Founders
Anitha Jayaprakash, Ph.D.
Co-founder
With more than 10 years of experience in running biology teams in academia, she brings with her realistic optimism and strong communication skills. Her strong technical expertise is a huge strength in running a biotech operation. With a PhD in Biomedical genetics from Icahn School of medicine at Mount Sinai, NY, she built a suite of novel deep sequencing assays (13 papers, 5 patents).
“My work in Genomics led me to the belief that sequencing the genome, on its own, is not going to be very useful in resolving complex disorders. Additional measures, such as the mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) and the immune system are very important in identifying the role of interactions between genetics and the environment. Big data and machine learning are effective only when they are based on reliable, large-scale measurements. Co-Founding Girihlet to achieve this mission has been the best decision of my life”.
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anitha@girihlet.com
Ravi Sachidanandam, Ph.D
Co-founder
Ravi has expertise in genomics data, having co-authored more than 100 papers and 5 patents. Trained as a Physicist, he started working on the first map of variations in the human genome at Cold spring harbor, and then move to Mount Sinai, NY. He has worked on a wide range of topics, developing computational tools and resources as well as technologies for sequencing.
“Advances in sequencing have not translated to profound changes in the practice of medicine. We aim to harness these advances to develop novel biomarkers and enable them to be used inexpensively, affording greater diagnostic accuracy”
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ravi@girihlet.com
