About Variant Bio

About

Variant Bio is developing therapies that will improve global health by studying the genes of people who are outliers for medically relevant traits.

Note from the editor

Variant Bio is developing therapies that will improve global health by studying the genes of people who are outliers for medically relevant traits.

Editors

Stephane Castel

Co-Founder and CTO at Variant Bio

Kaja Wasik

Sarah LeBaron von Baeyer, PhD

Cultural Anthropologist, Director of Ethics & Engagement at Variant Bio

Melissa Hendershott

Writers

Anne-Katrin Emde, PhD

Tom Martienssen

Emmy winning documentary filmmaker and journalist. Former BBC and covered the wars in Afghanistan and Syria. Now he works in the World’s most remote locations.

CEO of Variant Bio

I am a Māori geneticist living in New Zealand, completing my Master’s degree at the University of Otago.

Tony Merriman

Tom Rush

Iman Hamid

Population Genetics @ Variant Bio | PhD - Duke University | Decoding human history through our DNA 🧬👩🏽‍🔬

Laura Yerges-Armstrong

Vice President Computational Genetics at Variant Bio

Rindra Rakotoarivony, PhD

Olivia Gray

Olivia Gray (they/she) is a Scientist at Variant Bio specializing in population genetics and functional genomics.

Isabella Apriyana

Khanh-Dung Nguyen

Hiba Babiker, PhD

Sr. Scientist at Variant Bio

CBO at Variant Bio