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Stephane Castel

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Co-Founder, Chief Scientific & Technology Officer at Variant Bio

Seattle, Washington, United States

FoundedVariant Bio

About

Stephane Castel is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Variant Bio, a biotechnology company that applies human genetic diversity to therapeutic discovery. He previously worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the New York Genome Center, where he researched the role of genetic regulatory variation in disease. He also co-founded Fiix, a cloud-based software company in the asset management sector.

Co-Founder, Chief Scientific & Technology Officer at Variant Bio

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Variant Bio's investors · 5

Alta PartnersJackson · $1M – $12M checksDimension CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks · since 2019General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checksLux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checksSoftBank Vision FundLondon

Co-founders at Variant Bio

KWKaja Wasik
Kaja WasikExecutive Officer, Director
AFAndrew Farnum
Andrew FarnumChief Executive Officer

Experience

  1. Variant BioCo-Founder, Chief Technology Officercurrent2018 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
  2. New York Genome CenterSenior Research Fellow2018 — 2021New York City Metropolitan Area
  3. New York Genome CenterPostdoctoral Research Fellow2014 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
  4. Columbia University in the City of New YorkPostdoctoral Research Fellow2014 — 2018New York City Metropolitan Area
  5. Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryGraduate Student2009 — 2014New York City Metropolitan Area
  6. Fiix SoftwareCo-Founder2006 — 2011Toronto

Skills & more

Genomics1Programming3Software Development2Molecular Biology2Statistical Data Analysis2Technical Writing2

Languages English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Stephane Castel?
Stephane Castel is co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Variant Bio, a biotechnology company that applies human genetic diversity to therapeutic discovery. He previously worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the New York Genome Center, where he researched the role of genetic regulatory variation in disease. He also co-founded Fiix, a cloud-based software company in the asset management sector.
Where does Stephane Castel work?
Stephane Castel is Co-Founder, Chief Scientific & Technology Officer of Variant Bio.
What companies did Stephane Castel found?
Stephane Castel founded Variant Bio.
Where did Stephane Castel go to school?
Stephane Castel studied at Columbia University (Postdoc, Computational Genetics); Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Ph.D., Genetics); University of Guelph (B.Sc.H., Molecular Biology and Genetics).

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