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- Jasper Edgar NeggersFounder · Promakhos TherapeuticsS21Healthcare · Boston
- Katerina ChatziFounder · Promakhos TherapeuticsS21Healthcare · Boston
FOUNDERROLEBATCHINDUSTRYLOCATIONTEAMX_url
Jasper Edgar NeggersPromakhos TherapeuticsFounderSummer 2021HealthcareBoston, United States2—Katerina ChatziPromakhos TherapeuticsFounderSummer 2021HealthcareBoston, United States2—
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Jasper Edgar Neggers
Founder·Promakhos Therapeutics
PRIMARY INFO
RoleFounder· not in title
Team size2
BatchSummer 2021
LocationBoston, United States
Company statusActive
StageEarly
BIO
CSO and co-founder of Promakhos. In high school, Jasper built a web-shop. He obtained a BSc, MSc and PhD in Biomedical Sciences from KU Leuven. He pioneered the use of XPO1 inhibitors for treating cancer and invented a CRISPR-directed evolution technology for drug target deconvolution. Jasper then joined the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute & Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to identify and validate new drug targets for gastrointestinal cancers. Now, he develops drugs for chronic inflammation.
Ex-company, school and discipline below are derived from this bio. Nothing is inferred when the bio is missing.
BACKGROUND
CredentialsPhD
DisciplineResearcherKeyword match from the bio text, not a classifier.
TRACK RECORD
First YC company on record
COMPANY CONTEXT
Promakhos TherapeuticsA therapeutics platform for curing inflammatory disorders
TagsTherapeutics
Co-foundersKaterina Chatzi
