Shankar Balasubramian

About Shankar Balasubramian

Sir Shankar Balasubramanian is the Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge. He co-invented Next Generation DNA Sequencing (NGS) and is a co-founder of Solexa and Cambridge Epigenetix. Cambridge Epigenetix was founded by Shankar Balasubramanian in 2012 to develop life sciences tools using epigenetics.

Shankar Balasubramian at a glance

• Company: Cambridge Epigenetix
• Total raised: $146M
• Latest round: Series D
• Investors: Temasek, Third Point, GV, New Science Ventures, Ahren Innovation Capital, Sequoia
• Location: Cambridge, Country

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