Wobble Genomics Announces Appointment of Dr. Dietrich A. Stephan as Chairman of the Board of Directors

Dr. Stephan is a notable figure in the biotechnology industry, with a career distinguished by leading many major genomics efforts and founding and leading multiple successful biotech ventures. His expertise is in molecular diagnostics, therapeutic development, and genome interpretation. Dr. Stephan played a leading role in ushering in the era of personalised genetic medicine in both germline disease and oncology. In germline disease, as co-founder of Navigenics, the first direct-to-consumer genomics company, his team invented pre-symptomatic polygenic risk assessment to reduce the burden and costs of common chronic diseases later in life. In oncology, he is an inventor of the approach to cancer tumour sequencing using next-generation sequencing and subsequent therapy selection, and was an early advisor to Guardant Health, the first major cancer liquid biopsy company. He has previously held key leadership roles, including as founding Chairman of Pendulum Therapeutics Inc., which…

Dr. Stephan is a notable figure in the biotechnology industry, with a career distinguished by leading many major genomics efforts and founding and leading multiple successful biotech ventures. His expertise is in molecular diagnostics, therapeutic development, and genome interpretation. Dr. Stephan played a leading role in ushering in the era of personalised genetic medicine in both germline disease and oncology. In germline disease, as co-founder of Navigenics, the first direct-to-consumer genomics company, his team invented pre-symptomatic polygenic risk assessment to reduce the burden and costs of common chronic diseases later in life. In oncology, he is an inventor of the approach to cancer tumour sequencing using next-generation sequencing and subsequent therapy selection, and was an early advisor to Guardant Health, the first major cancer liquid biopsy company. He has previously held key leadership roles, including as founding Chairman of Pendulum Therapeutics Inc., which develops microbiome-modulating therapies, and founding Chairman of Peptilogics Inc., an AI-driven peptide therapeutics platform, among many other leadership roles aimed at alleviating suffering and death caused by disease.

Dr. Stephan joins a distinguished team backed by a world-leading panel of advisors in genomics, diagnostics, and oncology. This includes Dr. Richard Hockett, Chief Medical Officer, who previously served as Director of Genomics at Eli Lilly and Chief Medical Officer at Affymetrix; and Dr. Han-Yu Chuang, Chief Technology Officer and former Vice President of Technology at Guardant Health.

Dr. Richard Kuo, the company's CEO and Founder, said: "We are delighted to welcome Dr. Stephan to Wobble Genomics at this transformative stage. With his experience in building and growing biotech companies - especially in molecular diagnostics and genome interpretation - he brings invaluable expertise and earned wisdom to help spearhead our mission to take the next big step in improving cancer outcomes. His leadership will be key in helping us build strategic partnerships and create innovative solutions that we believe will transform diagnostics and patient care."

About Wobble Genomics

Wobble Genomics is an innovative healthcare and biotechnology company at the forefront of highly sensitive long-read cfRNA liquid biopsy diagnostics, whose mission is to understand and better treat cancer, and other diseases over time, in a new way. The company was founded by Dr. Richard Kuo at The Roslin Institute, at The University of Edinburgh. The company is backed by a world-leading panel of advisors in genomics, diagnostics and oncology. Wobble Genomics is currently conducting clinical studies in partnership with the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK. 

For more information about Wobble Genomics, please visit wobblegenomics.com. You can follow Wobble Genomics on LinkedIn and X.

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