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Mission

Accelerate cell and gene therapy innovation by redefining validation workflows

Vision

Empowering the revolution of safe, effective and personalized cell and gene therapies for all

Core Values

Disruption: We challenge the status quo
Empowered Collaboration: We encourage and strive for collaboration to achieve more together
Customer Centric: We empower users with solutions to achieve their goals

The Team Origins

Countagen was founded in 2020 as a spinoff from the Mats Nilsson Lab at SciLifeLab, Stockholm. Founders were among the first to utilize padlock probes as a molecular tool for technical innovation and scientific exploration.

Countagen is pioneering solutions to accelerate cell & gene therapy discoveries by streamlining genetic targeting validation.

Posing in front of the fake Berlin Wall is a metaphor of us preparing to tear down the walls of traditional CRISPR analysis methods and bringing down the PCR regime.

The Team

Felix Neumann

Felix Neumann

CEO

PhD in Biochemistry

Iván Hernández-Neuta

Iván Hernández-Neuta

CSO

PhD in Biochemistry

Leiore Ajuria

Leiore Ajuria

Product Manager

PhD in Genetics

Trixy Fang

Trixy Fang

Senior Scientist

PhD in Biochemistry

Joost Bergman

Joost Bergman

Product Engineer

MSc in Biomedicine

Allison Whalen

Allison Whalen

Senior Field Application Specialist

Biotech Professional

Sonja Klose

Sonja Klose

Research Associate

MSc in Medical Biotechnology

Board of Directors

Mårten Winge

Mårten Winge

Chairman of the Board

Serial Entrepreneur and CEO at Strike Pharma

Jon-Sverre Schanche

Jon-Sverre Schanche

Board Member

Board professional and Life Science Research, Technology and Product Dev. advisor

Mats Nilsson

Mats Nilsson

Board Member

Professor in Biochemistry at Stockholm University and Serial Entrepreneur

Scientific Advisors

Mats Nilsson

Mats Nilsson

Board Member

Professor in Biochemistry at Stockholm University and Serial Entrepreneur

Bernhard Schmierer

Bernhard Schmierer

Scientific Advisor

Head at the CRISPR Functional Genomics unit at Karolinska Institute

Sören Turan

Sören Turan

Scientific Advisor

Scientist at Bayer Pharmaceuticals

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