PrimBio Research

We are committed to advance personalized medicine around the world through building a global medical database.

  • Stage Product In Development
  • Industry Biotechnology
  • Location Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded November 2011
  • Employees 3

Company Summary

PBRI focuses on researching and designing targeted gene panels for diseases diagnosis. Whole genome sequencing will be provided to individuals who are interested in knowing their genetic background and wanting to be proactive in their health. PBRI's ultimate goal is to help moving personalized medicine forward by building the individual medical database that includes genomic information as well as medical history of the individual.

Team

  • Jinghua Xu
    Director of Genomic Center

    Dr. Xu has over ten years experience in gene regulation and organic molecules network in metabolic diseases using bioinformatics tools. She's responsible for gene panel research and designing, genomic data analysis.

  • Diana Zi Ye
    President/Founder

    Dr. Ye has extensive research experiences in a variety of area, including cardiovascular, kidney, liver, gastrointestinal, diabetes and cancer research. Dr. Ye has working experience from both pharmaceutical industry and academia.

  • Irene Khavin
    Director of Laboratory Operation

    Irene joined PrimBio Research Institute in 2012, and is responsible for the daily operations of the sequencing lab, as well as researching and designing new gene panels. She has worked as a research specialist at the University of Pennsylvania studying lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Birt-Hogg-Dube Syndrome and pulmonary arterial hypertension, and at Drexel University College of Medicine in the field of cancer research.

  • Ning (Johnson) Ye
    VP of International Business Development

    Mr. Ye has extensive experience in international business development. 2012, he successfully helped PrimBio to find investors aboard.

  • Julian Pei
    Marketing Planning Assistant

    Julian is currently a sophomore pursuing a dual degree at the University of Pennsylvania at the College of Arts and Sciences and the Wharton School, scheduled to graduate in May 2015. He worked as a Franchise Business Analyst at Janssen Biotech in 2012 summer. .Julian will be assisting in understanding the marketplace, developing a marketing strategy pre-launch, and investigating growth opportunities, and branding post launch.

  • Nicole Kwok
    Marketing Planning Assistant

    Nicole is a sophomore pursuing a degree in Economics at the University of Pennsylvania at the Wharton School, scheduled to graduate in May 2015. She is working as a research assistant at Effective Leadership Practices in Catastrophe Risk Management, University of Pennsylvania. Nicole will be assisting in understanding the marketplace for company products and help bring the products and services to the market.

  • Zahidur Abedin
    Field Application Scientist

    Dr. Abedin has tremendous experience in molecular biology, cancer biology and cell biology. Dr. Abedin's wide knowledge and experience makes him a great Field Application Scientist to market our products and services, and to provide solutions to our customers.

Advisors

  • Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP, Archer & Greiner
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    EisnerAmper LLP
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • Hong Ye
    Unconfirmed
    Liangpei Liu
    Unconfirmed
    Xuwu Lu
    Unconfirmed

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