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Kaja Wasik

Founder

Former Entrepreneur in Residence at Ahren Innovation Capital

United Kingdom

FoundedVariant Bio

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Experience

  1. Echo LabsChief Executive Officercurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. The Lancet GroupSAB Member - Lancet Commission on Precision Healthcurrent2026 — present
  3. Cambridge EnterpriseAdvisorcurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  4. Variant BioSenior Advisorcurrent2023 — present
  5. Variant BioCo-Founder, Chief Science Officer, BOD Member2018 — 2023Greater New York City Area
  6. Saras CapitalVenture Partnercurrent2025 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  7. Cure51Science Advisory Board Membercurrent2025 — present
  8. Ahren Innovation CapitalEntrepreneur in Residence2025 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
  9. Convergent ResearchFounder in Residence2025 — 2026London Area, United Kingdom
  10. Princeton UniversityVisiting Scholar2023 — 2025Princeton, New Jersey, United States
  11. J. Craig Venter InstituteAdjunct Professor2023 — 2025
  12. YemaScientific Advisor2023 — 2025
  13. TehanuFounder2023 — 2025
  14. GencoveAdvisor2018 — 2020
  15. GencoveCo-Founder, Chief Science Officer, BOD Member2016 — 2018Greater New York City Area
  16. New York Genome CenterPostdoctoral Research Associate2016 — 2017Manhattan, New York

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Start-up VenturesStart-up LeadershipAdvisory CouncilsMolecular BiologyMolecular GeneticsSequencingTransgenicsTranscriptionStem CellsGeneticsConfocal MicroscopyCell
+12 moreScienceGenomicsCell BiologyBioinformaticsqPCRAnimal ModelsFluorescence MicroscopyRNA isolationDNA sequencingComputational BiologyMolecular CloningLaboratory

Languages English · French · Polish · Spanish

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Kaja Wasik?
Executive Officer, Director at Variant Bio
Where does Kaja Wasik work?
Kaja Wasik is Founder of Variant Bio.
What companies did Kaja Wasik found?
Kaja Wasik founded Variant Bio.
Where did Kaja Wasik go to school?
Kaja Wasik studied at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Genetics); University of Warsaw (Master of Science (MSc), Molecular Biology); University of Warsaw (Master of Arts (M.A.), Journalism and Political Science).

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