Angios is a biotechnology company, specializing in vascular research to improve patients' lives all over the world. We are based in Innsbruck, Austria.
The need
Blood vessels are the lifelines of our body. Diseases affecting their functionality remain one of the big unresolved global health problems. Especially diabetic patients suffer from a multitude of vascular complications that can cause blindness, non-healing wounds and kidney failure.
The solution
Angios strives to develop new treatments for these challenging diabetic vascular diseases by pursuing pre-identified targets for diabetic retinopathy and by leveraging the vascular organoid model developed in the laboratories of our founders.
Teodor studied biology at the Leopold Franzens University of Innsbruck before joining the group of Prof. Lukas A. Huber at the Medical University of Innsbruck, where he completed his PhD thesis in the field of molecular cell biology and oncology. He then moved to the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, working as a Postdoctoral fellow on rare vascular diseases, developing 3D vasculature models. As a Head of R&D at Angios his focus is to oversee the progress and provide scientific support for ongoing and future projects.
Nicole comes to Angios from the Medical University of Innsbruck where she was a biomedical analyst at the Division Inner Medicine. Prior to that she studied Biotechnology at the Management Center Innsbruck and holds a Master of Science in Engineering. In her role as Lab Manager, Nicole is in charge of accounting, organizing the Laboratory and helping with experiments.
Florian studies medicine at the Medical University of Innsbruck and has a master’s degree in economics and law. He works in the field of research administration and assists the company management.
David is an Animal Care Specialist. Besides helping Angios with the in-vivo experiments, he studies Biology at the Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck. In his leisure time he is outside taking his dog for a run or somewhere in the garden.
Tanila holds a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences from the University of Innsbruck and currently studies Business Administration at the Management Center Innsbruck.
Before coming to Austria, she graduated with a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Pharmacological Innovations in Toulouse.
As Research Associate & Lab Manager at Angios, Tanila conducts research and takes care of the lab organization.
When she isn’t in the lab, you can be sure to find her outdoors spending time with her family.
Iris Krainer-Eller is a biologist, specializing in Organoid Technology. During her studies at the Medical University of Innsbruck in molecular cell biology and oncology she completed an Internship at the Hubrecht Institute in The Netherlands where she was trained in Organoid Technologies at the Lab of Prof. Dr. Hans Clevers. She established human and mouse intestinal and human liver organoids at the Medical University of Innsbruck to study rare childhood diseases and developed a platform for Precision Cancer Medicine at the ADSI (Austrian Drug Screening Institute of Innsbruck) by generating patient derived colorectal cancer organoids. At Angios she is now working as a Scientist doing research on blood vessel organoids.
Jakob studied biology at LFU Innsbruck and is currently completing his Master's in Biotechnology at MCI. He is working on his Master's Thesis by assisting with the development of vascular organoid technology. In his free time, he can be found participating in one of the various sports he enjoys.
Josef is currently the Director of the Life Sciences Institute at the University of British Columbia and was the founding Scientific Director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He co-authored over 700 publications and is an inventor on several patents. Josef received numerous awards, including the Wittgenstein Prize of the Austrian Federal Government, the Descartes Prize for Research, the Ernst Jung Prize for Medical Excellence, the Innovator Award of the US Department of Defense, and the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art First Class.
Ulrich Granzer is a specialist in drug development, regulatory affairs, drug safety and GXP. He was instrumental in the program for the first fully human anti TNF antibody, now marketed as Humira. He is the founder of Granzer Regulatory Consulting and Services and has supported more than 200 European and 100 global registration projects.
Carl Hansen is the founding CEO of AbCellera Biologics. Before founding AbCellera, he was Professor at the University of British Columbia, where he has authored numerous publications and is an inventor of 65 US patent applications that are represented in 7 commercial products.
Christine Mummery is the head of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology at Leiden University Medical Center. She has pioneered studies on cardiomyocytes from human embryonic stem cells. She was the first to establish human induced pluripotent stem cells in Netherlands and is leading their use for cardiovascular disease modelling and safety pharmacology. In 2010 she co-founded NCardia.
Prof. Herbert Tilg, PhD
Professor of internal medicine, Medical University Innsbruck
Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University. He focuses on mechanisms of chronic inflammation cytokine and adipocytokine research, intestinal immunity, metabolic inflammation.
Reiner Wimmer, PhD
Scientist, Pharma Reasearch and Early Development, Roche Basel
Reiner pursued his post-doctoral studies in Josef Penninger’s laboratory, and it was during this time he invented the organoid technology. The ensuing publication in Nature, that laid down the foundations of Angios, has accumulated more than 250 citations within 2 years. Reiner is currently employed by Roche as a Senior Scientist.
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The people behind Angios
We are a multi-disciplinary team of scientists that is united by a common goal – to advance our science into therapies. Our team members have different expertise and scientific background, which fosters a highly collaborative work environment. As a new biotech start-up, our company culture is built on teamwork, communication, fun and a passion for science.