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Katerina Akassoglou

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Scientific Founder, Director of the Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology and Professor of Neurology at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes at Therini Bio

San Francisco, California, United States

FoundedTherini Bio

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Deep NisharunlockedKaterina: together at Gladstone Institutes (2021–2026)
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Katerina: together at The Rockefeller University
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Scientific Founder, Director of the Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology and Professor of Neurology at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes at Therini Bio

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Therini Bio's investors · 8

Angelini VenturesRome · since 2025Apollo Health VenturesBerlin · since 2025Dementia Discovery FundLondon · since 2023Dolby Family VenturesSan Francisco · since 2023Mitsui Global InvestmentMenlo Park · $500K – $10M checksMRL Ventures FundCambridge · $25M checks · since 2023Sanofi VenturesCambridge · $5M checks · since 2023SV Health InvestorsBoston · $1M – $20M checks

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Katerina Akassoglou, PhDScientific Founder

Experience

  1. Gladstone InstitutesDirector, Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology at Gladstone & UCSFcurrent2021 — present
  2. Gladstone InstitutesSenior Investigatorcurrent2013 — present
  3. Gladstone InstitutesDirector, Center for In Vivo Imaging Researchcurrent2010 — present
  4. Gladstone InstitutesAssociate Investigator2008 — 2012
  5. UCSFProfessor of Neurologycurrent2012 — present
  6. UCSFAssociate Professor of Neurology2008 — 2012
  7. Therini Bio, Inc.Foundercurrent2016 — present
  8. Therini Bio, Inc.Chair of the Scientific Advisory Boardcurrent2023 — present
  9. Therini Bio, Inc.Director Board of Directors2016 — 2023
  10. University of California San DiegoProfessor of Pharmacology (adjunct)2016 — 2020
  11. University of California, San DiegoAssociate Adjunct Professor of Pharmacology2008 — 2016La Jolla, CA
  12. University of California, San DiegoAssociate Professor of Pharmacology (tenure)2008
  13. University of California, San DiegoAssistant Professor of Pharmacology2003 — 2008
  14. New York UniversityResearch Associate2002 — 2003
  15. Rockefeller UniversityPostdoctoral fellow2000 — 2002
  16. Stony Brook UniversityPostdoctoral fellow1998 — 2000

Skills & more

Supervisory SkillsBudgetingCellIn VivoBiochemistryCell BiologyNeurodegenerationAnimal ModelsPharmacologyMolecular BiologyCell CultureConfocal Microscopy
+12 moreTissue CultureNeuroscienceImmunologyDrug DiscoveryScienceLife SciencesFluorescence MicroscopyImmunohistochemistryProtein ChemistryWestern BlottingPCRNeuroimmunology

Languages English · Greek

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Who is Katerina Akassoglou?
Scientific Founder, Director of the Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology and Professor of Neurology at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes at Therini Bio
Where does Katerina Akassoglou work?
Katerina Akassoglou is Scientific Founder, Director of the Center for Neurovascular Brain Immunology and Professor of Neurology at UCSF and Gladstone Institutes of Therini Bio.
What companies did Katerina Akassoglou found?
Katerina Akassoglou founded Therini Bio.
Where did Katerina Akassoglou go to school?
Katerina Akassoglou studied at The Rockefeller University (Postdoc, Sidney Strickland Lab); Stony Brook University (Postdoc, Sidney Strickland Lab); Ethnikon kai Kapodistriakon Panepistimion Athinon (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Neuroimmunology).

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Kazufumi NakamuraInvestment Director at Mitsui Global InvestmentAlex Badamchi-ZadehVice President at SV Health InvestorsPeter DudekPresident at MRL Ventures FundRobin MansukhaniCEO and Co-Founder at Deciduous Therapeutics

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