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Vision
Make physiology computable
SAMPLING's mission is to couple health related decisions to their effects at the single cell level. It is inspired by the founders’ academic and professional efforts to extend what is measurable and to derive what must be measured.
The human body is a complex system that cannot be quantified exhaustively or heuristically. Clinical diagnosis today is an imprecise art. On average, diagnosis of rare diseases is 5 years delayed with 50% of delays impacting the outcome. Misdiagnosis is far too common with a 66% likelihood of disagreement between experts. We are stuck with symptoms based medicine.
The nature of physiological data is to blame. Decisions today are based on fuzzy variables (tired, drowsy, weak, tingling, itchy, etc.). Better decisions will require precise knowledge regarding the fundamental physiological units of our bodies, CELLS.
History
From laboratory to clinical practice
Sampling Human is named for the changing paradigm of human biopsy, wherein standard tissue sampling is replaced by single cell diagnostics. The company was founded in 2016 to elevate the field beyond genetic analysis to routinely provide complex single cell data.
Thanks to the backing of a prominent central European investment group BPD partners a.s. (Draslovka, DIANA biotech, Nanuncio, Ginkgo Bioworks, Scipher Medicine, Q2Pharma) as well as support from top Czech research institutions UWB and IOCB, SAMPLING has in its short existence developed a portfolio of single cell technologies that redefine the implications of single cell data in practice.
With follow-on support from the Czech Ministry of Industry, and in collaboration with the Charles University Hospital, SAMPLING is currently validating these technologies in clinical workflows.
Team
Diverse team with a strong history
Laura Alvarez
Laboratory specialist
- Synthetic biology
Laura Berne
Scientist
- Synthetic biology
Vera Burianova
Office manager
Martin Cienciala
Cofounder
Director of product development
Pavel Fikar
Director of automation
Tomas Honzik
Research associate
- Machine learning
Hynek Kasl
Cofounder
Director of engineering
Szymon Kubiszewski-Jakubiak
Scientist
- Synthetic biology
- Protein Engineering
Lukas Kuhajda
Research associate
- Automation
Mona Luo
Content marketing manager
Zuzana Novackova
Laboratory specialist
- Synthetic biology
Sheyla Ordonez
Laboratory specialist
- Synthetic biology
Tereza Puchrova
Scientist
- Synthetic biology
Zuzana Sramkova
Laboratory manager
Leadership
Passionate leaders dedicated to company development
Martin Cienciala
Cofounder
Director of product development
Hynek Kasl
Cofounder
Director of engineering
Pavel Fikar
Director of automation
Board
Engaged experts focused on proper governance
Advisors
Leading field experts in single cell technologies, biotech, medicine, and global manufacturing
Location
State of the art facilities
Sampling Human harnesses global innovation potential with state-of-the-art facilities in San Francisco and Prague. In addition, we are connected to a network of clinical institutions and core facilities that give us the power to engineer, discover, and validate single cell technologies and biomarkers with unprecedented speed and depth.
