  Harvey Tian, PhD ’17 · Ithaca, NY

  Simplified preparation of DNA for sequencing

  BiotechnologyGeneticsLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Correlia Biosystems

  Kursad Araz, PhD ’10 · San Francisco, CA

  Instruments for protein measurement

  BiotechnologyHealth CareHealth Diagnostics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Atara Biotherapeutics

  Isaac Ciechanover, MD ’00 · South San Francisco, CA

  T-cell immunotherapy

  BiotechnologyHealth CareOncology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  CytoHub Inc. Pre-Seed

  Frank Teoh, MEng ’13 · San Diego, CA

  Cellular therapies for heart health

  Artificial IntelligenceBiotechnologyLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Akoya Biosciences

  Garry Nolan ’83 · Marlborough, MA

  Spatial phenotyping for biology

  BiotechnologyHealth CareLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Cypherpunk Technologies

  Douglas Onsi ’90 · Cambridge, MA

  Cancer therapeutics

  BiotechnologyLife ScienceMedical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  VIVAN Therapeutics

  Laura Towart, PhD ’07 · United Kingdom

  Personalized cancer therapeutics platform

  Big DataBiotechnologyHealth Care

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Histowiz Series A

  Ke Cheng, PhD ’08 · Brooklyn, NY

  Histology for biotech research

  Artificial IntelligenceBiotechnologyLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  ScubaTx Seed

  William Scott ’02 · United Kingdom

  Organ Transplant Market

  Health CareLife ScienceMedical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Peak Bio

  Hoyoung Huh, MD ’96 · Palo Alto, CA

  Rare disease therapeutics

  BiopharmaBiotechnologyOncology

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Neologics Bioscience

  Baiyang Wang, PhD ’95 · China

  Immunotherapy for cancer

  BiotechnologyOncologyTherapeutics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Provenance Bio Seed

  Christian Ewton ’07 · La Jolla, CA

  Protein manufacturing platform

  Advanced MaterialsBiotechnologyChemical

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Atrix Seed

  Vera Kutsenko ’13 · Covina, CA

  Medical affairs data AI

  Artificial IntelligenceComplianceEnterprise Software

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Odola Labs

  Nikhil Kulkarni ’27 · Ithaca, NY

  Synthetic blood substitutes

  BiotechnologyLife Science

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  Forage Evolution Seed

  Bryce Brownfield, PhD ’23, Cameron Kitzinger ’22, David Specht, PhD ’21 · Ithaca, NY

  Synthetic biology platform

  BiopharmaBiotechnologyHealth Care

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗
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  PacBio

  Stephen Turner, PhD ’00 · Menlo Park, CA

  Genomic sequencing equipment

  BiotechnologyChemicalGenetics

  Website ↗LinkedIn ↗