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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Cambridgeshire based CTO’ operating in the Biotechnology space. If you think a CTO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Derek Stemple
CTO and Co-Founder of Camena Bioscience
Derek Stemple is the CTO and co-founder of Camena Bioscience. He previously held senior positions at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and was a lab head at the National Institute for Medical Research. Derek holds a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology.
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About Camena Bioscience: Camena Bioscience is a synthetic biology company that develops tools to engineer new synthetic biology applications.
Jane Osbourn
Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer & Chief Technology Officer of Alchemab Therapeutics
Jane Osbourn is the chairman at Mogrify.
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About Alchemab Therapeutics: Alchemab Therapeutics is developing natural protective antibodies designed to keep people free of hard-to-treat diseases.
William Jones
CTO & Co-Founder of Sano Genetics
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About Sano Genetics: Sano Genetics is a personalised medicine research platform with data privacy and transparency at its core.
Gordon McInroy
Founder and CTO of Nuclera
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About Nuclera: Nuclera makes biology accessible through desktop enzymatic protein and gene synthesis.
Gustavo Cerda
CTO of Swift Molecular Diagnostics
Gustavo completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge in the field of molecular biology. He then went on to do a successful Post-doc also at the University of Cambridge. Using his knowledge of molecular biology, he discovered a revolutionary method of detecting DNA. He now works full time for Swift Molecular Diagnostics.
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About Swift Molecular Diagnostics: Swift Molecular Diagnostics is developing a rapid, easy-to-use, cost effective genetic “yes or no” test.
Justin Buckland
CTO of LEX Diagnostics
Justin Buckland is the Chief Technology Officer of LEX Diagnostics.
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About LEX Diagnostics: LEX Diagnostics is a medical device company that specializes in molecular diagnostics for primary care.
