About
Silke R. Sperling is a Professor of Cardiovascular Genetics at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and a Senior Partner at Catalpa Ventures, where she advises and invests in early-stage healthtech startups focused on digital innovations. Her background spans Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Bioinformatics, with medical studies in Berlin and at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Chicago, a doctoral degree in Cardiac Physiology from the Freie Universität Berlin, and a habilitation in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics at the Charité. Two decades ago, she founded an interdisciplinary research group at the Max-Planck-Institute comprising physicians, bioinformaticians, and wetlab scientists.
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Experience
- Catalpa VenturesSenior Partnercurrent2024 — present
- CHARITE UNIVERSITATSMEDIZIN BERLINFull Professor of Cardiovascular Geneticscurrent2011 — presentBerlin, Germany
- CHARITE UNIVERSITATSMEDIZIN BERLINHeisenberg Professor of Cardiovascular Genetics2011 — 2016Berlin, Germany
- Young Entrepreneurs in ScienceAdvisory Board Membercurrent2023 — present
- Freie Universität BerlinCoopted Professorcurrent2011 — presentFachbereich Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie
- the EvangelistasAngel Investorcurrent2021 — present
- ocumedaAdvisory Board Membercurrent2022 — present
- DiNAQORMember of the Board of Directors2020 — 2022Switzerland
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood InstituteVisiting Scientist2014
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular GeneticsHead of Research Group2001 — 2011
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular GeneticsPostdoctoral Researcher1999 — 2000
- Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin (DHZB)Physician Assistant1997 — 1999
Skills & more
Leadership3Medicine2Genomics3Molecular Biology13Bioinformatics5Computational Biology3Systems Biology1Molecular Genetics4Genetics11Life Sciences5
Languages English · Russian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Silke R. Sperling?
- Silke R. Sperling is a Professor of Cardiovascular Genetics at Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin and a Senior Partner at Catalpa Ventures, where she advises and invests in early-stage healthtech startups focused on digital innovations. Her background spans Medicine, Molecular Biology, and Bioinformatics, with medical studies in Berlin and at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Chicago, a doctoral degree in Cardiac Physiology from the Freie Universität Berlin, and a habilitation in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics at the Charité. Two decades ago, she founded an interdisciplinary research group at the Max-Planck-Institute comprising physicians, bioinformaticians, and wetlab scientists.
- Where does Silke R. Sperling work?
- Silke R. Sperling is Managing Partner at Catalpa Ventures.
- Where did Silke R. Sperling go to school?
- Silke R. Sperling studied at Freie Universität Berlin (MD, Humanmedizin); Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Medicine - Cardiology); Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Priv.-Doz., Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics).
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