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A multidisciplinary team with deep expertise in protein engineering, biotechnology, and commercialization.

From pioneering academic research to successful biotech startups, our team has helped build, launch, and scale innovative life science technologies. We now bring that expertise to create the next generation of affinity reagents for researchers across the globe.

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Management Team

  • Heather Holemon, PhD

    Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

    PhD in Molecular Biology and MBA from Washington University

    Heather is a Life Science executive with over two decades of leadership in the biotech industry. She served as CEO of Absolute Biotech from 2018 to 2024.

  • Grant Downes, PhD

    Co-Founder and President

    PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Kansas

    Grant Downes is the President and Co-founder of TrueBind Bio, a life science tools company developing next-generation miniprotein binders.

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Board of Directors

  • Cory Berkland, PhD

    Co-founder & Board Chairman

    PhD from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

    Cory Berkland is the Mark and Becky Levin Professor in Biomedical Engineering and Chemistry at Washington University in Saint Louis.

  • David Smoller, PhD

    Board Member & Co-founder

    PhD in Molecular Biology from Emory University

    Dave is a General Partner at Cultivation Capital Life Sciences Fund, a venture fund focused on life science investing with 26 portfolio companies.