Advancing Translational Research in Alzheimer’s Disease – Inside Precision Medicine

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Abstract

Recently Alamar Biosciences, the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative (ADDI), and Gates Ventures announced a new strategic partnership aimed at creating one of the largest datasets of proteomic and clinical data for Alzheimer’s disease. The international project will profile over 40,000 plasma samples from individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias. This ambitious effort aims to accelerate the discovery of new biomarkers and provide deeper insights into how Alzheimer’s progresses and how it can be treated.

Damian Doherty, Inside Precision Medicine’s Editor in Chief, spoke to the CEO of Alamar Biosciences, Yuling Luo, PhD, and Niranjan Bose, PhD, Managing Director of Health & Life Sciences at Gates Ventures and interim Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Disease Data Initiative on the importance of this collaboration and how it could transform our understanding of Alzheimer’s disease.

Steve Williams, MD, PhD

CSO

Dr. Willams serves as the company’s Chief Scientific Officer. He was previously Chief Medical Officer at Standard Biotools and at SomaLogic where he pioneered the discipline for discovery and validation of predictive, diagnostic and prognostic models using machine-learning applied to large-plex proteomics. 20 such tests were used for drug characterization, safety and efficacy when incorporated in clinical drug trials at Pharma/Biotech and 17 different multivariate tests were validated and translated into regulated healthcare uses. Prior to SomaLogic, Dr. Williams was at Pfizer in the UK and the USA as a clinical triallist in Translational Medicine, and subsequently as VP, Global Clinical Technology. He sat on the National Advisory Council for the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, the Executive Committee for the FNIH Biomarkers Consortium, and worked with FDA and PhRMA on developing evidentiary standards for biomarker qualification. Dr. William’s medical training was in London, at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, followed by a PhD in medicine/physiology at the same institution and training in Radiology at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne. Steve is co-inventor on 26 proteomics patents and author/coauthor on multiple foundational proteomics manuscripts.

Justin McAnear

CFO

Mr. McAnear serves as the company’s Chief Financial Officer. He brings over 25 years of operational and financial leadership experience across various sectors and was instrumental in taking 10x Genomics public in 2019, serving as its CFO for over five years. Mr. McAnear served for over 3 years as Tesla’s VP of Worldwide Finance and Operations, supporting landmark initiatives such as the Model X and Model 3 launches and Solar City acquisition.  He also held various roles at Apple and J&J earlier in his career and served as a naval officer and aviator for over 9 years.