Idea Team
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Tirumalai Kamala (TK)

co-founder

With a Ph.D. in microbiology, TK has worked in the field of Immunology since 1997. Her postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, focused on tolerance and host-microbe interactions. More recently she worked as a team leader at the human vaccine developing company, Sanofi Pasteur Vaxdesign in Orlando, Florida, where she spearheaded development of in vitro 3D tissue constructs to study adjuvants and neonatal immune system. She is the author of several peer-reviewed research papers in immunology. She was instrumental in defining microbiota-derived cross-reactive antigens as an evolutionarily-powered selection unit of the discovery framework dubbed SPIRAL.

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David Usharauli

co-founder

With a M.D. background, David has worked in the field of Immunology since 2004. His postdoctoral studies at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, focused on CD8+ T cell memory and Foxp3+ regulatory T cells. Later he worked as a research scientist at the human vaccine developing company, Sanofi Pasteur Vaxdesign in Orlando, Florida, where he studied mechanisms of vaccine side effects and maintenance of antibody-producing cells. He is the author of several peer-reviewed research papers in immunology. He initiated the development of the discovery framework dubbed SPIRAL.