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Yoshiyuki Sakuraba

Founder

Founder at Varinos株式会社

Chiba, Japan

FoundedVarinos株式会社

About

Yoshiyuki Sakuraba is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Varinos, Inc., which develops and provides genetic testing services. He previously spent seven years in genetics and genomics research at RIKEN GSC and three years as a postdoctoral researcher in the United States, later leading the R&D section and non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) work at GeneTech. At Illumina, he worked as a clinical sales specialist developing markets for next-generation sequencing–based clinical testing across NIPT, PGS/PGD, oncology, and genetic diseases.

Founder at Varinos株式会社

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Varinos株式会社's investors · 5

Angel Bridge Co.,Ltd.Tokyo · $792K – $62M checksFast Track InitiativeTokyo · $1.2M – $184M checksMIRAI SOUZOUTokyoMiyako CapitalKyotoSony Ventures CorporationTokyo

Co-founders at Varinos株式会社

桜喜
桜庭 喜行Founder & Chairman (former CEO)
長陽
長井 陽子Co-founder
S
SakurabaCEO
YN
Yoko NagaiFounder

Experience

  1. Varinos Inc.Co-founder & Chairman of the Boardcurrent2025 — present
  2. 特定非営利活動法人deleteC理事current2019 — present日本 東京
  3. Varinos, Inc.CEO2017 — 2025Tokyo
  4. IlluminaExecutive Clinical Sales Specialist, Team Leader2014 — 2017Tokyo
  5. GeneTech, Inc.R&D manager2011 — 2014Tokyo, Japan
  6. Nationwide Childrens HospitalPostdoctoral Fellow2010 — 2011Columbus, OH
  7. St. Jude Children's Research HospitalPostdoctoral Fellow2008 — 2010Memphis, TN
  8. RIKEN GSCResearch Scientist2001 — 2008Yokohama

Skills & more

医学研究ゲノミクスNIPT4PGS/PGD5Clinical test4Business Development2Genomics3Molecular Biology1Bioinformatics1Genetics2Cell Culture1R&D2
+11 moreLife SciencesBiotechnologyPCR研究室がん腫瘍学ゲノム学遺伝学分子生物学Molecular OncologyGenome Sequencing

Languages 日本語 · 英語

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Yoshiyuki Sakuraba?
Yoshiyuki Sakuraba is the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of Varinos, Inc., which develops and provides genetic testing services. He previously spent seven years in genetics and genomics research at RIKEN GSC and three years as a postdoctoral researcher in the United States, later leading the R&D section and non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) work at GeneTech. At Illumina, he worked as a clinical sales specialist developing markets for next-generation sequencing–based clinical testing across NIPT, PGS/PGD, oncology, and genetic diseases.
Where does Yoshiyuki Sakuraba work?
Yoshiyuki Sakuraba is Founder of Varinos株式会社.
What companies did Yoshiyuki Sakuraba found?
Yoshiyuki Sakuraba founded Varinos株式会社.
Where did Yoshiyuki Sakuraba go to school?
Yoshiyuki Sakuraba studied at Saitama University (Ph.D. 博士（理学）, Genetics).

Shared employers

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