Cofounder and CEO

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Solomon Endlich is a co-founder and the CEO of Base5 Genomics, which spun out of his post-doctoral work on genome sequencing in the Morrison lab at Stanford University. He has over 10 years of research experience in theoretical physics and molecular biology. He earned a PhD in theoretical physics from Columbia University and held post-doctoral positions at the EPFL in Lausanne and at Stanford University.

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Lead Computational Biologist

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Solomon (Sully) Adams has over 10 years of experience in clinical/translational research in precision medicine, bioinformatics, and computational genomics. He started his career as a pharmacist. After earning a PhD at the University of Pittsburgh, Sully applied his knowledge of genomics and precision medicine to positions in academia and industry.​​

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Research Scientist

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Russell has over 9 years of research experience in molecular biology and genomics. He earned his Ph.D. degree in interdisciplinary life science from Purdue University, where he studied the modulating role of repressive epigenetic marks in gene activation. He held teaching and consulting positions in the Philippines prior to his move to the US.

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Cofounder and Head of Data Analytics

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Liza Huijse is a co-founder of Base5 Genomics and leads the data and computational biology efforts. She has over 10 years of experience analyzing and modeling data within theoretical physics, genomics,  and infectious disease diagnostics. She obtained a PhD in theoretical physics at the University of Amsterdam and held post-doctoral positions at Harvard University and Stanford University.​

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General Counsel

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Diana has 20 years of experience as a business and legal advisor within start-up, biotechnology, and software. Her specialties include intellectual property, technology and commercial transactions, compliance, employment, and risk management. She has a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, and a B.S. in Chemistry/Biochemistry from UC San Diego.

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Head of Finance and Operations

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Natasha brings a combination of experience with small businesses and large corporations. She started her career at KPMG, where she earned a CPA. After a stint working as a Revenue Manager for a public company, she started her consulting practice where she worked extensively with high growth technology companies.

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Cofounder and Associate Professor of Biology

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Ashby Morrison is an associate professor of Biology at Stanford University and a co-founder of Base5 Genomics. She is a member of the Stanford University Cancer Center and the Bio-X program. She has over 20 years of molecular biology research experience with a focus on cancer biology, DNA damage and repair, and genome organization and gene regulation. She has a PhD in biomedical sciences from Baylor College of Medicine.

Senior Computational Biologist

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Julianne earned her B.A. and M.S. in chemistry from Northwestern University and her Ph.D in computational biology from OHSU, where she used large datasets to study cancer-specific RNA splicing. She has over 6 years of previous computational research experience in molecular dynamics and quantum hydrodynamics. She is working in computational clinical applications development at Base5 Genomics.

Wet Lab R&D Product Development

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Shan has over 10 years of expertise in, genomic diagnostics, molecular biology and NGS technologies. Her background spans both academic research and industry experience. Shan holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and conducted research at the University of Chicago.