About
Marian Kupculak holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford and has over 9 years of experience in biochemistry and molecular biology, with expertise in cellular engineering and downstream processing. He is co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Sensible Biotechnologies, which develops manufacturing platforms for mRNA production.
Founder at Sensible BiotechnologiesYC S21
Intro paths
YC
Marian went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
GP
Their group partner at YC was Jared Friedman, YC Group Partner — the partner who ran Sensible Biotechnologies's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Marian can intro founders to Sensible Biotechnologies's investors below.
Sensible Biotechnologies's investors · 6
BlueYard CapitalBerlin · $500K – $5M checks · since 2023Civilization Ventures Management, LlcTiburon · $1M – $10M checks · since 2023KAYAPrague · $108K – $3.2M checks · since 2023Recode VenturesSan Francisco · since 2023Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021ZAKA VCSan Francisco · since 2023
Co-founders at Sensible Biotechnologies
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Miroslav GasparekFounder
Experience
- Sensible BiotechnologiesChief Science Officercurrent2021 — present
- University of OxfordResearcher PHD Student2016 — 2021Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- University of GothenburgResearch Internship2015Greater Gothenburg Metropolitan Area
- Max F. Perutz LaboratoriesResearch Internship2015Vienna
- Comenius University in BratislavaResearch Internship2014Bratislava
- Slovak Academy of SciencesResearch Internship2014Bratislava
- Comenius University in BratislavaResearch Internship2013 — 2014
Skills & more
CommunicationEnglish3Laboratory Skills4Presentation Skills2ResearchQualitative ResearchMolecular CloningMolecular & Cellular BiologyFluorescence MicroscopyFACSProtein PurificationProtein Expression
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Protein EngineeringProtein AssaysMammalian Cell CultureCrisprGenome EditingViral VectorsTransductionGel ElectrophoresisMicrosoft OfficeLanguages Czech · English · German · Slovak
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Marian Kupculak?
- Marian Kupculak holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Oxford and has over 9 years of experience in biochemistry and molecular biology, with expertise in cellular engineering and downstream processing. He is co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Sensible Biotechnologies, which develops manufacturing platforms for mRNA production.
- Where does Marian Kupculak work?
- Marian Kupculak is Founder of Sensible Biotechnologies.
- What companies did Marian Kupculak found?
- Marian Kupculak founded Sensible Biotechnologies.
- Where did Marian Kupculak go to school?
- Marian Kupculak studied at University of Oxford (DPhil in Biochemistry); Y Combinator; Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave (Bachelor's degree, Biochemistry).
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