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Yuling Luo, Ph.D.

Yuling Luo, Ph.D.

Venture Partner atIllumina VenturesCalifornia
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Yuling Luo, Ph.D., is a venture partner at Illumina Ventures and CEO of Alamar Biosciences. He founded Advanced Cell Diagnostics, acquired by Bio-Techne, and co-founded Panomics, acquired by Affymetrix. He studied at the University of Science & Technology of China and Case Western Reserve University.

What Yuling can write

Writes checks ofNot reported
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
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Career

  1. Exelixis · senior scientist
  2. Panomics · vice president, Functional Genomics and chief scientific officer
  3. Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) · founder, president and CEO
  4. Alamar Biosciences · founder, chairman and CEO
  5. Illumina Ventures · Venture Partner
    Now

Companies founded

Alamar BiosciencesAdvanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD)Panomics

Focus

life sciencesmolecular detectioncancer diagnostics

Education

University of Science & Technology of China, Bachelor of Science in ChemistryCase Western Reserve University, PhD in Biochemistry

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Who is Yuling Luo, Ph.D.?

Yuling Luo, Ph.D., is a venture partner at Illumina Ventures and CEO of Alamar Biosciences. He founded Advanced Cell Diagnostics, acquired by Bio-Techne, and co-founded Panomics, acquired by Affymetrix. He studied at the University of Science & Technology of China and Case Western Reserve University.

How much does Yuling Luo, Ph.D. invest?

Illumina Ventures has not reported a check size. It invests at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Yuling Luo, Ph.D.?

A warm intro from a founder Illumina Ventures backed works best.

What did Yuling Luo, Ph.D. do before Illumina Ventures?

senior scientist at Exelixis; vice president, Functional Genomics and chief scientific officer at Panomics; founder, president and CEO at Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD); founder, chairman and CEO at Alamar Biosciences.

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