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Salentra delivers fully differentiated, functional SCIslets cells to advance diabetes research.

Salentra Biosciences is a biotechnology startup based out of St. Louis, Missouri. We are experts in the differentiation of human stem cell-derived islets. We are using our expertise to generate functionally mature SCIslets, at scale, for commercial distribution as research tools. We have developed strong partnerships with Dr. Jeffrey Millman’s lab and others to continue the development and commercialization of diabetes research tools.

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Our mission is to use our proprietary state-of-the-art SCIslet differentiation technology to make stem cell-derived islets accessible to diabetes researchers.

Founding Team

We are a team of scientists with expertise in engineering, stem cell, and β cell biology. We aim to use our talents to speed up and revolutionize diabetes research. 

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Leonardo Velazco-Cruz

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Founder

Chief Executive Officer

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Punn Augsornworawat, M.S.

Founder

Chief Operating Officer​

 

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Kristina Maxwell, Ph.D.

Founder

Advisory Board

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Jeffrey R. Millman, Ph.D.

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Founder

Scientific Advisory Board

Assistant Professor at Washington

University in St. Louis.

 

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