our mission
Helping people to live their healthiest lives.
We started Nucleus more than five years ago as a way to bring comprehensive genetic health insights to just about everybody. We've all got DNA, and DNA is the foundation of our health. We're building towards a world where no lives are taken by preventable diseases.
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Backed by the best
Our investors bring expertise across technology, academia, healthcare, and media.
776 Fund
Founders Fund
Thiel Foundation
Quiet Capital
Adrian Aoun
CEO, Forward Health
Brent Saunders
Chairman and CEO, Bausch + Lomb
Matteo Franceschetti
Co-Founder and CEO, Eight Sleep
Patrick Hsu
Professor of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley
Austen Allred
Co-Founder and CEO, BloomTech
Alexandra Botez
Chess player and influencer
Cory Levy
Founder, Z Fellows
Packy McCormick
Founder, Not Boring
"We intentionally designed Nucleus to deliver the full gamut of clinical genetic tests, in a consumer product that's accessible to nearly everyone."
Lasse Folkersen
Chief Scientific Officer, Nucleus
Our science team
To contribute to the emerging body of research on human genetics and to keep Nucleus at the forefront of it, we rely on a team of doctors, scientists, and researchers dedicated to bringing you the highest quality results.
Lasse Folkersen, Ph.D.
Chief Scientific Officer, Nucleus
Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D.
Chief Communications Officer, Nucleus
Justin Schleede, Ph.D., FACMG
Clinical Laboratory Medical Director
Barry Starr, Ph.D.
Senior Science Writer, Nucleus
Our advisory board
We're proud to work with the top scientists, researchers, authors, and leaders in our field.
Dr. Robert Plomin
Behavioral Genetics, King's College London
Margit Burmeister, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioinformatics and Human Genetics, U. Michigan Medical School
Jerry Lanchbury, Ph.D.
Former Chief Scientific Officer at Myriad Genetics
Zachary G. Ives, Ph.D.
Department Chair at the University of Pennsylvania
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