Neil Emans, Ph.D

Greater Boston Area United States

CEO

Medical / Health Care / Pharmaceuticals

Seasoned cell biologist with more than 25 years experience in functional genomics research. This is focussed in the basis of human illness using RNAi. I have spent the last decade developing and patenting high throughput automated cell based technology, principally using RNA interference methodology. We have applied this to discover and patent target genes involved in human infection caused by HIV, Trypanosomal parasitism and Listeria bacteria. I am the founder and CEO of Persomics, a biotech start up. Persomics uses technology I invented and patented to produce RNAi screening devices that speed discovery. Persomics technology reduces the time and cost of discovery by double digit fact...